The year that we moved to WA State, the town we moved to flooded the first month and about a month later, we had what was described as a 100 year storm. It was 90 mile per hour winds, with snow and 15 degree temperatures. From our house, we could see electrical transformers and sub stations blowing all over the county. We were without power for five days, much of that time at 15 degrees. As the storm passed, though the temps warmed and the snow turned to rain and we had two inches of ice on top of the 15 inches of snow, then the frozen water pipes burst and we had water pouring down the wall between the house and the garage.
We managed, as we always do, but it was cold and the kids wore their parkas indoors and stayed inside their sleeping bags.
No doubt there will be frozen pipes everywhere up there if it gets really cold before the power comes back. Mess upon mess upon mess.
When I lived in the NYC/NJ area I started pricing bugout camp type places in western PA. That’s when I decided it’d be way cheaper to move back near family. Even IF it meant relative poverty.