Amarilloâs cold weather impacts City of Amarillo non-essential services Due to the Amarillo weather conditions, certain non-essential services and/or facilities will be closed or changed temporarily, starting Tuesday, Feb. 16. (Source: Pexels/stock image) By Tamlyn Cochran | February 15, 2021 at 7:08 PM CST - Updated February 15 at 7:08 PM
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - Due to the Amarillo weather conditions, certain non-essential services and/or facilities will be closed or changed temporarily, starting Tuesday, Feb. 16.
The majority of city operations will function as normal due to the increase in âwork-at-homeâ capabilities of city staff related to previous COVID-19 protocol.
Facilities closed effective Tuesday include:
Amarillo Code Blue Warming Station Activated And Needs Supplies
With the incredible cold weather that has moved into the Amarillo area the Code Blue Warming Station expects to be open nine plus days, which would be its longest service period in over three years. Code Blue Warming Station serves unsheltered homeless in the Amarillo area. They are open 7 p.m. - 7:30 a.m. during extreme winter weather at 207 N. Tyler, Amarillo.
The Code Blue Warming Station expects about 50 people a night this week, the station also needs cleaning supplies for staff and guests.
From Facebook:
2) Hand Warmers (almost out!)
3) Winter Gloves (almost out!)