[T.B. Yoits]

Offices of Emergency Management have the headache of dealing with the repercussions of such weather events and having non-essential vehicles adding to the situation doesn't help. Those managing the mess attempt to prioritize roadways and vehicles (in no rank):

-Crews digging out fire hydrants
-Electricians responding to no-power calls
-Employees of companies selling supplies such as propane, rock salt, shovels, etc.
-EMTs and Paramedics
-Fire trucks
-Groceries and food stores
-Hospital employees
-HVAC technicians responding to no-heat calls
-Pharmacy employees
-Plumbers responding to emergency calls
-Police
-Snow plows
-Tow trucks

They don't want on the road:
-people driving to work that can wait a day or two
-people driving to work in order to avoid their dysfunctional families at home
-people driving to work because their mentally deficient bosses can't grasp that adding non-essential vehicles to roadways only makes it worse for critical drivers
-people driving to work because their sociopathic bosses don't care that adding non-essential vehicles to roadways makes it worse for critical drivers

[Alberta's Child]

Don’t you find it odd that none of that was ever necessary before “Offices of Emergency Management” existed?

[hoosierham]

However did we survive before the creation of Officious Emergency Management?

We simply got on with life.