[judicial meanz]

I bought a pair of FRS/GMRS radios with a weather feature along with an AM/FM radio and police scanner. The radios have a 5 mile range for transmission, and the Feds immediately take over the GMRS frequencies in an emergency. This way I should have some knowledge of whats going on.

total cost of two frs/gmrs radios about 40 dollars. A scanner can be had for about 50, but I have had it for years.

[fivecatsandadog]

I bought a pair of FRS/GMRS radios with a weather feature along with an AM/FM radio and police scanner.

Good idea. We have a NOAA weather radio with SAME (Specific Area Message Encoding). According to NOAA, "Weather Radio will be used to alert the public of non-weather related emergencies, such as earthquakes, toxic or chemical spills, other civil emergencies, national attacks, or nuclear blasts, in extreme cases". We also have a bearcat scanner and a battery-radio that picks up shortwave broadcasts. Now, all I need to do is convince hubster to be prepared to seal the doors and windows and move to the cellar if needed. He says it's unlikely we'll be targeted because we're out in the country, 50 miles from Detroit. He thinks I'm paranoid. I say I'm trying to be prepared. There's a difference.

[JustPiper]

We have the radio with good features and the handheld police scanner.

[Freedom4US]

I have an ancient 1940's Zenith shortwave battery set. It uses tubes, but picks up stations real well. From the 1940s, so no weather or FM but it'll do.