I live in the boonies, Wyoming. We have short power failures all the time. I have a stand-by generator, but it wont run 24 hours a day for very long, so I have made many preps. I have a fire place, and a wood stove. We have many candle/clay pot heaters. Of course we keep a lot of candles and lanterns around. We keep a lot of flash lights (some on guns), and batteries to last a while. We have battery powered motion sensing lights throughout the house and barn. We have stand by vacuum pumps for our milking system. We can survive long term without power, but it isn't much fun.