1/26/11 and 1/20/16
1/26/11 was an event that busted cold and juiced at the last minute. It was one of the biggest winter power outage events from Richmond to Philadelphia and forever changed how the Federal government looked at telework. Since then OPM and many other public and private agencies have invested heavily in reoutfitting their staff for telework.
1/20/16 was about a half inch of powder falling right at sunset that flash froze. This was the same day the last Blizzard Watch was ever issued by LWX WFO for the 2016 "blizzard" and DOT crews were home resting and planning for the weekend. It reaffirmed for many the reason why early, staggered release was needed because a lot of jurisdictions wanted their staff in all day in anticipation of losing the coming Friday and parts of the next work week.