Re: what to do when they cut off communication?

[MRGUMBY]

Find a ham radio club in your area.

If you can string some wire and spend about 1200 dollars, you can have pretty reliable world-wide communication for emergencies.

Also, EVERYONE should own a good shortwave radio. Not just to place in a box for WTSHTF, but to use at least a couple of times a week to listen to out of country news broadcasts. (Funny the things you hear other countries talking about that we miss here in the USA for example.)

I would be happy to help anyone who is interested in doing this.