13 - have a battery-powered radio available so you can stay informed on what’s happening if the power goes out - during Hurricane Irene last year our power was off for fourteen hours but our battery radio was almost useless - except for sporatic bits of information on the storm, most radio stations kept on with their same inane programming of crappy music and occasional callins about what was going on in some guy’s local neighborhood - we finally managed to tune into the sound channel of TV channel 6, which is at the ultra low end of the FM band, and they were doing running updates of where the storm was and where it was going - so much for battery power.....
I have a 1500W power inverter in my Jeep. Great for running a few things in an emergency.
Find a radio with NOAA channels on it.
Wrong kind of battery powered radio - I prefer mine to tune from 144Mhz to 148Mhz ;-) It also helps if you have a decent antenna - a car mount works.