we didn't get hit by Katrina by the Grace of God, but the 04/05 season brought 3 of them pretty close to me... I had sustained winds of about 90mph gusts to over 125...power out for about 6 days... land line was up, though it is vulnerable above ground feed to the fiber optic box in my back yard...

we have very good storm coverage in the Tampa Bay area, and the TV stations simulcast on radio...I had an older (pre digital switch over) battery TV and used it along with the Grundig...for entertainment listened to the BBC in the light of a Dietz lantern..something I imagined Londoners did during the Blitz

upgraded to a digital portable and am looking for one of the pocket portables...found my old 9 transistor from the 60's and it only gets rock and roll