Had an eye opener last night as our power was out from 6 until after midnight. I remember the power going out when I was a kid and it was basically "OK, no lights, no tv, kind of annoying" and we went on with our life. Last night I realized that I basically don't do anything (indoors, since it was raining) that does not involve electricity. On top of that my basement flooded because the sump pump wasn't working. If it wasn't for my cell phone (and its battery), I never would have woken up to bail more water at midnight or to get to work on time. It felt like all heck was breaking loose. I may need to make some lifestyle adjustments. In the case of the apocolypse I don't want to be one of those first ones killed off because they panic when the lights go out.