On 26 Aug 2017 16:59:02 GMT, KenK wrote:

Yesterday my power was off for 7 hours. I survived. I thought
maybe my setup would help others come up with ideas to protect
themselves too.

Of course there are generators, but they are quite expensive
if your power outages are rare.

I use a 12V deep discharge battery and a wall-wart trinkle
charger. I have a little 12V oscillating fan and a small 12V
flouresent light unit. So far this has worked well for me,
even in the 90 degree + temperature inside yesterday. When you
are old as I am the very heavy battery is hard to move around
so plan its home and your usual power outage retreat to be
close.

Perhaps if you have no power backup you might consider
something like this. The battery is by far the most expemsive
item.

I see videos of small solar powered fans, lights; and even a air
conditioning cooler home made (require ice). Can't think of the
Youtube channel right now but he lives in the Mojave Desert. He even
has batteries to store power.