You need to provide proper services to your tenants, and not paying the electric bill so the power is shut off is just plain breach of contract, you use the 72 hour rule like it should protect you.. business hours?

But even with Bars on the Windows, thieves always would find  a way in, like in the old fashion Milk shutes.....They would slip a little kid in the milk shuts and they would unlock the doors, so we had to seal shute the milk shuts.  

I'm a shut-in anyway, so I don't really fear for my own safety, but moreso stuff like break-ins, problematic neighbors, ability to draw quality tenants etc.

The third party notification with Xcel only informs all authorized people on the account that a shut off is impending.

I shut down.Going back to your example though you mentioned these calamites like earthquakes and hurricanes.  

Going into a knife fight is like putting your hand through a fan blade and trying to pull it out without getting touched.So we train with the fact in mind that we do not want to get cut but accept the fact you will most likely get cut and that you have to get over it.There will be a person that lives and that dies and you have to make sure you are the one that lives.Of course if you can escape a situation without altercation or contact that is best and to talk them down.With the knife training you can also use red marker or a red paint that looks like blood etc.The goal is to get you seeing red (blood) without going into shock and shutting down.External weapons are good but your body is the best defense as it never leaves you.If you train with a gun or a weapon all the time but are in a venue where they do not allow those items then you are at a disadvantage.You can always look for items close by to use as weapons.You can also use objects that do not move such as smashing into walls,the ground,through a glass barrier etc.I have been attacked in the past so I know what it feels like.It happened a long time ago by a gang at the beach when we were on spring break as teens.It was 3 of us and 12 of them.They were going beach by beach in broad daylight trying to get money for drugs and assaulting people.They were not staying at any hotel so the cops never found them.Luckily I was just bruised and sore a little bit.

Shut down the email marketing about 3 years ago and switched to 100% direct mail.

Allen, Ron LeGrand, Wright Thurston, and another group whose name I can't remember that was shut down but paid a franchise fee to continue operations under the Rich Dad logo.

The dept of financial institutions started shutting down the title companies that performed the double close.You can do a back-to-back closing (close twice and pay two excise taxes and two escrows) if the end buyer is cash or using a portfolio lender without 90-day title seasoning. 

I stayed with them until the end when they shut down. of course if you build outside the AHJ, you don't need anything here.