Maybe. But for the most part, the smartphones did just fine in the recent hurricanes. Thousands of hot spots remained available in even the hardest hit areas. There are apps already available to get just about any radio station you want. And if you lost power, you can easily re-charge the phones in your car. That’s what I did when I lost power for a few days in an ice storm a few years back. The Trump Administration even put out a FEMA app for storm victims to quickly get assistance. It will only get better from here.
Tropical Storm Harvey takes out 911 centers, cell towers, and cable networks
148,000 Internet, TV, and phone customers lost service in storm’s wake. Tropical Storm Harvey has disrupted at least 17 emergency call centers and 320 cellular sites, and it has caused outages for more than 148,000 Internet, TV, and phone customers.
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I rest my case.
This caught my eye, hopefully not done in a closed garage . Just don't turn on the engine.
Cool, as long as the car isn't up to it's roof in water, that's great. Btw, many times during big disasters, thousands find they gotta leave their cars for a multitude of reasons, quickly. Even in evacuations, people have had to abandon their vehicles.
Btw, some new model cars have phone chargers built in.