I heard muffler and immediately thought “carbon monoxide.” No reason to leave your car on if you’re in the cold. It’s the wind you need to worry about. The snow will insulate you like an igloo.

@ethanwilliams1880

Ай бұрын

Well to be fair, if you turn it off, at those temps, you might not be able to turn it on if/when you need it.

@christopherlenahan3906

Ай бұрын

@@ethanwilliams1880 unless you have alternator or battery issues, it should turn over down to -40f. It won't like it and the power steering will squeal, but it'll go. As someone who changed a battery in -46c/ -50 odd.

@starfirei3356

Ай бұрын

I had that exact same thought!

@Kellbellgurl

Ай бұрын

Where I live it is expected that you might get stuck in a snow storm during the season so I will keep an emergency kit in my car. Shovel, space blanket, rations, etc.

@AyushBakshi

Ай бұрын

Education is illegal in America

Crazy how she even mentioned the muffler, but no one realized the danger like this story has never happened before

@Veylon

Ай бұрын

It's not a visceral danger, so people don't take it seriously. Unless you personally know someone who died of it, it's one of those things you don't think about.

@Arei

Ай бұрын

I’m in Texas, where this is rarely an issue, but I’m forever haunted about the stories of people who got in their cars to get warm during the freeze died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Because they didn’t think to make sure the muffler was clear first. That’s gonna be burned into my mind forever.

@AyushBakshi

Ай бұрын

Education is illegal in America

@ajspice

Ай бұрын

They're from North Carolina....

@thestrangler2688

Ай бұрын

many people don't know of the dangers, especially coming up in a normal conversation it's extremely easy to miss it because nobody is really taught the dangers of carbon monoxide

This is just like sitting in a running car while in a closed garage.

@bensoncheung2801

Ай бұрын

144p 👍

@matthewboire6843

29 күн бұрын

Sadly yes, exactly how it is

@the_kombinator

28 күн бұрын

It's not like that at all - if your exhaust system doesn't have any leaks and you're outside, you'll be fine. In a garage, the exhaust has nowhere to dissipate. Completely different scenarios.

@exp-io853

28 күн бұрын

exactly why my parents often leave the car off and window a bit open in parking lots in mall or smth...when they are out and we have to wait

@exp-io853

28 күн бұрын

​so as long as there is leak you shpuld check the place you're in?

My father died in a similar way in 1975 - he had visited relatives, and not taken their offer to spend the night there, because he had to be back to work very early in the morning (soldier and driving instructor with a full schedule). It was one of the first cold nights in early September, and he likely realised he would not make it back home comfortably without falling asleep during driving, so he must have decided to sleep in the car, into which he had built an independent heating. The fumes would have been vented 100% (he also was a specialist car and tank mechanic with the highest diploma available, so he knew his stuff), but when he parked the car beside the road, he inadvertedly stuck the exhaust pipe into a loamy embankment without noticing it. The fumes took the only way available. He did not have to worry ever again about not getting to work on time. The world is not the same without him, but since then at least I am aware of the risks of CO intoxication. Edit for sausage fingers.

@AnAdorableWombat1

Ай бұрын

❤ 😢 Rip to your father

@Yerinjibbang

Ай бұрын

sorry for your loss

@bensoncheung2801

Ай бұрын

☹️

@farahgrants6419

28 күн бұрын

May he rest in peace 🙏🏼

As soon as you mentioned that the muffler was almost buried, I knew the sad ending. NC doesn't have major snows like that, so she probably didn't know. Rip.

@stephweasenforth7891

Ай бұрын

WV doesn’t get snows often either, but the majority of us know to keep the exhaust clear. She failed to ask and someone failed to teach her.

@lisapop5219

Ай бұрын

@@stephweasenforth7891 agree.

@Roadent1241

28 күн бұрын

But you'd smell it, wouldn't you? Or is it too late by that point? Enough of us have been behind a car when it starts, we know it lets out stinking stuff.

@lisapop5219

28 күн бұрын

@@Roadent1241 carbon monoxide is odorless, tasteless & colorless.

