Card “E”
Q1: What is your location?
Q2: Can you see any signs or landmarks?
Q3: Are you alone? If others are with you, are they children or elderly?
Q4: Do you have food, water, and warm clothes or blankets?
Tell the caller…
- Stay in your vehicle. Disorientation occurs quickly in wind driven snow and cold. People have been lost within a hundred feet of their vehicle.
- Run the motor about ten minutes each half-hour for heat, but:
- Open the window a little for fresh air to avoid carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Make sure the exhaust pipe is not blocked!
- Make yourself visible to rescuers by:
- Turning on the dome light at night when running the engine.
- Tying a colored cloth to your antenna or door.
- Raising the hood (after snow stops falling) indicating trouble.
- Exercise from time to time by vigouously moving arms, legs, fingers, and toes to keep blood circulating and keep yourself warm.
- If appropriate and if there is time, give the caller with a number for a towing agency.
Blizzard Card “E”
