Running Extraction Tally

[Jake]

I had to drive the Miata home from work last night and the snow had already started falling. I made it (slowly and booty shaking) home in 2nd gear but the final hill to my neighborhood was impossible in 3rd. My parents were following me home and they stopped and pushed. It took my dad and some other guy who stopped to help (while mom drove their car) to get me up the hill. Summer tires: not so great in the snow.

I stopped today on my way home from work (yes, retail sucks hard) in the Escape. Some guy in a Honda Passport had moved over to let a tailgating pickup pass him and got stuck in a drift. He had it in 4-Low but I'm pretty sure the 4WD system was busted (truck had 200k+) because the front wheels weren't spinning at all. It took me and 3 other guys pushing (after shoveling a ton of snow away from it) to get him out.

Loudoun Fire & Rescue showed up in a massive ambulance. The two guys that got out just stood around and didn't have any resources to help. Bleh.

If I had a tow strap (and a more beefy truck that wasn't a Mazda 626 w/lift kit) I would have pulled over for more people.