@stephweasenforth7891

28 күн бұрын

@@Roadent1241 carbon monoxide itself is colorless and odorless.

There should be CO detectors in cars that warn of increasing CO levels.

@srykextraodinairecreation9962

24 күн бұрын

Good idea

@Amita8505

23 күн бұрын

With all the bells and whistles on cars, plus the advancements in technology, u would think this would be thought of long ago smh

@gabesmath105

21 күн бұрын

mandating them in new vehicles won't change the millions upon millions of older vehicles without them

@pete5668

21 күн бұрын

@@gabesmath105 I never said to mandate them, I just said it would be a good thing for manufacturers to put in the cars and let the market decide if they are useful or not.

@spindash64

9 күн бұрын

​@@gabesmath105then make aftermarket CO monitors

I remember this story and live in a snowy state. How she passed was discussed as a risk that likely wouldn't have come to mind otherwise, especially in a stressful situation. Sis was a student nurse - while she didn't have a long career caring for others, she is surely doing so in spirit because she taught us a valuable lesson. RIP🕊️

"Crack a window and leave that tailpipe clear." Honestly, that's just good advice for life right there....

The sad part of that particular storm is many people that died, died within sight of houses (not on a big highway or on a non populated stretch) but because if the dangers of strangers now a days many chose to stay in their vehicles instead of trying to walk for help, like going to someone’s door. It’s just sad that people were in distance of finding/getting life saving help/shelter but the caution we have to have with strangers caused many not to seek help and rather wait out the storm by themselves.

@evilsharkey8954

22 күн бұрын

Isn’t this the storm where a woman heard a man outside calling for help and brought him into her family’s home to save his life and then went on social media to find his family and get someone to get him to the hospital since her car couldn’t do it and emergency crews couldn’t get to her?

@leslieschott754

11 күн бұрын

I agree. We are so paranoid these days that we’re reluctant to trust anyone! So sad! 😢 Other side of the coin, willing to help but afraid to open your door to anyone!

I’m from Buffalo and it’s common knowledge to keep your exhaust pipe clear. It’s also best to try and go to anyone’s residence and ask to warm up and find community shelters for the night. We have many “code blue” places to stay safe

@bensoncheung2801

Ай бұрын

Is it because of this incident?

@mandarr3853

29 күн бұрын

She probably wasn't aware because she was from the south. If you've never dealt with that much snow before, you'd have no knowledge of do's and don't's. :/

@phantomspecter6223

24 күн бұрын

​@@bensoncheung2801no there's somewhat similar processes in other cities located near Buffalo regionally.

@sakarikokotala9160

23 күн бұрын

Most Western New Yorkers know what to do because we have been have seven to eight feet of snow dumped on us in the last few years. We know to peppered in the fall. Homeless know about “cold blue” shelters setup for people in cold weather and storms. But even in driver’s ed we were taught what to do in winter weather and have emergency kits, including shoves, food and water, and fire aid kit with fire extinguisher, and gear to keep warm without running the engine. And my favorite thing is an emergency red light to let emergency vehicles know where you are, and has a magnet to sticks to the roof of the car. I had to use it once last years ago when OP got eight feet of snow and my car and I was buried in the snow. I was fine. I ran the car a couple times by cleared the snow away before starting it. I used a lot of “hand warmers” throughout the night with a sleeping bag for very cold weather. And two extra blankets and emergency blanket. I had my window cracked so I could hear any sound if someone was there. I had extra battery packs for my phone, and I even had a hot meal with MRE. And when I was found I was fine. I accidentally slid off the road on got stuck coming home from work. Only need to be dig out a little bit and pulled back on the road. I was fine until after pulling into my garage and the snow melted from my car then I had a flash flood in there.

Its so crazy how you can be here today and gone tommorrow

@brandonvillamizar1216

Ай бұрын

And yet, I'm still here... I'll sleep tomorrow in my car.

@mixup2216

Ай бұрын

@@brandonvillamizar1216 Are you suicidal?

@wowplayer160

Ай бұрын

@@brandonvillamizar1216 For now perhaps. This is why we need to be grateful of the time we have now and not what we may have in the future.

