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When you live in an area that sees regular snowfall during the winter months, and sometimes the fall, you have to deal with getting your car stuck in the snow and ice at any given time. With salt being a high priced commodity this winter, many areas are either not salting their roads or have cut way back. Chances are you will get stuck sometime, or many times this winter.

This is what you can do to prepare for the eventuality of getting stuck on the snow and ice.

BE PREPARED

Before the days of the cell phone, we winter survivors would carry items that we might need just in case we got stuck on the snow or ice. What you need to carry in your trunk during the late fall, all winter and early spring are the following: road salt, a shovel, a blanket, an old rug, or a piece of cardboard, kitty litter, non-perishable food, and a cell phone.

WHAT TO PACK IN TRUNK

Before the days of the cell phone and before I could afford a car that didn't die when it was below 50 degrees outside, I would take all of these items with me wherever I went all winter long. It's very easy to get your car stuck in the snow and ice. To get out of the snow and ice you will need kitty litter for traction. Just pour some behind and in front of the wheel that is stuck on ice and this should help.

Road salt will be used to pour around, behind and in front of the tire or tires that are stuck on ice or in the snow. Road salt should melt the ice around the tire so that your vehicle can get going once again. It will also add traction the icy area, to get those wheels going again.

CARRY A SHOVEL

Always carry a shovel with you in the trunk during the winter. Even if you will be driving on an Interstate or in the city, you never know when and where you will get stuck. A sudden snowstorm can erupt anywhere, anytime. Blizzard-like conditions can derail your vehicle into a drift as deep as the car. Even placing a small, shovel, even a sand shovel will do wonders getting you out of any snow pile. You will be able to use the shovel to dig out of a few inches of snow, or a few feet of snow.

Take an old rug, an old car mat, or a blanket with you during the entire winter. The car mat, even the one you use everyday, can be placed under, or behind a tire to help with traction. A rug can do the same thing. Sometimes even a blanket or a large piece of cardboard will do the same wonderful trick.

SURVIVAL METHODS

A blanket, non- perishable food, and a cell phone will be your lifelines just in case you do get stuck in the

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