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National Guard personnel in eight states rescued people and hauled hay to livestock following a severe end-of-year winter storm that stretched between America's northern and southern borders. Hundreds of Guard members in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Washington spent their holiday season rescuing stranded motorists, carrying medical supplies, and restoring power. In Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico, Guard members dropped hay from helicopters and C-130s to starving cattle. Hundreds of bales of hay were also dropped to some of an estimated 345,000 cattle stranded by ten-foot snowdrifts in Colorado alone. At least thirteen people died in the storm, which dumped more than three feet of snow in many areas.
Photo By Smsgt. John Rohrer
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