My good deed for the day :)

I was sitting here minding my own business when I heard this car just
gunning, gunning, gunning outside.  I recognized the sound of tires spinning
on ice.

I grabbed a box of rock salt (I bought several when I realized the rain
would turn to sleet last week) and gingerly walked across the lot.  The poor
woman had no idea gunning the engine just makes the tires spin, especially
with front-wheel drive.  I salted the area all around her tires.  Someone
else came out and helped me push her forward to a dry spot where a car had
been parked for days.  We pushed; it wouldn't move.  The other helper said,
"Um, release the emergency brake!" LOL

She has an automatic transmission; I told her keep it in
Low 1 or Low 2 rather than in Drive when she's going forward on ice and
don't punch the gas!   We got her going.  It's too bad for icy conditions
reverse doesn't have a low setting, too! (I drive a standard shift and don't
seem to have a problem, but I control the - don't know the word - using the
clutch.)

The main roads here are pretty much okay now but the apartment parking lot
is still a mess and there are still patches on these 2-lane less travelled
roads where you need to go slow.

Be safe everyone!

Jill