Originally Posted by Ballpeen
I understand.


Hey Bubba...seriously, a standard part of your basic hurricane plan is a wind up radio. Most are rather cheap looking and aren't the best radios, but in a pinch they work wonders.

You know the drill on what you need to have stocked or stock a bit in August. Put a wind up radio in that tub of gear. Most have some sort of LED on them as well.

Have, or had, one...The crank shaft snapped off after a couple uses.

We have an OLD, am/fm battery radio which we used. I also had a PC battery, 24" smart TV linked to my phone for internet and streamed some news until cell towers went out (first that's ever happened in a storm). Then I pulled out the hurricane kit emergency antenna hookup, but even that the signal was very spotty.

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