Don’t use up all your batteries
Sure, your cellphone works, even after the lights go out, but if you’re spending too much time tweeting about the power outage and playing games to kill time, your phone may run out of power—and then what happens if you need to make an important call? To preserve your battery, turn off any apps you’re not using, minimize any that run in the background—and then break out that chess set you haven’t used since grade school.