Manual chains, here (NW CT). I usually have to force myself to go out the night before they're needed to install them...much better than laying in the snow, cursing myself..quarter mile down the road, retension them, and then just go...35 mph or less.
Funny thing: NOBODY else uses them around here.
Carry spare repair links, channel-lock pliers to crimp them closed, 12 gauge solid copper wire, extra bungees, and a thermos of hot tea with heavy sugar. You won't get there fast, but you'll get there sooner than the ppl sitting in the median, waiting for a tow.

If you look at my avatar, I'm at home on a cracker pony, surrounded by cypress, and yeah, I'd rather deal with hurricanes than snow nonsense.