Even then, hurricane Katrina was in 2005. The reliability and availability of the cell/PCS system(s) has improved significantly in eighteen years. Same goes with the use of smartphones by consumers. Time and technology has simply passed AM by as a way to communicate with the general public.I was going to say Katrina with WWL, though it was relayed on every other New Orleans AM and FM as I recall, and broadcast from Baton Rouge.