If falls under the same umbrella of a "bad economy.
I consider it a ray of sunshine in a bad economy. : )
I agree that the masses are lulled by apathy when things are good. I've long said that a down turn would be the only time we'd witness any sort of awakening.
Have you noticed that within the last many months the Emergency Broadcasting Network channels have gotten so that they can feature much more information and seem to be 3/4G phone ready?
No, I hadn't noticed. I don't even have cable and I was using one of those boxes to get local channels after the switech from from analog, but the Chinese POS broke after a few months. I haven't bothered to get another one, so no tv in my house. : )
I agree that communications would need to be disrupted.......in fact, I've been considering purchasing a ham radio. Might be a fun toy and it could be very useful if communications happen to crap out. I've been reading about sun flares....we're due for a lot of them and they can easily wipe out satellites.