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Having lived in Florida and Louisiana, I can confirm that there will be a LOT of people caught off-guard when the first disaster arrives. Problem with a lot of laptops is that they suck too much battery power when compared to a little 5" black/white TV. About 50-75 watts for modern laptops. Will be interesting to see how they handle this.
Dallas stations didn't give it much effort. KTVT-11 (CBS) went straight to snow without so much as an announcement. KFWD-4 (Fox) and KXAS-5 (NBC) ran a looping bilingual video about the converter boxes, looks like something the DTV people distributed. KERA-13 (PBS) ran a static text page about the mandated switchover.
WFAA-8 (ABC) was a bit classier. Had an announcer next to a running Motorola 7" "suitcase" set (the one that uses the 7JP4, can't remember the model) displaying the station's old logo card. Talked about the significance of the change and how it was history making. WFAA was on the air as another call sign (k-something) back in 1948 and the first in Dallas, 2nd in the DFW area on the air. They closed with their signoff film that ran back before the early 80's. Not sure exactly what "era" it was from, but it used their long-retired round logo, and showed shots of downtown missing buildings that I know were built in the mid-80s.
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