Rabbit ears are today’s lucky addition to your hurricane kit (so hop to it).
Television is an important medium to receive your local hurricane forecast, shelter information, road closures and other important emergency management information. However, most televisions today get their signal from cable or satellite providers, not from a VHF television antenna. If the cable goes out before your power does, your TV is no good - even if you have a generator.
Unless, that is, you add a good old-fashioned TV antenna to your hurricane kit! On a trip to Radio Shack last night to purchase transistors for my time machine, I saw the pictured antenna for $6 plus tax. I’m keeping it in my closet with the rest of my hurricane supplies just in case.
Of course, the $25 antenna will fare better than the $6 one, but for about the cost of a pack of batteries, why not add this gem to your hurricane kit?
Tags: antenna, hurricane kit, personal preparedness, television
