03-18-2019, 12:32 PM
In that black-out in the early 90's, I and my old ranch supported 45 neighbors from a 20 mile radius ( I lived closer to folks back then). It took a week to get power fully restored then. I laugh at that now as we get that regularly from winter blizzards up here. I'll pull folks in from all around me and put them up still thanks to snowmobiles and word of mouth, thus the big generator. The cities below us stay snow free and open, but the mountains make reception of news a bitch anyway. Sat. dish full of snow doesn't work nor does downed cable lines. Cell phones are useless. Surprisingly, the best bets are CB and HAM radio sets, probably because of more users and antenna. I have a base CB. My closest neighbor has a HAM and is going to start teaching me next summer. In good weather everything works, but good weather ain't when you need it.
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