Yeah I don't understand the big deal about snow. And I totally get you about waiting to shovel. When I lived at my parents' they were always on my ass about shoveling right away, when I wanted to just wait till it's done. One time we had a heat wave and it was freaking raining and they wanted me to go shovel, WTF? At least wait till the rain stops, why go shovel in the worse condition if I don't have to.
Same with when there's a huge blizzard, I rather wait till the blizzard is over. The only time I might shovel in the middle of a storm is right before bed, so aliviate my morning as there wont be as much to shovel to get the car out. But I end up having to get up earlier anyway to be safe so it does not really matter.