Vehicle is stopped by heavy snow (blizzard)

Symptoms

["Turn on your hazard flashers.", "Tie a red cloth to your vehicle to alert police that you have 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.", "Run the engine to keep warm, but be careful. 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 does not collect there. Open a window just a little on the side of the vehicle that is away from the wind. This will help keep CO out.", "Run your engine only as long as you must. Push the accelerator slightly to make it go a little faster than just idle. This uses less fuel for the heat that you get and it keeps the battery charged. You will need a well-charged battery to restart the vehicle, and possibly for signaling later on with your headlamps. Let the heater run for a while.", "Then, shut the engine off and close the window almost all the way to preserve the heat. Start the engine again and repeat this only when you feel really uncomfortable from the cold. But do it as little as possible. Preserve the fuel as long as you can.", "To help keep warm, you can get out of the vehicle and do some fairly vigorous exercises every half hour or so until help comes."]

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