I am just outside Greensboro, NC and just got done shoveling the walk/driveway. Looks like we probably got around 6"-8" total. Power went out around 6:20 AM this morning but thankfully came on while we were shoveling. After living through these power outages year after year, when we bought our current house 5 years ago, we installed an auto-on natural gas generator. It comes on by itself about 15-20 seconds after the power goes off. I. LOVE. IT. It was costly but I would do without other things to have it. Hope everyone is safe and warm inside.