We actually do have an AC/DC powered radio - just AM/FM, no weather or shortwave, and no hand-crank, either. We don't get too much use out of it, really, but it was handy a few months back when bad weather dropped the FOURTH tree this year from the same yard up the block from us, taking out our neighborhood's power for a few hours.
Frakkers couldn't be bothered to deal with any of them, either - *I* got to pull two of the trees out of the road so I could get home from work, and in the second case, the bastards pulled out of their driveway right next to where I was working to clear the road in order to go somewhere, and came back while I was still clearing the road, and STILL didn't do anything. Forunately, one of the other people living nearby stopped and helped me out very shortly thereafter, restoring some of my faith in humanity - he even thanked me for my efforts, which I greatly appreciated.
