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Wednesday, November 8, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
WINTER ROADS:
Watch for freezing
rain this week
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• Use your seat belt
every time you get into your
vehicle.
Tips for long-distance
winter trips:
• Watch weather reports
prior to a long-distance drive
or before driving in isolated
areas. Delay trips when
especially bad weather is
expected. If you must leave,
let others know your route,
destination and estimated
time of arrival.
• Always make sure your
vehicle is in peak oper-
ating condition by hav-
ing it inspected by a AAA
Approved Auto Repair
facility.
• Keep at least half a tank
of gasoline in your vehicle at
all times.
• Pack a cellular telephone
with your local AAA’s tele-
phone number, plus blankets,
gloves, hats, food, water and
any needed medication in
your vehicle.
• If you become snow-
bound, stay with your vehi-
cle. It provides temporary
shelter and makes it easier
for rescuers to locate you.
Don’t try to walk in a severe
storm. It’s easy to lose sight
of your vehicle in blowing
snow and become lost.
• Don’t over-exert your-
self if you try to push or
dig your vehicle out of the
snow.
• Tie a brightly col-
ored cloth to the antenna or
place a cloth at the top of a
rolled up window to signal
distress. At night, keep the
dome light on if possible.
It only uses a small amount
of electricity and will make
it easier for rescuers to find
you.
• Make sure the exhaust
pipe isn’t clogged with
snow, ice or mud. A blocked
exhaust could cause deadly
carbon monoxide gas to
leak into the passenger com-
partment with the engine
running.
• Use whatever is avail-
able to insulate your body
from the cold. This could
include floor mats, newspa-
pers or paper maps.
• If possible run the
engine and heater just long
enough to remove the chill
and to conserve gasoline.
Tips for driving in the
snow:
• Accelerate and deceler-
ate slowly. Applying the gas
slowly to accelerate is the
best method for regaining
traction and avoiding skids.
Don’t try to get moving in
a hurry. And take time to
slow down for a stoplight.
Remember: It takes longer to
slow down on icy roads.
• Drive slowly. Everything
takes longer on snow-cov-
ered roads. Accelerating,
stopping, turning – nothing
happens as quickly as on
dry pavement. Give yourself
time to maneuver by driving
slowly.
• The normal dry-pave-
ment following distance of
three to four seconds should
be increased to eight to 10
seconds. This increased mar-
gin of safety will provide the
longer distance needed if you
have to stop.
• Know your brakes.
Whether you have antilock
brakes or not, the best way
to stop is threshold breaking.
Keep the heel of your foot
on the floor and use the ball
of your foot to apply firm,
steady pressure on the brake
pedal.
• Don’t stop if you can
avoid it. There’s a big differ-
ence in the amount of inertia
it takes to start moving from
a full stop versus how much
it takes to get moving while
still rolling. If you can slow
down enough to keep rolling
until a traffic light changes,
do it.
• Don’t power up hills.
Applying extra gas on snow-
covered roads just starts your
wheels spinning. Try to get
a little inertia going before
you reach the hill and let that
inertia carry you to the top.
As you reach the crest of the
hill, reduce your speed and
proceed down-hill as slowly
as possible.
• Don’t stop going up a
hill. There’s nothing worse
than trying to get moving
up a hill on an icy road. Get
some inertia going on a flat
roadway before you take on
the hill.
• Stay home. If you really
don’t have to go out, don’t.
Even if you can drive well in
the snow, not everyone else
can. Don’t tempt fate: If you
don’t have somewhere you
have to be, watch the snow
from indoors.
Kombucha
producer
heading
to Virginia
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) —
An Oregon-based producer
of kombucha is investing $10
million to establish a brewing
operation in Roanoke.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe
announced the plans for
Humm Kombucha’s new
location Tuesday, saying in
a statement that it will create
approximately 50 new jobs.
McAuliffe credited
Humm’s neighbor, Deschutes
Brewing, with leading the
company to Roanoke.
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