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My tongue in cheek comment above was really about receivable communications, not who you'd be communicating to BP.

Indeed cell phones were shut down by authorities immediately after first explosion in Boston. Likewise cellphone network became overwhelmed after Hurricane Katrina.

But the radio I'm talking about here operates on entirely different frequencies. Frequencies so far distanced from those of a cell phone, that phone blocking does not affect them.

The point is that using this kind of radio allows us to listen to what's happening nationally, across Europe and worldwide. It allows us to hear information from both official government sources as well as on the ground independent news.