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My husband has to be in the road today and out of town for a bit. Are we concerned this outage will turn into a full panic, or is this just a blip?
He needs to go on the trip for work, but we are both a little worried if the SHTF while he’s gone.
Thoughts?
I’m not an expert but outages happen kinda frequently. If you don’t use the service you most likely don’t hear about it. I don’t know details of this outage. Look into getting handheld radios and or CB. We have several CBs. I created that monster! For over a year I told my husband we needed outside communication when 💩 hit fan. Now he has an entire shelf full of different types. It’s loud as all get out. But he enjoys it and I like listening to people all over the world. I know if we need to find out news in the event of blackout we are covered. There’s also HAM radio which requires a license. He’s not interested in that because you have to take test to get and keep your license. He has just gotten in handheld GMRS radio (people correct me if I said that wrong) it connects to local repeaters. In the case of emergency you could be at home and say you needed to get in touch with someone across the state and they would relay messages until it reached the person. He’s made friends with local guys into this radio. The nosy person in me listens to them talk about local people🤣
Praying everything will be alright with his travels.
Good to know. Thank you for the info!!!
Appreciate it. ❤️
Sure fren.