It’s human nature to try to go get help but in a blizzard it can be a death sentence, even I know that and I’m a southerner. Always stay with the car.
RIP, Ms. Eshbaugh.
When I first arrived in Western, Kansas I was told by my fellow workers to keep emergency warm clothing or sleeping bag etc. during the Winter.
Also to stay in your vehicle as a snow plow would or some other emergency vehicle would visit all paved roads every day.
I did get stopped by the Highway Patrol in Pratt one week and told the road was closed. I spent the night in a motel and the next day, sure enough they had it cleared and there were drifts so deep that 18 wheelers were only showing the edge of a trailer. The drifts had to be 12-15 feet in places.
I guess there would be those odd times when a plow could not get through in a day but basically they could.
Yes. sad.
In a white out flew off the road into deep snow.
Car dropped 2’.
Smart enough to know dig out the tail pipe even at 19.
Tow truck looking for easy work found us.
“how much you got?” was in play.
When I was in blizzard country, I carried a snowmobile outfit on the floor of the passenger side (under the heat vents) when bad weather was happening. Kept a bottle of liquid water (hadn’t been stored in a cold car) with me and a few snacks to fuel any efforts that became necessary.