Well, yeah, communication is so far down on the priority of needs that my county's disaster preparedness pamphlets don't even mention it. But after we got hit

Well, yeah, communication is so far down on the priority of needs that my county's disaster preparedness pamphlets don't even mention it. But after we got hit with a hurricane it was pretty nifty to have ham radio friends who were able to exchange messages with hams near families in unaffected areas. I don't remember seeing any pragmatic uses for ham radio in that particular disaster, but those lines of communication was great for morale.