Both Oncor and SWEPCO have created a list of things you can do right now to prepare for the cold ahead and to "conserve energy" (How can we conserve energy when we don't have ANY?)
The Memorial Day weekend storms that swept through East Texas and Western Louisiana caused widespread damage throughout Gregg, Harrison and Panola Counties along with DeSoto Parish in Louisiana. With high winds and two confirmed EF-1 tornadoes in the storm path, downed trees have caused a lot of damage to the power infrastructure.
I may be a little behind on this, but I ran across this online and thought it was perfect, because how many times have needed to charge your phone but didn't have access to a USB port on a computer to charge it or your without the wall charger power converter? It can be as simple as plugging into the wall now -- just have your cable with you!