The previous storm gave us 6" of very heavy stuff, my ATV almost would not move it. The recent storm was 24", not as heavy, but not light either. A lot of power outages around here, made a lot worse by the fact that we sent a lot of our crews to Puerto Rico, so now we have crews from all over the Country and Canada here!
I was lucky, only lost power for about 4 hours, and phone/internet for a day. A real PITA in Tax Season, but a lot better than the folks who have been out for a full week!
I've had a lot of rescheduled appointments and road detours, and done a few who were under generator power.
Like Dan says, it's winter ... deal with it!