It's no fun when you don't. About 10ish years ago we had an ice storm that knocked down power in most of the state. We spent two weeks bouncing from home to home with a young infant. We stayed with our neighbor the first night, moved into a tae kwon do dojo a friend of mine owned and then when my parents finally got power back stayed with them before our house finally got its power back. Came home to a broken pipe and a mess.