Lessons learned from the Oregon tragedy

Five miles on a deserted road and you can die. Rumor has it
that the mob does hits in the winter near Chicago, by
forcing the victim to drive their own car into the country
and run into a ditch, then try to shovel it out. Then they
leave them with just city street clothes.




"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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| wrote:
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| Matt Whiting wrote:
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| I know that is the standard advice, but I'm not sure I
could follow it
| for more than a day or two. Personally, I'd rather die
trying than die
| sitting waiting on someone who may never come.
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| I know what you're saying Matt, but I don't think I've
ever heard of
| anybody dying in their car when they got stuck. I'm
sure there's a
| couple of cases, but from all the stories I've heard in
our general
| area (you're in Montrose right?) the vast majority of
exposure deaths
| were when people left a protective shelter.
|
| No, I'm from northern PA. Around here we have about as
many people die
| from CO in their car than from leaving and hiking out.
Granted, we have
| few places as remote as the mountains of the west,
however, we do have
| many places where you can be 20 miles from civilization.
Just look at
| the Detroit sectional in and around Bradford PA.
|
| Matt