Just this morning I got my power back after 2 days without it

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7. I have a stock of candles and a maglight

If you have enough candles (careful not to set something on fire) and a flashlight for moving around, the light is decent. Not for reading, of course. Go to bed early and read in the daylight if there is any.

I got the big fat candles and since I only use them in power failures, they will last a lifetime, I think I tend to light about three wherever I am holed up and use the big maglight (4 battery size) to get around. If you balance the maglight on its bottom, it casts enough light for the bathroom.

I see that there are LED versions of fat candles that won't burn the home down, don't know how long they last, though. About $10 for 3.

This non LED one is $6 at Target:

http://www.target.com/p/target-home-unscented-white-6x2-75-pillar-wax-candle/-/A-13683728#?lnk=sc_qi_detaillink

For $30 or so and eight batteries, you can use a Rayovac lantern. Something like this:

http://www.sears.com/search=rayovac%20ryv%20sp8d%20sports%208d%20lantern%20twin%209

You can read by those.

I have a battery powered radio in my emergency kit.

Not to minimize the scariness, just saying with one scary hurricane a year, I have things fine tuned.