(likely dumb) laptop computer question

[christyf5]

Haha, no I'm not scared. My brother gave me an old laptop and I thought I'd set it up for my aquatronica instead of using my desktop computer just in case the crapola hit the fan here weatherwise. I'm off to my parents place for a few days and nobody is watching the tank while I'm gone. Its just a "in case" measure to check up on things. Since I'm only an hour away I can race back home if needed. However my desktop doesn't power back on after a power outage so I could race back here only to find the power was out for like 5 minutes or something