Typically here in Va they do start plowing early and keep it up. This time I have not heard what the initial problem was this time.
Having lived in NY, NJ, WI and others I can testify that Northerners do not drive any better in snow than Southerners. Up north you can usually see a pile of cars in the median and ditches after the storm waiting for the tow trucks. And ya it seems most of them are SUVs, apparently they thought they were safer than 2 wheel drives!
My best snow story was in MA. Caught in a storm and tail gated by an impatient who expected me to drive faster while the snow piled up and was freezing my wipers. I tried to get over to the side to let him through but kept hitting the snow bank, until we reached an over pass and I squeezed over, as he passed he gave me the finger and sped away. about 10 -15 minutes or so I saw his vehicle on it’s side off the edge of the road and him waving outside of it. I slowed down, beeped the horn and waved back at him as I drove on. After putting in a long day 6:30am to 9pm, I was in no mood to stop with the possibility I would end up being stuck. (2WD open back PU.)I went through stop signs when I reached the exit in fear the car would go no further due to lack of traction. Its was an upstate winter storm mess from Springfield MA to Albany NY. Traffic was light and the plows were slow to arrive. Drifting wasn’t fun for me.