For breaking news, I find the broadcast news to be much more on the spot than their internet sites in my area. During serious events (tornadoes hit Arkansas hard this year), the newscasters were on 24/7 and were able to give more information. The internet was not updated until the day after or later.

But, for the finer details--the interviews, the pictures, the death toll , the internet was better--after a few days.

I'm with Zen. We don't have a fireplace in the house, but we have a big woodstove in our shop. If it's still standing after an ice storm (lots of trees around it), we'd just move out there and heat that place up and get into the camping equipment. Tornadoes don't usually happen when it's freezing cold, though, so we'd just move out in the yard.

Karen