Kevin Gurley is a road driver in the transportation industry from Dallas. Wednesday, he picked up a load in Colorado and headed out to Kentucky. When he got to Kiowa on Friday, the weather turned on him.
“I was passing through trying to get up through, you know, I-70 and everything, but everything got shut down,” said Gurley. “The storm was intense. Heavy snow. Pretty much impassable anywhere.”
Blowing snow and drifts stranded many travelers on Highway 86 from Elizabeth to Kiowa and beyond.
Gurley’s truck slid off the road and he’s been staying in a shelter here ever since.
“Everyone’s been awesome, from the people at the Post Office, from the sheriffs. Everywhere I’ve been, it’s been it’s been great. People have been reaching out, checking on me; fire department, local churches. So, yeah, it’s been really- we’ve been blessed,” he said.
He spent Friday trying to get his truck towed out of the ditch but with little success.