He commended Norman residents for getting out early to begin trimming trees and clearing driveways and sidewalks.

“I know I appreciated it — it made my job easier,” he said.

Customers were grateful for the normalcy of mail delivery, Say said.

“It was kind of like it was after 9/11,” he said. “To see things as normal was kind of reassuring.”

The post office remained without phone service Wednesday, and retail sales associates would not be able to use the POS, or point of sales machines, until today, when the machines could be reset, employees said.

Paritee said she was proud of postal employees for meeting the challenge.

“We got the mail delivered every day — and in a timely manner with no accidents,” she said.

Tom Blakey366-3540tblakey@normantranscript.com