One should always be prepared. On the communications side of things, ham radio is the means of last resort. This is because it is decentralized to individual home stations for the most part. There are repeater stations and Internet bridges and other stuff that's more advanced.

As I've been involved in 2 hurricanes and helped my communities with emergency communications, it boils down to a radio, an antenna and a power source. I did have an antenna break during Harvey, but managed repair it during the storm. It's built stronger now.

You may listen to local communications on the 2-meter band: 144-148MHz in FM and on the 70cm band from 440-445MHz. The repeaters retransmit signals from hams in your area. I just found repeaterbook.com is a great resource.

The go-to frequency for emergencies is 146.520MHz - simplex.

For long-distance communications, a more substantial station is required - bigger antennas and different frequencies. The full chart is shown.

Bill, @n4hpg, on twatter has put together meeting points on HF/Shortwave and published the StormWatchNet guide that Anons have linked to. He's one of the anons on here - or so he says. Posts a lot of stuff on Q and thinks anons are impressive diggers and analysts.

He's always been a prepper and takes time to help people. He's definitely Woke because I hardly ever hear him on the repeaters since Q started. Several guys chased him off because he's a "conspiracy theorist."

He used to run a blog with all sorts of technical articles, but took it down. I'm not sure why.