Santa Brings Preps.

So, Santa was especially generous this year. Along with the aforementioned AR-15, he also graciously provided a set of Midland FRS/GMRS radios. The radios/walkies are supposed to be water resistant, came with rechargeable battery packs, earphone/mouthpiece things, a car charger, charging base, and they'll also run off of regular AA batteries. (A nice plus as AA's are easily charged from a solar charger.) They've also got a direct NOAA mode that will access one of 10 different NOAA frequencies for weather type alerts. Overall, they're pretty cool and will round out our preps.

They're advertised as a "30 mile" radio, but I'm hoping for an honest 3-5 miles on the FRS channels. We'll see. There might even be some FCC licenses in our future to take advantage of the higher power GMRS channels.