A suggestion for emergency announcements

We have dug out of 30 inches of snow and survived 36 hours without electricity and the resulting decrease in temperature in our home. Since the roads were not plowed and the power outage covered a huge area, we were pretty much stuck at home. We did have battery operated transistor radios, and could listen to the news. Unfortunately, our best local station, WAMU, kept telling us to check its website for details on closings and critical information.

Of course, there was no way to do so without electricity nor ways to find a site with WiFi access.

I suggest that when 100.000 homes are without electricity in the area served by a radio station, the station actually broadcast emergency information!