If You’re Caught In A Blizzard - GMC SIERRA 1995 Manual

If You're Caught in a Blizzard
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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
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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.
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CAUTION:
Snow 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
is in your vehicle. Clear away snow from
around the base of your vehicle
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especially any that is blocking
your exhaust pipe. And check around again from time to time to
be sure snow doesn't collect there.
Open a window just a little on the side of the vehicle that's away
from the wind. This will help keep CO out.
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