• Login
  • Contact Us
  • My Account
  • Subscribe to the Clay County Free Press
  • Clay Free Press e-Edition
  • Logout
Friday, January 15, 2021
  • Login
Clay County Free Press
  • News
    • Local
  • Sports
  • Notices
  • Obituaries
  • Courthouse News
    • Booked
    • Magistrate News
  • Opinions
    • Can You Identify
    • Cook’s Corner
    • Echo From the Hills
    • Salt & Sonshine
    • The Baptist Classroom
  • Spiritual
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Parabola
  • Contact Us
  • epress
  • News From Around The State
  • News From Around The Country
No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Local
  • Sports
  • Notices
  • Obituaries
  • Courthouse News
    • Booked
    • Magistrate News
  • Opinions
    • Can You Identify
    • Cook’s Corner
    • Echo From the Hills
    • Salt & Sonshine
    • The Baptist Classroom
  • Spiritual
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Parabola
  • Contact Us
  • epress
  • News From Around The State
  • News From Around The Country
No Result
View All Result
Clay County Free Press
No Result
View All Result

Winter Survival Kit: 10 Things to Keep in Your Car

Clay Free Press by Clay Free Press
November 26, 2013
in Local Stories
0
0
SHARES
0
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By Amber Bass
With the holidays fast approaching, many of us will be taking trips. With the recent blow freezing temperatures, think what would happen if we were in our car and had an accident or were broken down. Preparation is key when it comes to cold weather. Here is a list of 10 things to keep in your car during winter.

Blanket: If you are stuck with a car that won’t start, or that has conked out, and have to wait in cold weather for help, you will want a decent warm blanket as an extra layer.
Snow shovel: Get a short-handled shovel, probably a coal-type shovel, to stow in the trunk in case you need to remove snow from around the wheels of your vehicle.
Flashlight: Self explanatory. Keep a good-sized, water-proof flashlight with fresh batteries in case your breakdown is at night.
Hand warmers: Available at camping stores. Smash the bag and the chemical reaction inside creates warmth to defrost fingers that may be trying to change a tire or fiddle with an engine.
Matches: You never know when you will have to manufacture heat.
Bottle of water and a few protein snack bars. You hear of people surviving on ketchup packets that have fallen between the seats, but some planning will yield a better menu under emergency conditions.
Syphon Pump: If being out of gas is your problem, and you get offered help by a good Samaritan, you want to be able to get a gallon or two of gas out of another gas tank to get you going quickly.
Lightsticks: These cost almost nothing at a dollar store and can be used either as a light source or to wear in case you are shoveling snow around your wheels at night.
Flares: These should be in your trunk in all seasons for putting next to your car if you are pulled over in distress.
Whistle: It can be used to either signal for help to someone who can’t hear you yell, or to scare someone who may be trying to take advantage of your distress.

It pays to keep a kit in your trunk with all he things your are likely to need. This kit can also be a life saving kit for someone in need along your travels.

Tags: premium
Previous Post

Fruit Filled Coffee Cake

Next Post

West Virginia Decorates for a Cause with the American Lung Association’s Christmas Seals

Next Post

West Virginia Decorates for a Cause with the American Lung Association’s Christmas Seals


Full Access To All Our 40 Editors, reporters & writers.

100’s of stories each week.

Click Here


 

  • News
  • Sports
  • Notices
  • Obituaries
  • Courthouse News
  • Opinions
  • Spiritual
  • Contact Us
  • epress
  • News From Around The State
  • News From Around The Country

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

No Result
View All Result
  • News
    • Local
  • Sports
  • Notices
  • Obituaries
  • Courthouse News
    • Booked
    • Magistrate News
  • Opinions
    • Can You Identify
    • Cook’s Corner
    • Echo From the Hills
    • Salt & Sonshine
    • The Baptist Classroom
  • Spiritual
    • Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Parabola
  • Contact Us
  • epress
  • News From Around The State
  • News From Around The Country

© 2021 JNews - Premium WordPress news & magazine theme by Jegtheme.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
  • Sign in

Forgot your password?

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login