What do you do, first?

[Rush2112]

the power in our area goes out frequently for no apparent reason, sometimes only for a moment, sometimes for hours.

first thing I check is the cell phone, if it still has signal then I know right away its not a severe crisis. then go back to sleep.
if there is no signal then still don't know extent of the outage, but know its not just our neighborhood. (its very flat where we live so we cant see other areas). go back to sleep

on wakeup if situation remains same, try battery radio. if nothing on there, then game on. at least I got some sleep though!