FWIW, I'd rather have too many interruptions than not enough. I considered buying one of those crank-powered TVs after the ice storm last winter. When our power went out (only 9 hours for us, thank goodness), we were forced to rely on radio to find out what was going on with the weather. Radio doesn't tell you ANYTHING. Luckily, we do have a weather radio. Even so, I need moving visuals. I'm hoping they'll figure out how to make a crank-powered digital TV before next winter and then I'm going to buy that. Hopefully, it will come with outlets you can use to charge your cell phone. I'm kinda spoiled that way...