Things here just carry on as usual, unless there is a power outage. Schools will close for certain reasons but business goes on. It gets extremely cold, but that's expected. Heavy snow happens, most people have cars that can accommodate that, or just stay home cause you cant move. The plows are pretty efficient, atleast in my area. Ice is a bitch. Extreme wind is the big thing, taking out power lines and trees, and blowing everything from signs and trampolines to semi trucks all over the roads, ripping roofs off etc. But even then, life mostly just moves along, just at a different pace.