It was billed as a potential severe winter storm, but the winter storm that hit Putnam County packed more bark and less bite, according to local emergency responders. 

Sgt. Matt Ames, of the Indiana State Police Department, told The Putnam County Post that since noon Thursday, the Putnamville Post had assisted 42 motorists and three slide offs. 

"Most of the assisted motorist calls were commercial motor vehicles due to gelled fuel or brake lines freezing," Ames said. 

The Bainbridge Community Volunteer Fire Department, as well as the Greencastle Fire Department, Roachdale Fire Department, Clinton Township Fire Department, Bellmore Fire Department, Floyd Township Fire Department, Russellville Fire Department and the Putnam County EMS responded to a garage fire Friday morning when temperatures were minus 8 and the windchill was minus 31. 

Rob Frank, assistant fire chief at the Greencastle Fire Department, told The Putnam County Post that his agency had a few medical runs on Thursday and assisted with the fire Friday morning. 

"Other than that, it's been pretty quiet," Frank said.