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- Well, last week the weather
was pretty bad all week.

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Thursday it started
gettin' really really bad.

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So I even talked to the
sheriff a couple more times,

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just to say hey, I got
two guys on standby,

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or two soldiers on standby.

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- When the call finally came down he said,

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"Alright, pack your bags
they're puttin' us on orders."

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I said alright I'll be down
there as soon as I can, so I.

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- Around seven o'clock
he gave me another call,

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and I was headed to the armory.

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I did a quick PMCS of the SUS feed.

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The first, it was to
rescue four individuals

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stranded on highway 71 north of Olivia.

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- But at the armory I was just,

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I was already at eight
people in the armory.

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I was gettin' cots out, making coffee.

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- There were more people
stranded out there.

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They were further north,

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so we had to go back out there.

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It got a little bit hairier that time.

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Because of the freezing cold weather,

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the snow drifts were starting to harden.

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So it's not like you can just
go right though 'em anymore.

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It was stopping even the semis.

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- Watching my boss actually
operate in a tow truck

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in the same environment
as we're in with this,

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I'd much rather be in here.

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Its footprint is great,

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so instead of gettin' stuck in the snow,

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you'll go right over the top of it.

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And, we've got a passenger
compartment in the back.

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It's a benefit that people
have forward thought enough

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to put these into places
where they're needed.

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It's a tool, and that's
what we're here for.

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- As far as I know there is
nothing like its kind out there.

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- It can pretty much go anywhere.

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We can cross a river.

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They have a bilge pump where
it can actually go into water.

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But the benefit is that I'm not gonna

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get stuck basically on snow.

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- If the Sheriffs can't get to 'em,

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we're the only ones that can.

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In Morton-Olivia, and one other place,

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if it got really bad,
we're a very good resource

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for the community.

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- I was just really pumped up.

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I coulda gone longer if they needed me,

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but we finally got, the
roads was finally shut down.

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- I'd just say it's in my blood.

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I used to be in the fire department,

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I used to be an EMT.

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It's what I am, I enjoy helping people.

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- Probably a top five moment right there.

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- This is not a mission
that I'm willin' to fail.

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