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[–] 15336139? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Smoke signals with bongrips

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[–] 15336181? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

SW radio We live in the boondocks.

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[–] 15336256? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I bought a cheap set of the two-way radios to add to the set we already had. My husband works just a couple miles away so he has one and I have one at home. And his parents are within the 16-mile-radius, so they have one too. This was a $19.99 set of radios I picked up at Aldi's in their weekly finds section. There are long-range two-way radios too. I know Best Buy has them. If you go the two-way radio/walkie talkie route, just make sure you have plenty of batteries. If you end up needing these, they'll go batteries fairly quickly.

EDIT: Test them too. The ranges are affected by hills, trees, etc.

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[–] 15336526? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

C Crain radio, extra batteries. MRE’s, backpacker freeze dried foods.

Lots of good weed in glass jars. Some hash too

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[–] 15336818? ago 

Haaasssh , those where the days. If there was a block out I would need to be utterly straight . I be thinking SHIFT could happen any minute, at least for the first few weeks , lol. " Oh my did you hear something ? "

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[–] 15336547? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Turn on the radio and read a book. Life will continue.

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[–] 15336720? 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

I got this radio for that purpose...

https://baofengtech.com/uv-5r

Picks up everything except military bands (HF) but there are people that relay that information to the lower UHF and VHF frequency bands. It’s a pretty badass radio and cheap.

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[–] 15338113? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Good radio... Urban range of 3+ miles.

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[–] 15336919? 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Ham radio, CB radio, ad hoc wifi networks, mesh networks, etc. Ham radios are necessary for keeping up with worldwide happenings. You need an experienced operator in your group.

If the phone service is out, you might be able to go to the nearest junction box, wire all the phones in your neighborhood together, hook a solar power setup to the power wire, and have a local telephone party line. TPTB may take down services, but they won't be removing the wires.

You need to think outside the box.

McGyver the hell out of the situation.

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[–] 15337964? ago 

What do you mean wire a phone? Charge it?

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[–] 15340959? 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

If you hook all the phones together, it will be like a party line. Everyone can hear everyone else, so you have to take turns talking.

You need power for the phones. It takes 45 volts, but not a whole lot of current, so one solar setup could power the neighborhood. Otherwise, each person could power their own phones.

If you're not familiar with how the phone service works, look up POTS, or plain old telephone service.

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[–] 15338866? ago 

Most peeps threw out land line phones

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[–] 15340924? ago 

Everyone I know still has one. The lines are still run anyway. I won't give mine up because they don't go out in hurricanes like the cell phones do. The phone offices have backup batteries, and the lines have carbon fibers in them so they don't break as easily as electric lines.

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[–] 15337052? 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Take over the local radio tower. Bring gasoline powered generator and try to broadcast once per hour on the hour.

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