Agreed.
Power outages due to icing can be widespread and last for days.
Literally tons of ice can cling ho wires and cables causing breaks.
Ice on roads mean many vehicle sliding off,delays for emergency response.
4 wheel drive is very useful for snow but 4 wheels will slide on ice as easily as 2.
Power loss often means no heat as well.Another factor against the insane push for all electric everything.
Kerosene and propane heaters in good working order and a week’s worth of fuel is just prudent.Extra flashlight batteries,and battery powered am/fm(shortwave?) radio.
People who ridicule being prepared are ignorant.
Thank you.
I’ve only been through a few ice storms.
They are the worse.
Back when I was commuting to work, I would see all sorts of 4WD/AWD vehicles in the medians and ditches, and one of the reasons was that their drivers had no idea that the things might go through snow and mud better, but they were no panacea on ice.
My late FIL used to say that four wheel drive made it likely that you would be about 50 feet further into the drift when someone came to pull you out. He was only half joking when he'd say it.
So far only mist here in Missouri. Can’t be worse that 2007 when we had that bad ice storm. Whole area was out of power for 11 days. Luckily we have a Generic. We were out of power for 60 seconds.