Bad Weather and Remote Desktop

There may be some essential function that still must be done face to face on campus.  But when you have severe weather like we're having now, you put people at risk in the commute.  That should be factored in to determine what is essential and what isn't.
Virtual may not be the same as being there, but it is a lot safer.
I also want to note that temperature is not the determinant for me of what is safe or not.  We now have near whiteout conditions with high winds and snow.  That snow is layered on top of a "wintry mix" that fell earlier.  Roads will be quite slick and visibility poor.  That is dangerous.
It also seems to me that these conditions can be anticipated in advance so we should have drill for it already in hand.  Yesterday we did receive a massmail about snow removal in the parking lots, but the rest of what I've written above wasn't considered at all.