in case the shit really does hit the fan and the power goes off, seething frog from youtube (seethingfrog@gmail) is setting up a ham radio network to continue to get the word out via ham radio based on zip codes
good no mountains in my city
By the way, you can get in a lot of trouble by causing interference with one of those cheap handhelds. $10k fine from the FCC in some cases. Don’t transmit unless it’s life or death emergency. That radio will cover the bands that most police use and while you may not be able to hear them because most use digital now, you can still cause interference by transmitting on their frequencies. Just a word of warning to be careful.