Check out this 2016 radio program from Seattle’s KUOW radio station about our Puget Sound HAM Radio Operators and their contribution to emergency communications in the area. The article includes a link to a Podcast if you would like to listen to the program.
Ham radio operators could be superheroes when the earthquake hits
http://archive.kuow.org/post/ham-radio-operators-could-be-superheroes-when-earthquake-hits