@jdelanoy
unless the company you work for has a "snow day", which never happens unless a state of emergency is called, then you have to use a personal day to take the day off. Some people don't get that much vacation time, for example maybe 5 days personal vacation a year, and don't want to use it.
I have work today, Also, Syracuse University, which never closes, is still holding classes. Just because public schools have this weird idea a couple inches of snow will kill a kid waiting for a bus, doesn't mean the rest of the world stopped.
So in all, between ~8AM-12PM EST, are fairly dead times on this forum.