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merrily

(45,251 posts)
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 09:29 AM Jan 2015

WARNING: Dig out your car's exhaust pipe!

To those who got appreciable or heavy snow, dig out your car's exhaust pipe before getting into the car with the engine running to get warm or letting your kids do the same. Make sure it's clear. Otherwise carbon monoxide inside the car can be very dangerous, perhaps fatal.

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WARNING: Dig out your car's exhaust pipe! (Original Post) merrily Jan 2015 OP
K and R Sienna86 Jan 2015 #1
kick for safety merrily Jan 2015 #2
And if you'er home clear your vents. aikoaiko Jan 2015 #3
We had tragedies because of this during a big snowstorm in Massachusetts a year or two ago. merrily Jan 2015 #4
If there's a fire hydrant in front of your residence, dig and clear the snow from around it. VScott Jan 2015 #5

aikoaiko

(34,185 posts)
3. And if you'er home clear your vents.
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 10:54 AM
Jan 2015

Saw this on facebook.

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VERY IMPORTANT: With snowfall expected at a rate of 2" - 4" an hour overnight, you should devise a plan to remove all snow and ice from your exterior vents and utilities. Additionally the expected high winds will create drifts, which will also need to be monitored and cleared. Why? Because if your furnace cannot breathe, it's not safe!
 

VScott

(774 posts)
5. If there's a fire hydrant in front of your residence, dig and clear the snow from around it.
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 02:29 PM
Jan 2015

In this kind of storm, most of the hydrants will be completely buried by snow banks.
Some FD's will send out their guys to dig them out, but it could be days before they get to all of them

Also... if you have oil heat, clear a path to the oil fill for the delivery guy.




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