> Hurricane Sandy brought down the power grid, and “we saw all the advanced communications we take for granted…completely fall by the wayside.” Ham radio volunt

> Hurricane Sandy brought down the power grid, and “we saw all the advanced communications we take for granted…completely fall by the wayside.” Ham radio volunteers provided real-time communication in the storm’s wake This will sound so alarmist, but ham radio would also be useful if someone took down the internet https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12491084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12491084