For the 2010 earthquake (which was at 3:30 AM) electicity went off in the whole city and I didn't have a flashlight handy in the room I was living in. The only

For the 2010 earthquake (which was at 3:30 AM) electicity went off in the whole city and I didn't have a flashlight handy in the room I was living in. The only luminous thing I had handy was my cell phone screen, and no, it doesn't help very much in complete darkness in a room scattered with debris and fallen-down furniture. I'd rather have had a flashlight.