“With a technician license (amateur radio) one could send emails via handy talkie and a lap top, tablet or phone without using internet on the affected end.”
I’m pretty sure that — if all the technical requirements are in place — that would work even sans the technician license.
Musk’s Starlink is being set up in several locations and free service is being provided, first to Sheriff’s departments and other rescue agencies, and then to others.
Anyone wanting to donate to that cause can do so through the storm chasers and Ryan Hall Ya’ll’s Youtube channel.
For details.
“Live: More updates on Asheville, North Carolina flooding damage amid Helene”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQdaFN_ZR7E
“LIVE - Headed to North Carolina to Deliver Starlinks”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsK1NqPQNbU