"Surviving the Road"

I don't think anyone would disagree with the assertion that this winter has been one for the record books in every single area of the United States, except perhaps for Hawaii.

Many Americans nonetheless are forced to travel on the nation's roads no matter how unsafe the weather conditions. Usually this is due to one's job. But in other cases it may be a family emergency or some other domestic matter of extreme urgency.

For those who do not live in colder areas of the nation, traveling in winter is not normally associated with grave danger. But when those citizens are forced to take to the roads in areas of the country that are hit with dangerously low temperatures and blizzard conditions, little do they know that being prepared is absolutely necessary for survival.

Brigid at Home on the Range provides an excellent treatise on being prepared when one has to take to the road in extremely cold wintry weather.

What, for example, do you do if your car breaks down in sub-zero temps during a blizzard? What do you do when you are stranded by snow? What if you have an accident on the road as a result of the weather?

In vast areas of the country during winter, walking just a quarter of a mile in extreme weather can kill you. Brigid shows you how to avoid it.