I never thought I’d be suggesting a product made by Black and Decker, but for all the people that live in areas susceptible to severe storms, this isn’t such a bad piece of gear to have floating around. 
The Storm Tracker is a battery-operated UHF/VHF black and white television, lantern, and AM/FM/NOAA weather radio. The radio and flashlight run via batteries that recharge from manually generating power with a hand crank;  the television uses nine C batteries.  With automatic storm alert warning alarm and the seven-channel NOAA weather frequencies, you’ll get all the advisories and emergency information even when you’re powers out.

*Unfortunately it does not include a rebate for all those useless black and orange tools you’ve acquired.

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