I lived in CT. I hope you’d be safe from the hoodrats of Springfield, Hartford and New Haven.
Yes that is the chief concern, but family obligations makes it critical to prep in place.
Not even sure most of those hoodrats know where my town is or how to get here. But they can smell wood burning as well as anyone else, so in the winter using wood (while critical) will be a big marker of where potential resources are for these predators.