1993 Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual - Page 201

If You're Caught in a Blizzard If you are stopped by heavy snow, you could be in a serious situation. You should probably staywith your vehicle unless you know for sure thatyou 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. CAUTION ~ 4 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 tu keep warm. You can run the engine to keep warm, but be careful. ~~ A . . Snow can trap exhaust gases: under your vehicle.. This can. cause :deadly CO (carbon monoxide) gas to get inside...CO could overcome youand 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'.baseof 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. Open a window just a little on-the side of the vehicle that's. away from the wind. This wl help keep CO i l out. ' . ' . . I !OO