Making a blizzard survival kit

Stormin Mormon · 2015-03-03T14:23:18+00:00

From: Newsgroups: Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:14 AM Subject: How to make a "Blizzard Survival Kit" for Drivers Making a "Blizzard Survival Kit" !!! You're driving down the road in a winter blizzard. The thermometer reads minus 25, the winds are blowing 50 mph and you cant see ten feet ahead of you. Suddenly your car slides off the road into a ditch and a deep snow bank. The snow is packed under the car so the wheels do nothing but spin. You don't have a snow shovel to dig the car out, or a safety flare to alert the authorities. Your cellphone battery is dead, and you're freezing cold. You know you will soon die from exposure and freaze to deeth. What are you going to do as you kneel on the front seat of your car praying to the plastic Jesus hanging on your rear-view mirror, while cussing out God because of the tragedy you are experiencing. But, you know you're prepared for an emergency such as this, because you were smart enough to create a "Blizzard Survival Kit" long before this disaster occurred, and every good driver knows that sooner or later this disaster WILL happen. You open the glove compartment and find a small carboard box. Inside the box is an ice pick, book of matches, some cotton, a nail, some bubblegum, and a candle. Here's how to use your "Blizzard Survival Kit". 1. Empty contents of the box. 2. Puncture the bottom of the cardboard box with the nail and stick the nail into the bottom of the candle so the candle stands upright inside the box. 3. Place the cotton around the base of the candle inside the box. 4. Light the candle inside the car so the wind does not blow out the match. 5. Take the ice pick and puncture a small hole in your cars gas tank. 6. Carry the "Blizzard Survival Kit" with burning candle to the rear of the car and place the box near (but not too close) to the leak in the gas tank which you made with your ice pick. 7. Grab your plastic Jesus and get at least 500 feet away from the car. This will be the toughest time because...

Mar 03, 2015 41 Replies

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Jerry.Tan 11 years ago

North central USA.

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(PeteCresswell) 11 years ago

Per snipped-for-privacy@spamblocked.com:

Guess I'll cancel our North Dakota winter vacation plans then.... -)

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