Weather and work

This is another advantage of my work schedule: I have a four in eight chance of having bad weather for my commute, while everyone else has a five in seven chance. For direct comparison, that's a 28 in 56 chance for me vs. a 40 in 56 chance for everybody else.

Unfortunately, the 56-sided die was rolled and I failed my saving throw.

The problem is a double - well, triple whammy: The weather event is happening on a weekend, when prompt snow removal is a lower priority than if schoolchildren and most 9-to-5 Monday-through-Friday commuters would be affected. And my commute takes place in the early-morning hours, usually starting off at 5:00 AM, though tomorrow (if I decide to go) I will need to leave closer to 4:00 AM. Plowing the streets and highways for any commuters who might be using them at such a preposterous hour is also not a priority.

Wait, make that a quadruple whammy: the snow is still coming down as I write this, and is expected to continue until 6:00 in the morning. Now, why should anyone consider plowing streets or highways in the wee hours of a Sunday morning at a time when the storm is still expected to be going on?

But money is money, and we are talking a lot of money here. I can take the day as a personal day, but that will be money not available to me at the end of the year. We'll see how things look in the morning...very early in the morning.