Depends on where you live. Three inches in Alabama is a downright blizzard. The entire state shuts down upon the FORECAST of snow. Not kidding here. The grocery stores stay open briefly so that people can make a rush for milk and bread. Then everyone hunkers down until either the last flake has melted, or the threat of snow that never happened has passed.
I suppose 3 inches in Virginia, where I think this all took place, is not a lot though. Even so, the woman's reaction was ridiculous. Maybe he woke her up from her nap and she was cranky.