When we lost power

When we lost our power not even a month ago, from the remnants of hurricane Ike, it was out for over three days.  We lost all our food in our chest freezer and refrigerators and I had just did my big monthly shop the week before.  Plus the cost of eating out then having to replace it all, really added up.  But since it drove us nuts sitting here in the quiet.  Where we live, the power tends to go off a lot.  So we have been talking about investing into one of those wind up radios.  My 16 year old just laughs at us because he thinks there is no such thing.  Just wait until we order it and it arrives.  Maybe I will get him one of those instead of an MP3 player for Christmas, and he can work some energy up winding it up to listen to music!!