at least he didn't lose his hand toes... 8^)
Posted on 02/13/2014 7:27:27 PM PST by Kartographer
A man in Kansas lost all his feet toes after walking for an hour in the snow wearing only dress shoes. As I read the article (link), I wondered how many people could have easily been caught in the same situation. Some people do keep an emergency kit of some sort in their cars. Usually this is some kind of basic car breakdown kit or of bug out bag.
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I remember one particular FReeper when I was detailing the small kit I kept, Slepping bag, old set of sweats, a couple pairs of soxs, a old moving quilt, flashlight, a few other odds and ends, plus some hard candy and a couple of rolls of vacuum packed Ritz Crackers and a jar of peanut butter, then I commented: “Is that so much is it really?”; Well this FReeper replyed back: “Ritz Crackers and Peanut Butter, really?”
Just goes to show that even among FReepers there are just some people who just LOVE being a victim!
Preppers’ PING!!
“A man in Kansas lost all his feet toes”
It is a good thing he didn’t lose the toes that were on his hands....
at least he didn't lose his hand toes... 8^)
good on you, ya beat me by 19seconds...
I either wear warm clothes and boots while I drive, or I put them in the car in case of a breakdown.
When I commuted from Vermont to NYC for a number of years, I always kept a snow shovel and high boots in the trunk, so I could shovel the car out where I parked at the train station, if it snowed while I was in the city.
Some of the places I drive, there are miles long stretches without any houses to go to for help. If you break down in a place like that, you’d better have warm clothes. And a cell phone, although there are many stretches around here where a cell phone won’t work.
Living in the NorthEast for my “formative years”, and with my father, who was a USAR Engineering officer during the creation of the ALCAN Highway, we had a stocked car. In all the trips between the airbase on Cape Cod, and the family homestead in Stamford, CT, before the completion of I-95, we were quite prepared.
FEET TOES?
Do you have toes somewhere else on your body than your feet?
In the Spring, around here, a few days after a heavy rain I have skee-toes all over my body.
Same here, there are 100 miles stretches without houses or buildings of any kind. I always wear boots when driving in a snowstorm.
My husband insists that I carry my bug out bag in my vehicle when I travel for work in the event that I have car trouble. Thanks to him, I could be dressed in arctic winter gear, have a windbreak set up, a fire burning, and be drinking a hot cup of coffee in a short amount of time. It may seem like overkill at times, and some people may think I was nuts if they saw what was in my car trunk, but if I ever have car trouble I will be okay.
I dress extremely lightly throughout the year in Colorado, but when it gets cold and/or blizzardy I always throw a pair of Sorrels, a pair of insulated gloves, a down jacket, and a knit hat in the car just in case such a situation might arise. Always carry a pair of jumper cables too. (In the summer, it behooves one to always carry a few bottles of water in the car around here too.)
Meh, I’ve got a whole box full of MREs in the closet, leftover from drill weekends and whatnot. Great to have a couple in the car just in case.
Along with boots, socks and “grey man” camo coat (earthy colors in a plaid pattern that doesn’t scream “survivalist!”), my normal winter carry includes a feed scoop type of shovel in the trunk, as well as a plastic canister (used to hold three pounds of coffee) of icemelt - because struggling to creep thirty miles home from work is daunting enough without having to hike to the house to fetch the needed tools back to where the driveway meets the road. If I’ve only the “launchpad” clean to start my return to work from, it’s somehow more doable from the perspective of already having the tools handy.
More a mental trick than anything else. Once I’ve scraped the launchpad clean, I can walk away from the task with a clear conscience so as to get to sleep.
Dedos del pie in Spanish. Fingers of the foot.
I have a medium-sized box in my trunk. It has a first aid kit, my previous pair of hiking boots (and when I get new boots, I swap those out), four pair of wool socks, gloves, two wool blankets, candles, matches and a lighter, a crank flashlight (the battery flashlight is in the glove box), easy-open soup, water, a pocket knife, and a whole lot more.
When I lived in cold country, my winter “just in case” kit included a snowmobile suit with the boots and gloves. If it could keep you warm at 50 MPH on a snowmobile, I figured it would serve in case I needed to leave my car, or if the car became stuck/disabled. When I was alone, it stayed on the passenger floor where the heater would keep it warm. Came in rather handy a time or two, especially in helping others who were in trouble.
Some of that stuff is appropriate if you are driving in snow/ice storms down long secluded highways that are likely to baclk up.
I keep what I need to hike in the snow if my car gets stuck, and I travel the back roads when the main roads back up.
I recommend Waze nav app here to check current traffic conditions for routing options.
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