"It's been a crazy day," says Justin McHale, manager at Handyman Hardware in Austintown.

He's glad the day's business is on solid footing.
That's thanks in large part to humans trying to stay on solid footing themselves.

"We got our salt truck load in at 1:00 and in six hours we sold through about 15 pallets," McHale said. "I had about five or so bags a few minutes ago but those might be the last of it as it stands now."

Monday's icy mess of sleet and freezing rain on top of a layer of snow made for a diabolical balancing act.
We saw shoppers in Boardman trying to do their best to stay upright.
One Valley physical therapist has some advice to help you do the same.

"If you can cross your arms...when you go backwards, try to tuck your chin and land on your backside, that's the softest part of anyone's body is their backside," says Dan Durham, owner of Infinity Physical Therapy.
"Make sure you have at least one sure foot before you advance to your next foot and before you un-plant the foot you were coming from, make sure the foot you're going to is also sure planted."

And it might even help to take after the folks in a vintage plug for a popular ice melter and 'walk like a penguin'.

"Keep a wide base of support about shoulder width and when you keep a wide base like that it's almost like the pyramids in Egypt, they're stable and really hard to push over," Durham says. 

Meanwhile as we left Handyman in Austintown, one lucky guy's search for salty safety saw him snag the last few bags.

"Couldn't get rid of it any faster if we were giving it away," laughed McHale.

He says the store should have more salt in stock on Wednesday.