Craig, just out of curiosity, did the local repeater you are referring to "make it through the storm" or was it a tactical repeater that was put up (and into operation) after the storm passed?
The repeater was the 146.625 machine on the tower behind Fire Station 14 in Jupiter Farms. I've viewed the installation and it looks like it would weather most storms. Its about 100' feet up on a 150' tower that is sturdy and well guyed. Interestingly, Net Control kept broadcasting the frequency of a backup repeater if that one got taken out. It never did.
There were no FM stations doing anything else other than what they normally do. A weather channel re-broadcast (voice only) would be nice, as would having a weather band RX and the maps to plot the storm.
All our broadcast FM stations simulcast local TV stations when the storm came in. The reporters tried to realize this and "visualize" what they were saying. Since they were TV reporters and not radio reporters, this was a little awkward for them. I am likely going to add a better battery operated TV to my hurricane supplies. The problem is that I have not found one that doesn't suck batteries like . . . well like . . . well, insert your own analogy.
Best wishes.
Craig.
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