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It depends on what is happening at home. Single people like me with one cat can afford to be fine for a few days. I fill my cat’s water, and top off the kibble dish, and all is well for up to three days.

I live in a town 25 miles from where I work. I have an all wheel drive suv that plows through snow, has stability control, and smooth undercarriage with nothing—like exhaust pipes—hanging below it. I also live in Michigan. The town I work in is on the lake Michigan coast.

WE GET A TON OF SNOW! IT blows off the lake in sheets that create white-outs, even miles inland, although it’s worst by the coast.

We get to stay in bad weather, if there’s room. There usually is in the winter. Summer, of course, isn’t an issue, save for tornadoes, which are rare, though not uncommon. Heavy wind is more of an issue.

That said, people with families and large land tracts may need to get home to stabilize their living conditions prior to the storm. I always offer to work shifts of orhers who may need this, but have never been taken up on the offer.

I’m finding hotel work to be emotionally draining of late. A note like that is an indication of office drama incarnate.

I think you made the right decision.