@JohnnytNatural

28 күн бұрын

We're all here today gone tomorrow, best to not think about it

@fastinradfordable

28 күн бұрын

It’s crazy to think about if you’re a narcissist.

This is scary for me because it literally happened to me. I almost died that way. My family and I were on a trip and while on the highway they stopped to buy stuff at a souvenir shop so they locked the car with me still asleep there. The scary part is that when I woke up all was extremely hot, I felt like everything was wrong, I had difficulties breathing to a point in which I felt like if I was dying and on top of that when I try to move I'm not able to! I literally had my first sleep paralysis experience right there! You can imagine my panic, unable to breath locked in the car. At the time I focused only on moving one arm since I was scared and panicking. From that arm I tried to focus to one hand then to one finger and little by little I was able to edge my way to the door and finally I opened the door and went head first onto the hot paved road. The moment I was able to move that finger that's the moment by body was able to move again but I was too weak to move anymore, each breathing made my lungs ache but also helped me stay alive , when my family returned they saw me on the road next to the car on a pool of my own blood barely breathing and unable to move until a few moments later when I wasn't that tired. In the end I got stitches and my family didn't give a sh*t about me they could only scold me for something THEY did. Because, it wasn't hard to wake me up before leaving or at the very FEKKIN least open a window!

@CGammer5680

Ай бұрын

Omg im so sorry that happened to you!

@xTIYx

Ай бұрын

Wow. I'm sorry you went through something that scary. I hope you have (and will have in the future) people in your life who care more about your well-being

@Dreadjaws

Ай бұрын

Jesus Christ, I'm so sorry your family was so awful. I hope things got better for you.

@justachildofGod

Ай бұрын

You almost DIED and your family did that!? DISGUSTING!!!

@dalhousiekid

Ай бұрын

So sorry. You don’t get to choose your family unfortunately ❤

That storm got people trapped in traffic for so long, emergency services had to go around giving people water and make sure they were alive. The snow came down ridiculously fast, even for the Buffalo area.

Whenever you hear of people dying in a car in a blizzard, the first thought I have is not to the cold, but to the exhaust gases, it seems counter-tuitive, but turning the engine off would save lives inside the vehicle, yes it may become unpleasantly cold inside, but as long as you remain in the vehicle, you're more likely to survive in a cold car than one with a running engine...

I remember this tragedy...RIP to those lost during the blizzard.

This is why you never sleep in a car when it’s running. Or at all if you can help it.

The moment Brew mentioned the muffler, after the fact "it wasn't the cold that got her". It could only be CO poisoning.

6 minutes away from her house and 6 minute long video...

@mysurfing3550

Ай бұрын

A few blocks of walking could have meant she was safe at home.

@user-rx7pd1xv4k

Ай бұрын

@@mysurfing3550 I was thinking about that too, but I wonder if it would have been more risky to walk. I'm not sure, I've only been in a snow storm once before... but a six minute drive could be like 2 or 3 miles potentially

@mysurfing3550

Ай бұрын

@@user-rx7pd1xv4k I was in a really bad snow storm before in Chicago. I biked everywhere and had to drag my bike through wind and snow. It took a few hours when I got home I was so exhausted I fell asleep in the hallway without even taking my coat off. Yes the storm is indeed exhausting but better than just dying in the car.

@AdorzAaliyahSince94

Ай бұрын

Oh no, I didn't know she was that close to her place!

@zancloufer

Ай бұрын

6 minutes away by car could be anywhere from 3-8 kilometers (2~5 miles) depending on if it's the actual speed limit, or what speed one would be driving in a blizzard. Depending on how she was dressed a 1-3 hour trek through a blizzard could've been incredibly dangerous.

I was in a very bad blizzard about 30 years ago. I only lived about five minutes away from work and went home early. Others stayed on and had problems. One lady lived many miles away. At least she had the good sense to drive a short ways and realize she could easily get in trouble. She went and spent the night in a hotel. The next day, the roads were cleared and she either could go home or go back to work. I don't remember what she did, but she survived the storm. This was in MD, about halfway between DC and Baltimore. They got huge snowstorms up there. I no longer live there. But this could have happened to anyone. This video is a good reminder of the dangers you face if you decide to wait it out in your car, and keep it running. Thanks for putting up the video. You might have saved someone's life in advance.

