[–] 15336256? 0 points 1 point 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.
[–] 15337052? 0 points 2 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.