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If You're Caught in a Blizzard
If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be i n 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 yo~w
passengers safe:
Turn on y o ~ ~ r
hazard flashers.
Tie
a
red cloth
t o
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 o r
tuck under y o ~ ~ r
clothing to keep warm.
You can run the engine to keep warm,
but
be careful.
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