With a Monster Storm Moving In, He Set Out on a 1,100-mile Drive
Forecasters were warning of near-blizzard like conditions in Tulsa, Okla, with wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. The governor had declared a state of emergency. An Arctic front bringing a “once-in-a-generation” winter storm was closing in. Andrew Messersmith, a 22-year-old senior at the University of Oklahoma, set out Thursday morning, for a 1,100…