Thought about/realized this later.  Wife was in the Richmond VA area, cell phones quit working there for a while.  Hers was roaming, since we have NC based phones, though with nationwide coverage.  Others up there complained about their phones, VA based, not working as well.  People go into major panic when their cell phones do not work.  Makes me wonder how we made it without them.

Just a reminder, with the cordless landline phones, they usually will not work without electricity.  You need one of the old corded phones, with no electric connection, to keep working when the power is out.  Sometimes even smart people forget that.

I keep an old phone around so if theres a problem I can use it for troubleshooting, If the portables quit, I need to know if its them or the phone system,.