Posted on 11/18/2014 7:23:04 PM PST by Olog-hai
Heavy snow has stranded many motorists on a western New York highway. Some tips on what to do if you find yourself stuck in the snow:
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#3-Move out of New York, I did!
Prayers offered up for those in a truly horrendous situation.
Absolutely. Lake effect snow is often disastrous.
I thought the AP to be disingenuous and distasteful here, given that agenda they normally push, though.
If you have to travel winter roads, have lots of warm clothes, blankets, candles, high energy food, water, and a shovel in your trunk. And make sure you keep your tank topped off as often as possible. A full tank can go a long ways if you’re careful about it, only running the engine and the heater when you really, really need to warm up. Once you do warm up, shut it off and stay under the blankets.
As a Vermonter, I make it a practice never to drive anywhere without a warm coat, hat, and boots. If I’m not wearing them, I keep them somewhere handy in the car.
I also usually keep a snow shovel in the back, so I can dig myself out if necessary.
As we were taught in Alaska, Keep two cans of STERNO and matches in the car. Keep hard candy on hand, blankets and flashlight.
My thoughts, add two plumber’s candles to the list.
Lolz. The govt/media have turned into nothing but PSA’s. I just about died, recently, going to the cinema. That’s all it was pre-feature.
In Indiana, your winter survival car kit is a warm coat, boots, a chocolate bar, and an extra cellphone battery.
Keep a candle, lighter, in an empty coffee can in the cab of the vehicle. Along with other supplies.
This type of thing happened in Feb. 1978 in MA——people were stuck all night on Rte 128 and no phones in those days.
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If you know you will be stranded for a considerable length of time, you could make an igloo out of snowballs. My brother has done that when mountain climbing.
We were scouting for elk in Colorado the morning before the season opened, and were up on a dirt road pass about 12,000 feet. We got almost to the top and we saw a full size van up ahead, stuck in the snow. We pulled up to them and there was a teenage boy shoveling snow with a hubcap. He was wearing socks for mittens. His dad got out of the van, his head and hands went up in the air, “Praise the Lord” he shouted!
They had gotten directions as the trading post down the valley, took a wrong turn, drove up and got stuck. They and their mom had spent the night up there in the van, at 5 degrees, huddled in blankets. Boy were they glad to see us! We hooked up a chain and pulled them out, and sent them on their way. He told me ther first thing they were going to do was buy some real mittens and a shovel.
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A Winter Car Survival Kit Will Keep You Warm in Emergency Situations
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3) stay in your car.
There was that guy stuck in some Rocky Mountain pass who could have walked down but stayed and starved...
but in general, good advice.
I expect this may become more of an issue this year. I expect a bad winter. I look up at the mountains today and the tops are already iced over and slightly snow capped...and Im in Georgia. The earliest i have ever seen them snow capped.
Crazy what folks will risk aint it......
Yep ......we have a few of the 8 day candles that fit perfectly in metal coffee can style “heaters” we made for each vehicles emergency kit. Work great .
My advice is to not only plan for survival, but plan for comfort, don’t carry a blanket and a candle knowing that might or might not help you barely survive, instead carry what you need to sleep comfortably through the night and even after expending all of your body heat and energy while working on your car, or digging yourself out of snow or whatever the situation.
Like Cicero posted, have a set of winter clothes and boots so that if you need to walk out, you can, and tennis shoes and blue jeans, and wet socks won’t cut it.
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