Well, sometimes things get rough and you just have to make the best of it. Sounds like he was doing just that. I'm sure he was very upset that it wasn't him shoveling that 33 inches of snow. LOL!
I'd rather him stay at the hotel for a snow storm
Last winter was the first time he was home for one and that was the time he almost cut of his fingers by sticking his hand in the snow blowers to clear the clog
For me it's easy to just shovel the dang snow myself