re: #109 Decatur Deb

Someone makes a hand-cranked NOAA weather radio that has a USB cell-phone charging port.

There are a few of these out there. Unfortunately it takes A LOT of cranking to get even a minimal charge on your phone. On my motorola bionic it tooka solid 5 minutes of cranking from a totally dead battery to even get the thing to turn on. 5 minutes may not sound like a lot, but when you are cranking away it can seem interminable. You are better off running it in your car charger for a few minutes(assuming you have a car and car charger).