So, apparently...

[alexandraerin]

...when the power goes out, our new(ish) home security panel helpfully alerts us to this fact with a series of piercing, high-pitched beeps about thirty seconds apart. This panel is located on the ground floor of the house. I sleep on the third floor, and have taken pains to keep external light from reaching the half of the attic I sleep in... even the minimal light that would exist during a blackout on a stormy night. Trying to find my way out of my room and downstairs in a pitch black house in the midst of melatonin-fog seemed like a really good recipe for injury, especially once I established that I had no idea what direction anything was, so I just laid there enjoying the soothing EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE sounds coming at intervals just far enough apart to seem unpredictable until I woke up some more and the sky grew light enough that I could make it down the stairs and let the alarm panel know that yes, I have noticed the lack of electrical power, thank you very much.

Naturally, the power came back on as soon as I got back upstairs.