The farther west you get, the less serious the damage. From Syracuse west, it was mostly power outages and cable/Internet blackouts. I lost my power to blown transformers, and I had an Internet blackout for a couple of days, but no other damage (and I had plenty of light, thanks to abundant rechargeable batteries and chargers, and plenty of LED flashlights and lanterns).
However, now is the time to assess how you managed without electricity for the storm. Anywhere you find shortages (you only assumed a smaller number of batteries, or your flashlights were on the weak side), start loading up now beforeScumney Romney takes office. You are best equipped with a headlight, preferably one with several brightness levels. Lanterns work best for an area, while flashlights are good to carry at all times in case you are stuck in a big box store and the lights go out abruptly. You will need rechargeable batteries--the low self-discharge NiMH ones are best for emergencies while high capacity ones are best if we go to rolling blackouts on a regular basis.
How I know? Remember 1973? They blamed that energy crisis on good old fashioned running out of energy. It was a result of philo-Semite Nixon going to help Israel after they got their axxes kicked by Egypt on Yom Kippur (which was a retaliatory strike for Israel's attack in 1967). Nixon bailed out Israel, and Saudi Arabia got pxxxed and cut off our oil. Let Scumney Romney in, and we go to war against Iran, pxxxing off Saudi Arabia again. Scumney Romney is probably the most philo-Semitic candidate available, and the oil producers are more than willing to cut off our oil for it the way they did in 1973. Which, obviously causes energy crises. And with our current embargo on producing domestic oil, that will lead to a severe energy crisis that will dwarf 1973. Meaning, get ready for rolling blackouts. And when rolling blackouts become widespread, I think you are going to have a miserable time trying to get batteries, flashlights, lanterns, and chargers.