The power is out in Lansing Michigan! What product will charge my MacBook Pro Retina?

The power is out in Lansing Michigan. What produce will charge my MacBookPro Retina laptop?

But you could do it with a car battery (they are good for 50Amps at 12 Volts easily) and can be stepped up to MacBook Voltages.
http://www.amazon.com/Magsafe-Adapter-Charger-Macbook-Notebook/dp/B009G1B22O/ref =sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1388024065&sr=8-1&keywords=MacBook+car+adapter

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Back up all data.
Quit Facetime and Messages if either is running.
Step 1
Hold down the option key and select
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Caches/com.apple.imfoundation.IMRemoteURLConnectionAgent
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If you still have problems, quit again. In the Preferences subfolder, there may be several files having names that begin with any of the following strings:
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Hi All,
Let me start by saying I have read numerous articles and blog posts about choosing the correct resolution to use when running Windows 7 via Bootcamp on a MacBook Pro Retina (15"). I have not found the "silver bullet" (correct resolution). My eyes are sensitive to displays that are running in non-native resolutions (scaling).
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Hold the Power button until your Mac turns off, and turn it on again. As you tried to install a firmware update, plug the MacBook to its charger before turning it on.
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I don't understand what the problem is here.
I didn't before but I do have FileVault turned on now -- should that make a difference?
In either situation it didn't work, but now that I think about it, I could understand why it wouldn't backup while asleep. Apparently the encrypted volume will stay encrypted during sleep and even at the lock screen; it's not until you open the lid and log in from the lock screen that it will unlock the encrypted boot volume.
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2.) I have a laptop that I mainly use at work and I don't use at all when I come home (ie. when I'm ready to head home for the day I close the lid and don't open it until I'm back at work the next day, but the laptop does come home with me every day).
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EDIT:
I found this thread:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4158709
"It looks like Power Nap doesn't perform Time Capsule backups when the MacBook Air screen is closed."
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