I do hope the power outage problems in the NE are resolved very soon. Such long and wide spread power outages are exceptional, and very rare in the UK, and will be causing considerable hardship to those affected.
There can be no doubt that anyone who has an EV and can't charge normally will be experiencing major problems, but ICE vehicle will also be having problems as no power means that filling stations can't operate either.
It does strike me though that some people who have chosen to go down the EV route, may also have invested in home solar or wind power generation, and they will be happier.
This goes to show how having more local energy generation and storage can reduce the impact of grid outages. I firmly believe that all new builds and major renovations should include local generation and storage, even if its using the storage capacity of an EV - called vehicle to Grid, or Vehicle to load.