Wow, up to 13 days or more without power? That certainly puts a lot of emphasis on better home preparedness. Makes me glad we don't live in earthquake, tornado, or hurricane prone areas. Our biggest threats here are heavy snows in winter and bad thunderstorms the rest of the year taking down trees and limbs that take out the power lines. Longest I ever recall us being without power was a little over 24 hours during the snowstorm of 2009 . Makes me glad we live on the main road. Still, there's always a chance it could last much longer for one reason or another so always a good idea to be prepared with extra food, water and other emergency supplies. A lot of good info here, and i especially like the tip about using the silver mylar blankets over the windows from powerring. We are expecting 100 degree plus today, and while the office here is nice and cool, at home things could be quite different.