Originally posted by DR1665
You will need something solid under your jackstands so they won't sink into the ground unevenly, become unstable, drop the car, causing a brake rotor assembly to land on your chest, causing a slow, painful suffocation from your lungs being ruptured and filled with blood.. :)

holy fucking shit man!!! that's a little grim... but can be true... you make a good point and the darkness of it just drives it home.

I personally do all of my car work in the garage (no rain, wind, snow, AND it's a flat surface with lights)