What radio do you have for listening in emergencies?.
I have the Eton Solarlink FR360 Shortwave, FM and AM Radio which works on solar, wind-up, battery or AC.
I've a couple of cheap radios, including wind up, and my old multimode CB.
Generic Solar/wind up MW /VHF
Eton E5 LW/MW/Shortwave +SSB
Tentec 1052 20m
Yaesu VX-3r MW/ FM/ Airband/ Marine Band and Shortwave.