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 National Guard troops in Deep South help in wake of fierce winter storm Leon By Steve Marshall
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 ARLINGTON, Va. - Several states in the Deep South  remained in the grip of icy, snowy winter storm Leon Wednesday, with National  Guard Soldiers and Airmen providing relief. A Wednesday tally reflected about 800 Guard troops on duty  in hard-hit areas in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina and South  Carolina. Although only a few inches of snow fell in these areas, freezing  rain left ice on roadways throughout the region, which turned interstate roads  into frigid parking lots. Stranded motorists abandoned cars and camped in such refuges  as gas stations, according to a National Public Radio report. NPR also reported  that 800 Alabama school children spent the night in their school. Typical of the Guard response was in Georgia, where Capt.  William Carraway, the state public affairs officer, said, "The Georgia Guard  has worked through the night assisting local first responders and aiding  stranded motorists in the wake of winter storm Leon." Troops were distributing ready-to-eat meals, blankets and  rescuing stranded children from stuck school buses, according to a Facebook  post from the Georgia National Guard. Because Georgia troops had only been  activated early today, no exact figures were available yet on the numbers of  Soldiers responding. In North  Carolina, where about 30 Soldiers were on state active duty, Gov. Pat McCrory  said "Our goal is to be over prepared." McCrory spoke at a Tuesday news  conference with Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the state adjutant general. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared a state of emergency  Monday and authorized the mobilization of 450 Louisiana National Guard members  to state active duty to respond to the storm. The LANG mobilized personnel and equipment to assist state  transportation workers with road de-icing and road grading operations,  according to a news release.
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