Who are you going to call if there is a fire? What if you live in an apartment building?
Stay in contact with friends and family when the cell towers go down.
The Landlines work when the power is out, and they're cheap. You probably have one in your closet. If not, your local store typically has one.
Get a old school corded one, not a cordless one that needs charging or power.
It cost about $9 to have, and your internet provider probably sells it already.
I'm surprised FEMA didn't list this in their recent Tweet.
I got one of those hand held Baofeng ones a while back. It works fine. In order to talk over long distances with other people you must know how to use a repeater... and I have no idea how to do that yet. Someone sent me the study guide a couple days ago and I'm reading through it. If you're interested then I'll upload and post a link here.
Go for it.
https://files.catbox.moe/oiw0gv.pdf