I was also trapped in my vehicle overnight in that storm. It's not so much that we were unprepared, the roads were literally full due to the increase in travellers due to Christmas. They had to prioritize response to vehicles that were obstructing traffic. i.e. The good of the many out-prioritizing the good of the few. As unfortunate as it was for the few who couldn't be saved, it could have been so much worse. Also it should go without saying that she goes to the bottom of the list once they confirmed that she was frozen, there were still living people who could be rescued.

Walk the rest of the way.

@latonyanewsome0

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@stephenkayes8981

Ай бұрын

I'm from Buffalo Not in that storm. 80mph winds and 5 ft of snow.

@qlx-i

Ай бұрын

@@stephenkayes8981 dig in the snow?

@ieatmoney

27 күн бұрын

She wa literally trapped in her car

@jamesm5787

19 күн бұрын

I've hiked in similar snow depths. Once. It's not something I'll ever willingly do again without snowshoes. It turned a 45 minute hike into a 2.5 hour one. And that was in clear weather, with a friendly refrozen layer I could usually walk on top of if I stepped carefully. A six minute drive is probably 3 to 4 miles. Without proper gear, in 3+ feet fresh snow, and blizzard conditions, you're probably dying of exposure. And if you're lucky enough to make it, you'll arrive home in about 6-8 hours.

If you're ever stuck in your car. Even if it's cold. Do not let it idle. Otherwise this happens to you.

@dontworrybout2664

Ай бұрын

Bad Reddit tier advice. Unless you are being covered in snow this isn’t a bad idea

@naughtyboi7441

Ай бұрын

I had a chemistry teacher who told me to never stay inside an idle car for too long due to the incomplete combustion the car makes

@AnAdorableWombat1

Ай бұрын

No. That's not how it works pudding

@franzpattison

29 күн бұрын

Lol it's fine if the exhaust vents properly

@the_kombinator

28 күн бұрын

Beautiful. Sentence structure.

My first thought was “why was she required to go into work if there was a storm like this?” This story is so sad to me.

@MrCount84

27 күн бұрын

That is what I was thinking

As soon as I heard the city, I knew what it was. ... we get winters like this every so often in Buffalo, and it's not so much a lack of preparedness, it's just the sheer volume of snow and often the wind whipping right off of the lake which was also really bad during that storm. Not much can be done about those conditions except to wait it out... but that makes this all the more important for people to know about, since this weather happens so frequently in this area, and it is notoriously hard to predict exactly when and where it will suddenly get that bad.

Carbon monoxide? Just a guess…I just started watching…

@Anjirine1

Ай бұрын

Ding ding ding‼️

@tinfox2

Ай бұрын

Yep, it was carbon monoxide.

@NEPAAlchey

Ай бұрын

Pretty obvious to anyone with a triple digit IQ. But then again that's getting rare these days

@latebloomer2

Ай бұрын

Many supposed to be fun road trip ended up in tragedy because of CO.

@BespokeRoblox

Ай бұрын

your coreug fG1v 1

Brew videos are so great to watch in spare time.

I live in Buffalo, I remember this. This is why during a blizard, no matter how tough you think you are, no matter how long you've lived here, if they tell you to stay off the roads, and you have any choice, you stay off the roads. You could be blocking emergency vehicles too

The fumes managing to get inside the cabin seems like a massive defect, especially if they then can’t get out. I’d expect if they can’t fix it for whatever reason that there’d be a carbon monoxide alarm at minimum.

@forceawakens4449

Ай бұрын

this had been a problem since doorseals on hard topped cars, if there was a way to midigate it it would already have happened

@the_kombinator

28 күн бұрын

...what? Do you even have your license?

@KatieBellino

18 күн бұрын

It's because the snow built up around the tail pipe. Ordinarily, the fumes go away from the cabin, even if you idle the car.

