Exceptional efforts help UTSW weather historic winter storm
![Field of snow with I heart-symbol U written in it.](/ctplus/asset/4c864af2-eb8a-4df3-99b5-b1797511be50/snowstorm-header.jpg)
The UT Southwestern community showed extraordinary commitment during last week's winter storm, which sacked North Texas with extreme cold and dangerous conditions. Throughout the week, hundreds of physicians, nurses, health care teams, and specialists in the Health System shouldered around-the-clock care at William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital despite weather-related shortfalls. Teams from Facilities Management, Safety and Business Continuity, Supply Chain, and Administration worked tirelessly to minimize the weather impact on campus – forming ice brigades to clear pathways and utility lines, directing traffic and patient flow, addressing flooding and outages, and ensuring essential power and supplies were available – to enable the uninterrupted care of patients and the safety of faculty, staff, and learners. For those unable to travel, Information Resources enabled thousands of staff members to operate remotely while teams of Ambulatory and Clinical Operations colleagues proactively reached out to thousands of patients to reschedule appointments while UTSW clinics and vaccination sites were closed.
Flip through the gallery below for a look at activity at Clements University Hospital amid the snow.
Read a message from Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky thanking members of the UT Southwestern community for their exceptional efforts.
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![The rare snowstorm was another unexpected recent event that pulled the UTSW community together.](/ctplus/asset/3c5eada2-4916-4167-9859-29319f9c38ae/snowstorm-9150.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![‘Neither snow nor rain nor heat’ ever keeps UTSW caregivers away from their commitment to heal.](/ctplus/asset/f2647134-5573-4cea-b29c-1840a31a73ab/snowstorm-9336.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Snow and ice blanketed areas around campus.](/ctplus/asset/c906a964-ea3d-4a6b-8d3c-c54261ca1aab/snowstorm-collage-ice.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Facilities workers rallied to clear driveways of dangerous ice patches.](/ctplus/asset/4c803d83-bf8b-469e-9a8a-71bbc76c6167/snowstorm-wa0012.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Crews also worked tirelessly to clean damage like this left behind in the Touchstone Diabetes Center and the L Building due to flooding from burst pipes.](/ctplus/asset/c68a7736-f68d-40d2-ac69-847bcadcb55d/snowstorm-wa0001.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![In the Scherer Lab, researchers and Facilities Management crews made sure to protect critical equipment.](/ctplus/asset/f3c46d0d-c302-4799-95d8-057f2a6430c6/snowstorm-collage-lab.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Slightly warmer temperatures later in the week helped melt lingering snow and ice.](/ctplus/asset/e15e086c-e9df-40aa-987c-2690c7e1b33f/snowstorm-7813.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![The snowstorm offered an opportunity to create some snow art spotted outside the 12th floor of CUH.](/ctplus/asset/4211e874-e1a2-4285-8d1f-3aae9f7371bf/snowstorm-roof.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Pamela Branson, Registered Nurse](/ctplus/asset/97186dc5-196b-46d9-b68e-0b0332de0e20/snowstorm-9203.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Dr. Amanda Pajouh, Plastic Surgery Fellow](/ctplus/asset/716eb809-b6be-4e80-9225-fa0801a06350/snowstorm-9229.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Dr. JaNaé Richard, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine](/ctplus/asset/d430fea5-eeb1-43b1-a979-1f3ab359f157/snowstorm-9246.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)
![Officers Anaid Vejar and Cameron Starkes patrol the campus.](/ctplus/asset/85423940-4c61-42c4-a5d7-c978ccf2d463/snowstorm-9441.jpg?rendition=rendition-x180)