How does -60 degrees interpret in America?
It caused the heater to click on every 10 to 15 minutes to maintain an air temperature in the house to 65 degrees F regardless of the weather proofing in use.
The house itself was as much an enemy as the snow and ice accumulated. The heat inside the house was being robbed from it's purpose as fast as it was generated. If the heater fell into disrepair the only option would be to leave and move to a heating center. The occupant would have succumbed to the cold that the house already had absorbed. There was a very small 'survival' quotient in that equation. There was nothing else that could be done to expand that survival quotient, except to step into the four wheel drive, turn on the heat and move to a place where heat was available.
Preparedness included running the 4 wheel drive to be sure there was an escape pathway to the highway and be sure the vehicle was capable of 'starting up' to maintain that escape route.
At that point, snow plows were no longer employed to move the snow, but instead, road graders with plows under them proved effective. The road graders removed the ice as well as the snow providing fool proof routes to residents so long as they made it out of their driveways. Beyond that snowmobiles might prove effectiveness for a rescue in an emergency, however, the wind might prove to difficult to navigate the snowmobile successfully.
Good luck.
It caused the heater to click on every 10 to 15 minutes to maintain an air temperature in the house to 65 degrees F regardless of the weather proofing in use.
The house itself was as much an enemy as the snow and ice accumulated. The heat inside the house was being robbed from it's purpose as fast as it was generated. If the heater fell into disrepair the only option would be to leave and move to a heating center. The occupant would have succumbed to the cold that the house already had absorbed. There was a very small 'survival' quotient in that equation. There was nothing else that could be done to expand that survival quotient, except to step into the four wheel drive, turn on the heat and move to a place where heat was available.
Preparedness included running the 4 wheel drive to be sure there was an escape pathway to the highway and be sure the vehicle was capable of 'starting up' to maintain that escape route.
At that point, snow plows were no longer employed to move the snow, but instead, road graders with plows under them proved effective. The road graders removed the ice as well as the snow providing fool proof routes to residents so long as they made it out of their driveways. Beyond that snowmobiles might prove effectiveness for a rescue in an emergency, however, the wind might prove to difficult to navigate the snowmobile successfully.
Good luck.
