I am with you. We would have our cellular phones, but in a true SHTF scenario they would be useless to us. I would be away from the house so the landline would be a no go.

We have 6 FRS radios, but keeping batteries in them would pose the problem. I have found however they hold a charge for a hell of a long time if used sparingly. I would not be worried MUCH about communicating with the outside world.

For sure, one of the worst days of my life was being at work when a tornado hit my area. The news broadcast had a track right for my house. The land phone lines were down and the cell phone exchanges jammed with phone calls. I had no way to insure my family knew it was coming.

I hop in my car and try to make it home in time. Big mistake, I was immediately caught in traffic gridlock the whole time hitting that damn redial button. Well I found out my family was OK the hardway as the twister cut right across my commute path taking a telephone pole out landing on a pickup in front of me. I actually pulled the guy out of his truck that day.

When I finally made it home. I found my family snug a rug in the basement watching the whole thing on TV. All that situational awareness and what to do ifs actually paid off.

Tj

Couldnt have said it better myself.

<----- need I say more?

This post has been edited by Warlike: November 13th 2009 3:31 AM

cyanide, where does someone find out where these zones are?