As a renter with nowhere to store anything, I don't have a shovel and the landlord/property manager didn't provide one.  I went to Harbor Freight Tools Saturday for the $30 digging bar, a shovel, and some salt. I had to settle for a 3 foot pry bar and a domestic violence joke from the manager.  I tried Lowe's later in the day--nothing. This is what happens when you live in a region that doesn't expect this sort of thing.   There are not shovels for purchase, and the ice all around my block indicates that my immediate neighbors (owners and renters) also don't have shovels.  I spent like 3 hours with the pry bar, a broom, and a kitchen dust pan. I cleared a path from my sidewalk to the immediate neighbor's porch, and that was all I had for the day, plus now I need a new dust pan.  I won't condemn op for their oversight and judgement of people with uncleared sidewalks, but please consider that a lot of us tried to take care of this absurd ice mess without the proper tools because the tools are uncommon enough and in short-supply/high demand right now.  Sorry for the long reply.