Thank you for raising awareness to something I had no idea about

Great video as always, Brew!

Ventshades are one of the best things you can get to keep a window down while keeping most of the weather out of the car, also blankets and a "go bag" with warm clothes to layer up if you are stuck in your car. A small shovel to clear out the back of the car is also nice to have but in a pinch use a scrapper or anything else you have that could be used to clear snow away from your car's exhaust and doors. But the most important thing to keep in mind if the weather is looking bad either stay home, or wherever you are coming from, there is nothing worth risking ending up in this situation.

☕@Brew, another engaging & educational story,very well done, THANK YOU! No telling how many lives in the future you've saved with this topic you've chosen! A fan in Minnesota🐺🌲🌨

Wow! Good information ❤

In Florida we don't have to worry about getting stuck in blizzards. I'm glad about that,. I hate the cold. My condolences to the families who lost loved ones this way.

This is beyond heartbreaking.

“And remember, keep your tailpipe cleared” Great Advice 👍🏻

I was working in Dunkirk New york during that storm. I had to drive back and forth between Dunkirk and Jamestown NY 6 days a week. I didn't realize it was that serious 😳 😅. However, I grew up in Western New york, the winter always gets insane especially in buffalo.

I'm glad Brew is back, hoping the others will also return 🤞🤞🤞

Stopping kids from saying first

@Monsizr

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your service

@khronikos4622

Ай бұрын

Doing the Lord's work 🙏

@jupiterskiss

Ай бұрын

Wonderful concept, sadly didn't work 😢

@CookiePieMonster

Ай бұрын

First to say "First"

@shabadrandhawa3829

Ай бұрын

Last

Carbon monoxide poisoning?

My dad was an auto mechanic. He always rode with the window cracked when using heat, ac or just driving. He said to have fresh air in the car always.

Yea...👍🏽... Back to the classic style. I like this much better

If I am going somewhere cold and may get stuck in a blizzard, I always have a warm blanket with me.

Poor girl. But thanks to her, if I find myself i a stuck in a snowy situation or caught under a mudslide, I know what not to do. Also, the comments are quite enlightening. What may be common knowledge in one part of the world is mind-blowing in another or simply never thought of as we/they may have never been in such a situation before. So thank you to the Brew crew and the comment crew!

Wow! I've never been this early. Love the return to the older art style ❤

Hugely important message!!

I remember driving through that storm... Never again.

I'm from Rochester NY and i remember this, so sad 😭

Really. They just let her sleep there?

The art looks amazing

Excellent Narration for a very tragic, and sad story. You are doing a great service to help get the word out about CO2. Keep up the good work, my friend.

If you're getting buried in snow in a situation similar to this, you've got to get out regularly and keep the tailpipe clear, even if you don't have a shovel or tools. Use something, anytime you can find in the car to move the snow, even your hands as a last request.

It is well known fact like don't run your car in closed garage and clean your pipe/mufler from snow regularry if you stuck. Good stragedy would run your car until it warm, turn off and sleep for an hour. Check if you alarm is maximum volume and vibration on. Emergency blanket and showell is the must. Pack of hand and foot warmers, because people frequently lose fingers and sometimes nose in similar situations. And yeah, clean your pipe/mufler regularry!

This is why, as a mechanic, I will never ever stop bitching bout people running engines inside unventilated.

I don't really get how the gas got inside. Even if you block thw muffler, the whole engine is in the engine bay, seperate from the car? Did the monoxide get through the AC?

@Pbcvl

Ай бұрын

thats what Im also confused by. Does anyone have an answer?

I knew right away, similar thing happened to some poor folks in a bottom hotel room near here. Vehicles were parked and running outside and the fumes and the fact they were sleeping ended up a deadly mixture. Now you can't park or idle cars like tgat, I believe it was at least 4 teens that passed.

My question is- If there was a family friend near the Area there, couldn't she just leave the car and go to their home for safety?

How do the exhaust fumes get into the car if you have it on air re-circulation?

That’s actually scary. This is a clear reminder to keep warm blankets and possibly shoveling your car.

