I lived through that. I don't remember how I found out what was going on, and the university I was near still had their power station up, so I may have had bet

I lived through that. I don't remember how I found out what was going on, and the university I was near still had their power station up, so I may have had better local comms (it was small and not real tied to the grid, mostly used for heating). I certainly didn't spend time huddled around an AM radio.