14 days without electric, 12 of those without water during the ice storm. had propane heat & cook stove so electric wasnt a big deal. water was. but i dont complain much cause a friend of mine moved his wife & kids into a tent while he built a big nice 2 story house entirely by himself. took him a couple years to build it, finished it & lived in it a year before he had electric hooked up. didnt wanna pay what they wanted to run lines that far out. he waited em out & won. he has no compassion for those of us who wine about being without power for a few weeks. lol