Down here most powerlines are overhead. So when trees get icy and droop, and/or branches break, they knock out the power. There are branches down all over the city right now and my parents' house, my brother's house, my sister's house, and several friends' houses, went without power for most of last night.
Up here in my neat and tidy HOA-restricted neighborhood though, all power lines are buried by statute. So we're fine. Hopefully it stays that way.