January 27, 2010: Arizona CAP Helps Dig Out Residents of Hopi and Navajo Reservations

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 On this date in 2010, members of the Arizona Wing of Civil Air Patrol assisted other emergency management organizations in digging out residents of the Hope and Navajo reservation in Arizona after an exceptionally severe snowstorm.

An excerpt from CNN:

Dozens of personnel from the emergency management division, the Civil Air Patrol and local governments have helped pull people out of the snow, said the division's Ethan Riley. He said the agency, aware that the snow was coming, prepositioned supplies and some National Guard troops.  The bad weather began January 18, peaked with a major storm Thursday and continued through the weekend. A pilot flying over the area reported that with the help of high winds, there was snow up to some rooftops, or more than 8 feet.

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