In trouble due to snow day

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We had snow last night. My road is pretty bad. I tried to get in, but my car wasn't able to cope with the snow. I texted in to say I couldn't make it (protocol) and started working from home.
I've just had an email from the deputy head asking where I was, as they said they hadn't heard from me. I said I'd texted, and explained why I couldn't get in.
I just had another email saying that everyone else had managed to get in, and why hadn't I got a taxi or bus, and that they were concerned about me being off so could I ring.
I feel like I'm in big trouble, and now I'm scared to ring, scared to go in tomorrow.

Call up today. Or you will feel worse after the end of the business day.

Some cars are crap in snow. Some drives are awful

Agreed. I drive a 1999 Chevy Blazer, does very well in the snow when I kick in auto 4WD. Still no matter what, 4WD does not help on ice, we all slip. The bad thing where I live in a have a huge hill I go down and then up and many times drivers get stuck or you see them endless trying to make it up.

It all depends on the driver as well, I had an old 1986 Ford LTD, the small one, with rear wheel drive and I've beaten monster 4WD trucks going up snow and ice covered hills with it.

Still not everyone is comfortable driving in bad snow and ice conditions or they just don't want to risk their lives, I understand that and if anyone feels that way, then I'm glad they made the decision to stay home. I've done the same thing as well. Taking a day off is a lot better than rising yourself, your car and others any day of the week. You've made the right decision.

Birmingham, is that Alabama or the UK? Sorry for asking but for clarify, I know here in the States, they have school delays or they close them on snow days, I don't know if they do that in the UK. I miss being a kind when they close school, I remember we went sled riding and then had hot cocoa as we listened to Cheech and Chong, KISS and Boston 8-Tracks (well, this was the 1970's). Back to OT, I think if the schools are delayed or closed then the employers should follow or at least have a reasonable expectation that people will stay home and not be a hazzard to themselves or others.

Birmingham UK.
Apparently the main roads were clear, but I didn't know this.
The person I spoke to kept talking about how people in other jobs might be sacked for not coming in. I don't know if this means I'm going to be sacked.

Im from nearby and today the snow was pretty lame to be fair.

If you have a BMW they are notoriously bad in snow.
Also your drive may be an issue - I know mine is. Main roads being ok means nothing if you cant get on it.

We have the same problem here too, some roads may be clear while mine may not be. One thing I noticed that ever since they put in ritzy patio homes (IIRC, a couple of Pittsburgh Steelers (American Football Team) live up there) in my plan, the snowplows go up there but they do not come up as much to where we live anymore. Getting sacked (or discharged/fired we say here in the US) should not happen because of this. I worked for an auto parts company where at the time we had 3 feet of snow on the ground, corporate closed the store after some arm twisting where the assistance manager said that he can barely make it out of his street and he had a Jeep Wrangler to boot. He said there "was no freaking way he could make it to open let alone expect the rest of us to come in." They finally saw reason. BTW, that time, we had a wind storm too and one of our tree's branches feel and took down a 22,000 volt line that feeds the transformers that brings it down to the mains voltage, Mom and I saw the huge flash it made and when I sniffed the branch, I smelled burning. We made it through OK but it blew out my neighbor's electrical system. My guess is the 22,000 volt line hit their mains and well, boom! I had to stay home, I could not leave Mom in a cold house without power.

I should have guessed it was Birmingham in the UK, if it was Alabama, down South, from Virginia on down, outside the Appalachians, if they get like an 1/8th of an inch of ice or any snow that lays on the ground, everything down there stops.

Yeah, you got to remember you got to get to the main roads. I'm glad to have a Chevy Blazer to get through bad weather but still if you have ice or other drivers block you, it does not matter. I guess looking where I live, if I had to in a life or death situation, I could go "mudding" and cut through some of the ritzy plans they've built up but beyond needing to take a dire measure to save a life or limb, forget it, I'm staying home and firing up the Playstation and my police scanner. We had a 1968 Buick Wildcat as a kid, that thing went through snow, sand, etc., loved that cat.

Hey there, I guess call, don't text. I'm in Saskatchewan, and where I live, none of the roads except the few main ones get plowed, so everyone gets the same degree of difficulty. We just pack the snow down by driving on it, then hope you all have good suspensions.

Call. And then take photos. and email them. Make the email fairly informal and talk about how annoyed you are about trying to get in to work, and explain what you'll work on at home, and ask if this is an ok thing to work on or if they pref you work on something else.

I volunteered to help with an evening event this week, so hopefully I've made up for it.

It's understandable, and you offered to help to make up which is good.

One comment though, I think it would have been better to call when you found out you couldn't get out. Texting doesn't seem very professional.

I'll echo everyone else here - call, don't text. When you call, you *know* you got through to someone - texts can be miserably delayed or dropped entirely (especially during bad weather conditions).

Another reason for the call is that you get the immediate confirmation that your message was received... and the un-said statement that you have nothing to hide!

Alycat, you might want to put your resume together and think about job hunting. Not because you might get fired, but because you work at a place that threatens to fire you for not endangering yourself in inclement weather.

f**k them.