magine Chechnyan hackers breaking into the National Inventory of Dams (NIDS). NIDS is a database of vulnerabilities of every major dam in the US. And further, imagine that the power goes out. All of it. For a long time.

A grid down situation can be catastrophic. But there's something that can be even bigger. A communications network breakdown. Once communications lines go down, everyone is isolated. That's why you need a plan.

You Need A Communications Backup Plan
With your own communications plan, you'll have options, alternatives and backups. If one goes down, then you bring in your second line of defense. And if that one goes down, you bring on the next one.

In this article I'll share 5 of these with you. By incorporating these five, you'll have plenty of backups. We'll cover walkie talkies, CB, ham, FRS/GMRS, MURS