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Situation Update

Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                    
Situation Update 11
January 30, 2010, 9 p.m.

WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT STATE

Power outage and shelter update

The State Emergency Operations Center (EOC) remains activated and the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (OEM) is in contact with emergency managers across the state. Agencies and organizations represented at the State EOC include the: American Red Cross, Salvation Army, Oklahoma Military Department, Oklahoma State Department of Health, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 2-1-1 Oklahoma, Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Food and Forestry.

POWER OUTAGES

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission reports 108,132 homes and businesses are without electric service due to the winter storm, which includes the following.

PSO reports 47,222 customers without power including those in:

Chickasha area - 12,918

Duncan area - 3,941

Hobart area - 6,061

Lawton area - 19,824

Okmulgee/Henryetta area - 597

Tipton area - 3,775

The Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority reports 15,108 customers without power in:

Lexington – 675

Purcell – 1,387

Altus – 9,300

Eldorado – 283

Olustee – 316

Marlow – 2,325

Granite – 613

Manitou – 209

The Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives reports 40,705 customers without power in:

Caddo Electric, Binger – 6,839

Canadian Valley Electric, Seminole – 7,598

Cotton Electric, Walters – 9,502

East Central OK Electric, Okmulgee – 900

Harmon Electric Association, Hollis – 3,303

Kiwash Electric, Cordell – 2,000

Northfork Electric, Sayre – 195

Oklahoma Electric, Norman – 940

Ozarks Electric, Stilwell, Fayetteville – 0

People’s Electric, Ada – 3,028

Rural Electric, Lindsay – 4,900

Southwest Rural Electric, Tipton – 1,500

OG&E reports 5,097 customers (including 916 in Ada and 688 in Wewoka) are without service. 

SHELTERS AND MASS FEEDING

The following 35 shelters and nine warming centers remain open:

Shelters

Ada – Lazer Zone Family Fun Center, 14601 CR 3544

Altus – First Baptist Church, 300 N. Main

Altus – Altus Community Center, 401 Falcon Rd

Anadarko – First Baptist Church, 700 W. Petree Rd.

Apache – Clark Community Center, 301 E. Evans St  

Asher – First Baptist Church, 109 E. Main St

Brindle – Brindle Corner, 20107 E. Robinson Hwy 9

Canton – Canton Town Hall, 207 N. Garfield

Carnegie – First Assembly of God Church, 715 E. Oklahoma

Carnegie – Kiowa Complex, 100 Kiowa Way

Carnegie – Carnegie Elementary School, 202 West 4th St. 

Chickasha – Grady County Fairgrounds, 500 East Choctaw

Concho – Concho Community Hall, 200 Wolf Robe Circle

Cyril – Cyril Senior Center, 3 Ohio St     

Duncan – Stephens County Fairgrounds, 2002 S 13th Street

Elgin – Elgin Fire Department, I-44 & Hwy 271

Elmore City – First Baptist Church, 107 S Texas Ave.

Granite – Granite Public Schools, 206 Parker

Hobart – First Methodist Church, 201 S. Washington      

Hollis – Hollis Civic Center, 208 W. Jones      

Lawton – Hunting Horse Methodist, SW 25th & E Ave.

Lawton – Cameron Baptist Church, 2621 SW C Ave.

Lawton – Comanche Tribe Elder Center, 1107 SW H Ave.     

Lindsay – Calvary Baptist Church, 5th and Chickasaw      

Mangum – Church of New Beginnings, 408 North Tittle Ave.

Maysville – First Baptist Church, 300 Ripley St

Paoli – Paoli Senior Citizens Center, 408 W. Davis      

Pauls Valley – Garvin County Fair Barn, 1401 N Willow 

Purcell – Multi-Purpose Center, 1400 Chandler Rd       

Roosevelt – First Baptist Church

Rush Springs – Rush Springs Fire Department, 110 N. 3rd

Seiling – Community Building

Snyder – First Baptist Church, 729 E Street  

Tipton – First Baptist Church, 300 E. Davis Ave.

Watonga – Watonga Community Center

Warming Centers

Anadarko – First Baptist Church, 700 Petree

Blanchard – Pioneer Telephone Bldg, 101 E. Veteran’s Memorial Highway

El Dorado – El Dorado Community Center, 514 W. Main  

El Dorado – El Dorado School, 116 N. 7th  

Hobart – First United Methodist, 201 S. Washington  

McAlester – Salvation Army Office, 400 N. A Street

Seminole – Seminole City Hall, 420 Reid St.

Woodward – Woodward American Red Cross Chapter, 1209 Ninth Street

Wynnewood – First Baptist Church, 1515 E. Robert S. Kerr Blvd.

An open warming center is capable of turning into a shelter at any time if officials determine a need for overnight sheltering.

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