My wife & I use small FSR's ( & Extra Batteries) to communicate during
emergencies. We have an evacuation plan;
meeting places / fall backs, etc.

During a real emergency, Cell phones are about as useful as bricks.

- In article ,
(WShoots1) writes:


The only thing I noticed here in the Houston-Galveston area, this Friday
evening, is that the cell phone systems seem to be overloaded -- clear past
Midnight.

Bill, K5BY

Apparently the Cingular hub in Houston was and still is overloaded. I get
notices of messages several hours late, and I don't get the inital calls at
all. To retrieve messages, I have to use my landline. I assume the voice mail
is stored at the hub. My local cell is working fine.

Although I think it's still primitive with the cell systems, they may have as
the wire systems have and that's prearranged priority circuits, so that only
emergency services can initiate calls from a cell phone.

like trying to put 10 lbs. of feces into a 3 lb. bucket..

LOL That's called a "blivet."

Bill, K5BY