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Message Subject Official OKLAHOMA Snowpocalypse Thread - TUL OKC METRO AREAS
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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Do not go in your car to get warm. If you fall asleep snow can cover you tailpipe and you will die. If you lose power gather all in one room as people and animals. load up on blankets. it will be fine. i live much more north than you and this is what happens sometimes if not worse for us.

open a faucet a tad if your worried about pipes.
 Quoting: panther0621


This is completely untrue. Your car exhaust is HOT. It melts snow. If it did somehow “clog” with snow the engine would simply die, not you.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78576101

^^^Not exactly true. Comments like this could cause folks to die.^^^
However, it’s important to not run the vehicle if the tailpipe is blocked by snow or ice. Carbon monoxide can be deadly, so if the tailpipe can’t be unblocked, don’t run the vehicle. Wrap yourself in blankets and put on extra clothing if available. Even if the tailpipe isn’t blocked, don’t run the heater constantly as this can drain fuel. Intermittently turn it on to warm up but also crack open a window just to make sure there aren’t deadly fumes gathering inside the vehicle.
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 Quoting:​ Anonymous Coward 78989565


Yes. A few yrs back, 3 young women died from carbon monoxide poisoning after they tried to run their car during the late night hours in the Squaw Valley parking lot in a snowstorm. With heavy snowfall, the tailpipe became encased in snow and the exhaust fumes inevitably made their way into the passenger compartment of the car.

A very sad tragedy.
 Quoting: Grey Eagle


Most important that the vehicle is pointed into the wind. The exhaust system is built to carry fumes out the back as you drive forward. However, if you are parked with the wind coming from the rear that is when you will die from carbon monoxide.

I always carry enough survival gear to make it a couple of days... west Montana here.
 
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