I got an ETON radio, AM/FM/weather bands, operates solar, batteries, windup, AC w/converter. Has a flashlight and flasher onboard also. Bed Bath and Beyond used to have them (Cross Creek Plaza) and I am pretty sure that Radio Shack still does. Without this radio we wouldn't have had a clue Saturday, we had no bad weather, but the radio went off and told us about the tornadoes up by post. Also, think about spending $8 on the WRAL weather call. More than once the call has alerted us to bad weather before we knew it was coming in.

No affiliations to any of the places/things mentioned above, other than I know the area where Montanero lives, more or less, as I live just south of there.