we had some severe storms and we would send just about everyone home and keep a skeleton crew. I work in newspapers and you cant send everybody home or there is no paper the next day. In VT we had 2 feet of snow on Xmas and New Years and we were the only ones on the road. I have worked through hurricanes in Fl. and floods in PA as well. What I did was not drive unless I had to and instead of worrying about going home I would stay and work and spend the night there. A good emergency kit with food and a change of clothes with a pillow and I was okay for the night. A book or two is handy as well. Not my prefered way to spend an evening but it is far more dangerous to drive home in those conditions than to spend the night.