After doing some thinking I figured that in an emergency situation whether minor or severe one shouldn't completely rely on something like a cellphone for communication. I'd imagine in a severe situation that the grid that cellphones rely on would eventually go down and possibly land lines. I was wondering what others have as far as options. I know we have quite a few folks that use HAM radios. I recently picked up a handheld CB radio and external mounted antenna so I could get longer range reception in my car and it seems to work pretty well most of the time. What options or option do you think would be most useful? I figured for short range the CB made sense as I didn't see myself needing to communicate very far. Plus it get's the weather stations as well which is a nice feature.