Unemployment law question?

Hi I was fired on the friday after the huge tornados sweep across my neighbor Hood I have 4 days and nights with out any power and then 3 more were shorts in the lines in the neighborhood would cause the power to go out serval times a day or night caused me to be late for work twice that week once on thursday by 36 mins and then by time I realized I have over slept on friday I had a termination notice in my email with in an hour of my start time of my schedule shift. My employer was full aware that i live right in the effected area and did inform him that I may be late untill all the power had been fixed I had worked for this compnay for over 2 years and the first 18 month there were zero attendance issues, during the last 6 months I had started dealing with mental health issues for manic depression and bi-polar disorder my company is less then 50 employees so FMLA did not apply and my employer was very well aware of my situation, as what kicked it off was a week in the hospital over christams for a fail suicide attempt. Over the next few months I had been late a few times or called in but always called in to report what was going on and always provided a doctors note when asked for one. The compnay's policy on tardiness and missing work is very gary and states that corrective action and situations are handled on a case by case situation. I worried that im gooing to not get my unemployment beifits the tardness that lead to my firing was out of my control due to all my family live up north. and the intermitted power surges in the neighbor. My employeer also mentioned that when i had an ext interview with him that he would be willing to re-hirer me in a few months or so when i have my mental health issues figured out and undercontrol. If i have to apeal this should i meantion that or was path should i go down to defend my self.