How funny the way we all think. The first thing I did when I heard about the storm coming was to put the hand-crank back onto my Singer 66 (I had previously converted it to a motorized machine). Then I found my headlamp and my battery-powered Ott light (the little clip-on one). Of course, I did all of this FIRST - before I filled containers with water and gathered up my non-perishable foods...LOL. Priorities!
After all that, I actually never lost power at home. Parts of my state were really ravaged, just not where I am.