On Jan 23, 11:47 am, "Mike Dobony" wrote:
I was in Springfield last week where the power is STILL out. I had a cell
phone and my daughter had a cell phone, 2 different carriers. There were
plenty of times when only 1 had service and a few times when neither had
service. Cell phones are not that reliable. How about CB and a couple
extra batteries or a decent sized generator?

Cell phone will not work, reliably, for voice. But text messaging
works even under worst conditions. Too many Americans, because they
don't use text messaging, do not understand why you set and
periodically text message - because it is the only reliable mobile
communication method during outages and crisis.