Take a photo of your car with your cell phone and send it to your boss's secretary saying you will be late for work. At least that is what my friend did. It took her husband about fifteen minutes to open the front door, and another 45 minutes to clear her car, but the road was still undriveable for a few more hours. Something about the sand truck sliding into a parked car or two. It reminded her of the car hockey that happened after an ice storm that hit Iowa City while she was going to school there. Back then I'd shown her some pictures I took along the Lake Superior shore. The North Shore area of Minnesota gets events like this often so nobody who has a clue builds to close to the shore line.