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We had a late autumn ice storm up here a few years back and it downed trees and power lines everywhere. We had no power for a week and we spent days with chainsaws clearing the driveway so we could get out.

We got a part of that miserable storm here in northern Connecticut, too - The Freak Snowstorm of October 2011. (Was it a named storm?)

We had no power for 8-12 days in this area. No working ATMs, no water, no heat. Witnessed long lines - and fist fights - at gas stations... price gougers hawking generators on street corners. Hubby said it was like "Mad Max" at times.

We were away from home when it hit and couldn't get back home. We were just out for the night in southern CT at an event we had paid for months before.

Took our lives in our hands just driving through the snowstorm from the place we were to the nearest hotel (we packed bags beforehand 'just in case'). NO plows on any roads... It was surreal.

4-5 massive trees fell across our driveway. We couldn't drive up the "lawn" as our front yard is all woods, a colonial stone wall, big rocks and underbrush. It took forever to find anyone who could help cut and move the trees. What a nightmare...