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You're Caught in a Blizzard
If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation. You
should probably stay with your vehicle unless you know for sure that you
are near help and you can hike through the snow. Here are some things
to do to summon help and keep yourself and your passengers safe: Turn
on your hazard flashers. Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that
you've been stopped by the snow. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket
around you. If you have no blankets or extra clothing, make body
insulators from newspapers, burlap bags, rags, floor mats -- anything you
can wrap around yourself
or
tuck under your clothing to keep warm.
You can run the engine to keep
warm, but be careful.
I A
CAUTION:
I
l
I O W
can trap exhaust gases under your vehicle. This can cause
deadly CO (carbon monoxide) gas to get inside. CO could
overcome you and
kill
you. You can't see it or smell it,
so
you
might not
know
it was in your vehicle. Clear away snow from
around the base of your vehicle
,
especially any that
is
blocking
your exhaust pipe. And check around again from time to time to
be sure snow doesn't collect there.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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