Quote Originally Posted by SouthernBelle View Post
It's probably a bad assumption that you will be able to get online in a major emergency. You have to have electricity or functioning phonelines for that.

I second a good weather radio or even one of those little battery powered TVs.

I live alone and have 3 TVs.
That's actually an issue -- your current little battery-powered TV will not work after the conversion. (Yet another shameless blog plug:http://bitstream.soundandvisionmag.c...gton-nc-t.html)
They do make battery-powered converter boxes for those.