I lived in snowy places 20 years of my adult life. Two minor accidents, both on ice rather than snow. Slide off the road into a snowbank on one occasion, and took out a neighbors mailbox on the other. Ice is impossible. I don't even try anymore. One great thing about the Air Force Academy is unless you were mission critical, you had a blank check to take a personal day or work from home if you felt unsafe about the conditions given your specific car and route too and from work.
We've always kept a 50 lb bag of rice, 20+ gallons of water, some shelves full of canned goods, a couple propane tanks, and a stack of firewood on hand for winter storms. Our plan in hurricane country is similar, with a bit more water. Either way, I think it is generally a good idea to have enough on hand to batten down the hatches and hunker down for 10 days while order is restored and the shelves get restocked. A couple bottles of wine and some board games are a good ideas also, as well as a way to receive radio and charge a couple of cell phones without the grid.
To have to go out and buy groceries once an event is forecast is unprepared.
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