I’m 80...every year we have winter storms with various intensity. Why people aren’t stocked up BEFORE winter and don’t keep their gas tank full befuddles me.
We do but don’t live as if the storm is coming that night.
So if we have warning, we can batten everything down, and I make sure the shopping for any perishables we need is done, I do the laundry, and cook food as the electric oven is too much for the generator.
Reheating on top of the wood stove or in the microwave works better.