The New York Times featured a story about a man who was driving near Oswego NY when he had to pull off the road due to a belt snapping -- and his power steering failing. His car was literally buried by a passing snowplow. He called 911 for assistance -- but cellphone reception was "spotty" so the 911 operators could only narrow-down his location to a three-mile stretch of highway. But nobody could find the car -- as it was buried in a snowbank. All of this was taking place during the nor'easter which hit New York a few days ago. Eventually, the man in the car got another (momemtary) call through to 911 -- and the operator was able to pin-down his location to the "address" of a nearby house. A New York State Trooper climbed up-and-down snowbanks until he finally spotted a snowbank that looked "a little higher than the others". The Trooper dug into the snowbank and hit the glass of the car! The driver was rescued -- and was not shivering (a very bad sign) -- was taken to a Hospital where he was treated -- and released! The car driver recalls sitting in his unheated car for hours, playing CDs until the car-battery died, and (trying to) make cellphone calls to 911. The Trooper believes that had this man been stranded for another hour -- he would not have been found alive.
At any rate, here is the link to the NYT Story (much of which I have paraphrased here).
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/18/nyregion/snow-storm-rescue.htmlWould anyone care to suggest possible actions the car driver might have taken that would have avoided his near-death encounter?
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