Get rid of cable TV.
If things get bad you will have to cut it anyway. Why wait?
DTV is good if you have the right antenna. In many areas you can get 4 station of PBS content alone!
Need a cheap antenna? Try this!
It is one of the best out there and is perfect for putting behind the TV or even putting it outside. Its cheap and it will work if you build it right.
I can't recomend AM radio anymore. Except for emergencies. It gets taken over by political nutjobs on both sides and you will only get a bunch of junk to rille you up instead of good news. FM music is good for general music. Keep on the lookout for any local public stations.
Learn to read! Of course you can read but I mean REALLY read. I mean that you can visualize battles you read in Red Storm Rising or sweat from suspence from reading a spy novel. Books are REALLY cheap in certain areas and the library will carry many others you can check out.
Turn off the news.. Local is important but as of late all the national ones want to talk about it how bad the economy is. It helped create this panic instead of it being a slow downturn which could have given people a chance to prepare. Last I checked EAS was still working so if somthing REALLY important happens (Like a zombie outbreak) you will know really quick.
I wont recomend hobbies because they get expensive quick. But any activity you can do that can take your mind off the situation will help.
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