Once an ice storm took and knocked out power for a month, nothing except candles and woodstoves. You'll be fine OP, I survived a month in a trailer eating canned foods and occasionally KFC if my grandpa was able to get to us. No showers at all either :c
And they aren't being lazy, towns have more power lines than you think. They have to fix poles and everything to get it all up and going, I remember seeing a completely downed line still laying after the ice storm ended and a hurricane is a hell alot worse than an ice storm so I could only imagine the hell it'll put the power lines through.
Be happy you have that iPhone, I didn't even have a flashlight when I had to take a stuff.