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Winter has come early and strong this year so this article might be a little late and sometimes it feels like I'm preaching to the choir because long-time residents would consider themselves experts at navigating winters in Northeast Montana after their many years of experience. But it never hurts to review winter safety information in this part of the country, where extreme weather and the remoteness of our environment can combine to create very dangerous travel situations during the winter season.

Obviously, the best scenario is avoiding travel during bad winter weather but the commonly s...