I heard Caitlia on NPR and was very impressed
Here in Ontario in 1998 we had the Ice storm that took down over 8800 hydro poles, + 7 inches of ice on roofs and roads impassable. Power in some cases was not restored for 28 or more days.
Our community was well organized but still this was a storm of a lifetime, we used cell phones analog and CB radio's.
But I agree on the need for a structure in case of emergency, more so today with things like Isis at our door.
Anyway I just wanted to say you did a good thing...
PS. I took my first responder course in 1980 and was a member of a React emergency group. This group was paramount in 1972 when a major storm came across the great lakes. We had 80 mph wind and tremendous amount of snow and things did not back to normal for over a month.