I got a bunch of walkie talkies, when my brothers kids were young. I always assumed, in case of emergency, I could use them to find help if cell service is knocked out. Could people just use random walkies (with the basic open channels) to reach out? They’re generally cheap nowadays. 🤷🏼‍♀️

They’re great except they have limited range without repeaters. If amateur emergency volunteers come in they’ll bring infrastructure to connect to networks and the internet. Needless to say FEMA would have the gold standard for that, Red Cross somewhat less.