It's good to hear that your community pulled together. A tornado touched down in our town last year and as sad as it was to see, some of us tried to get in and help only to be stopped and scolded by people because they thought we were "sight-seeing". I too have been searching for a good multi-band radio. I have a police scanner and a weather scanner, but these are all but useless after the danger has passed and the power is out. Eton and Grundig come up everywhere I search, but are there better without having to pay through the nose?