I remember one time Chronicle had a show, Winter in Maine and that's what they showed, snowing hard blowing sideways across the potato fields, great scene.
That happened to me one year in December, bad cold snap, ground was frozen solid, and we got 2-3 inches of rain, only time I ever had water in my basement.
I lost power for 7 days in 2011, it sucked, lucky I had a wood stove, but you can't shower, it's a pain to cook anything even though my stove has a cook top and I couldn't work and make any money.