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Lamar County Multi- Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Chapter Three <br />3. Extent <br />Winter storms such as blizzards can strike unexpectedly and can create hazardous travel <br />conditions and utility outages. Winter weather, every year, indirectly kills hundreds of people in <br />the U.S. primarily from automobile accidents but from overexertion, and hypothermia as well. <br />Heavy accumulations of ice can bring down trees and power lines, disabling electric power and <br />communications for days. Heavy snow or ice can immobilize communities by shutting down <br />transportation into, out of, and within the county. In Rural areas and smaller communities, <br />homes and farms, may be isolated for days. Livestock and other animals can die from <br />exposure. When the event happens in the early spring crops such as fruit can be destroyed. <br />Fortunately, Lamar County is not affected by Winter Storms as often as other parts of the state. <br />Damages usually occur in loss of water due to frozen water lines, loss in agricultural revenue <br />due to loss of livestock, and the structure loss of collapsed outbuildings. <br />Chart 3: Wind Chill Index <br />Source: NOAA <br />112 <br />