North Texas mail carriers are working to catch up on missed deliveries because of winter storm
No packages or envelopes even those containing lifesaving medications were delivered while operations were halted.
A winter storm last week forced the U.S. Postal Service to halt delivery in some areas, leaving millions of Texans without mail.
Icy roads and mass power outages prompted the mail system to suspend operations in Alabama, Texas and Mississippi an occurrence previously unheard of, said Kimetra Lewis, a dispute resolution specialist who has been with the postal service since 1987. She also serves as president of the National Association of Letter Carriers’ Dallas chapter.
Photos: North Texas battles cold weather for fourth day
Leonel Solis and Estefani Garcia use their car to heat their home in East Dallas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. The couple, who lost power on Sunday, have been using electricity from a neighbor s generator and heat from their car to stay warm after seeing it on TikTok.(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer)
Leighanne Katz, left, dressed in a Thunder Buddies costume and Billian Lawal, right, in a Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer costume walk from a 7-Eleven convenience store at the intersection of Elm St and Ervay St on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, in downtown Dallas.(Irwin Thompson)