Guess what I learned?

Today, during the 1 hour, 15 minute power outage, I learned I need to buy one of these:



It was TOO quiet in my house for that time! I'm a wimp, and missed my radio for all 75 long, quiet minutes.

We bought a two pack of the Durapro flashlight/radio with handcrank at Costco a few years ago. They don't work - well, they DO work, if you crank for a full minute, the flashlight will work for 1 minute, 50 seconds. The radio, not at all. What a waste of money! So much for trying to be emergency prepared!

I also need to stock up on the battery size that my flashlight takes, instead of not having any available, and having to go to the bathroom in the dark...