As someone who has spent most of his life in flood prone areas, I grew up with Weather Radio. Does the equipment need to be moved to higher ground, or can it stay? Will the barn take on water? Will it reach the house? The forecasts provided helped take emergency decision-making from random guess to reasonable guess. And that can save property and lives.

No matter what is happening it works, and that can’t be said about our Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Plus most of these weather radios are tiny and cheap.