Posted on 03/06/2015 7:27:30 PM PST by Kartographer
Larry Weas spent a cold night hunkered down in his car after getting caught in a logjam along a Interstate 65 in Kentucky. To conserve fuel during his 11-hour ordeal, he kept his car turned off for long stretches and scooped snow into a bucket to have something to drink. A stranded couple gave him a bottle of Gatorade and candy until a rescue worker took him to town. "This has been a lesson of survival," said the 54-year-old Elizabethtown man, who is diabetic. Thousands of stranded motorists endured agonizingly long waits Thursday lasting nearly 24 hours for some as a winter storm walloped Kentucky with up to 2 feet of snow and frustrated travelers dealt with gas tanks and stomachs close to empty.
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Preppers’ PING!!
Hat tip to Black Agnes for the heads up on this article!
People always assume it’s gonna happen to the other guy.
At Christmas a few years ago, my dad gave me a “car kit”. It has matches, a flashlight, some kind of freeze dried food and other necessaries in the event of stranding.
Still in my car for the day the need arises, along with other things I’ve added: a change of clothes (doubt they fit anymore, though), some toiletries and a couple of paperback murder mysteries.
And I usually grab some snacks for the glove box every day.
I bet there were a lot of the folks who were stranded on Interstate 65 who WISHED they had some blankets, crackers and peanut butter. To say nothing of an empty container to pee in.
We drove on icy roads through N Texas, last weekend. I made sure we had plenty of water, several blankets, extra snack foods, etc on board. You just never know.
I spent 12 hours stuck on I-40 east of Albuquerque in a blizzard one night. Had to go to my happy place. Fortunately, we had some food and water in the car and about 3/4 tank of gas to run the engine every once in a while.
My winter survival kit is a condo in Florida.
I always carry two cans of STERNO and matches in my survival kit. Just in case. Plumber’s candles also work. You would be surprised how much heat a small candle can put out.
Well, good for you!
Just make sure you ventilate.
I also have a Sterno stove. If trapped I can light the can, put it in the stove, and warm up a nice cup of Ramen noodles, or even canned soup with a small camp pot and bottled water while everyone is freezing their u no watts off.
Of course a window slightly cracked for ventilation is needed.
Peeps in Wyo. used to carry in winter in the 70s.
Excellent advice. I keep a few of them in the trunk of my car, along with a large pan. I'd burn the candles in the middle of the pan (less of a fire hazard).
Doesn’t take much, just a little common sense.
Yep we got on those same icy roads coming back from OKC after protesting Cair’s muslim day at the capitol. It was SOMETHING ELSE!! We saw lots of white trucks, an RV on the sides of the hwy and an 18-wheeler nearly lose control as his haul swayed across the next lane. It was like a sci-fii novel.
http://www.stopthemagnet.com/blog/cair-sponsored-muslim-day-oklahoma-capitol-met-resistance
Why is this news?
Everyone knows how slippery KY can be.
Why’d they put it on the highway?
We saw wrecks just about every five miles, all along 35.
Looking at the pics at your link....and those rejecting America being a Christian nation....those people need to remember this bit of history...
St. Christopher's Medal taken on Gemini flight by Astronaut Edward H. White.
On the opposite side, there’s Texas hot summers. Make sure to consider foods that will survive the heat of being inside a hot car for months on end.
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