Copters whir to the aid of snowbound
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National Guard helicopters dropped emergency food bundles for people and bales of hay for livestock trapped by snowdrifts as high as rooftops after back-to-back blizzards.
“Most of my cattle haven’t seen food since last Thursday, when the snow started,” said Tony Hall, who has 200 head on a ranch near Lamar. “Wherever they were standing when the snow piled up, that’s where they are now.”
The helicopters also dropped military rations near homes so trapped residents could reach the bundles.
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