This information needs to be shared, because this can happen to anyone.

I remember that same storm here in South Dakota

how would the exhaust fumes get back into the cabin? I don't think it is connected with the interior at all, through air vents maybe?

So you mean to tell me that there was absolutely no one, not even law enforcement that could have picked her up? This is just sad

how could she have open her door and not get out and get help from the houses near

here to further feed my fear of carbon monoxide

never been this early to a brew video

This very common CoD in my country, Parking "Rear to Wall" also cause this. Parking and sleep with AC on also cause this due to lack of air flow. You don't have to stuck in snow for this to happens, be carful everyone.

This video is very interesting to me to say the least...

Couldn't she have just started walking right when the car broke down before the snow got to high ?

just realized how soon I reached this video, I was wondering why the low views lol ngl I really like Brew's videos.

Good reminder thank you, I forgot 'bout that.

This is why you should always keep extra pair of warm clothes and some hiking/survival gear in your vehicle. Your odds of survival are allot better if you hike to safety in a blizzard than risk CO2 poisoning or freezing to death trapped in a car coffin.

@ferretyluv

Ай бұрын

You wouldn’t freeze in your car. You’d be protected from the wind. You also shouldn’t idle your car in the snow. Also, CO2 is carbon DIOXIDE. Carbon monoxide is CO.

@forceawakens4449

Ай бұрын

​@@ferretyluvyup, CO2 is harmless for every reason other than not being air

If you're going to sleep in the car, turn it off.

Brew: "It wasn't the cold that had taken her life." Also Brew: "It seemed as though that the cold had gotten to her before anyone else could."

When my car is idling,I open the sunroof,so that the fumes will go out

I hope most of us northerns knew the issue right away.

Well, that's unfortunate...

Buffalo New York.... I was in that blizzard. It was awful. Took hours to dig out my car. Fallen trees everywhere lots of people breaking into stores

I had a great uncle pass away from this, but he was in his garage

Did he say "a mere 6 minutes from her home"? Get out and walk! The car wasn't going anywhere.

@RockR277

Ай бұрын

Through a blizzard?

@battlecatnix

Ай бұрын

A six minute drive in good weather is a completely different thing than walking that same distance during a blizzard.

@admiralkaede

28 күн бұрын

6 minute drive is at least a 15-30 minute walk but thats in good weather this was with feet high snow and high winds and i imagine low visablity yea thats also not smart

Great policing there

I remember hearing about this on the news

I'm in Buffalo and was during that storm... it was brutal.

Oh mgod this was a heavy one

There was an incident that happened in Murree, Pakistan where a lot of tourist families were in the same predicament and they all died., That tragedy really brought a lot of awareness regarding CO poisoning..

such a short video. but I hope you give us some more great content in the future, Mister brew.

Crazy man!

while the 3d animations were cool and could still have uses im super glad to see the 2d back

Yeah. I remember this story.

🙏 Safer & Healthier to leave a cm or two of window glass gap when parking or when waiting or sleeping in an enclosed airless car cabin! Wear appropriately according to the weather! Carbon Monoxide & Benzene poisoning are quite silent killers in a parked car! 🐕 🐈

I would have thought that the heat from the exhaust would melt the snow that was building up around it

Only a six minute drive away from home? Then just walk home. I’m a Canadian so a blizzard isn’t out of the ordinary.

My partner's mom was stuck at her workplace while this storm was happening for several days. Almost missed christmas

Sad story. I wish she had known better.

While living in places that see some bad snowfall, it's worth it to get an All Wheel Drive vehicle if you can. But still keep a shovel and maybe kitty litter in your car.

I see brew i press like

One of the earliest symptoms of carbon monoxide poisenning is feeling sleepy, which brings people to take a rest not realizing the danger. So there is a good chance that she felt sleepy because of that, and considering the time it was less likely for her to question it

I'm glad I drive an electric car. When I did drive a gas car, and slept in my car, i had blankets and knew how to cocoon myself in to trap my body heat. I didn't keep the car running. My feet would still be cold but the rest would be warm.

woah...

I always check my exhaust when it snows hard