1993 Buick Century Owner's Manual - Page 175

If You're Caught in a Blizzard 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 clothingto keep warm. You can run the engine to keep warm,but be careful. I- J1 IA CAUTION: Snow can trap exhaust gases under your vehicle. This can cause deadly (carbon CO monoxide) gasto get inside.CO could overcome you andkill you. You can't seeit or smell it, so you might not know it is in your vehicle. Clear away snow from around the base of your vehicle, especially any is that blocking your exhaust pipe. And check around again from time to time to be sure snow doesn't collect there. If you are stopped by heavy snow, you couldbe in a serious situation. You should probably stay with your vehicle unless youknow for sure that are near help you 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 stoppedthe by snow. Put on extra clothing or wrap a blanket around I CAUTION (Continued) 13 7