With the end of hurricane season having just passed, Floridians look back at the flurry of severe storms that hit Florida's Gulf Coast and anticipate the potential strength and frequency of storms to come. While many people know to get non-perishable food and clean water before a hurricane, not as many people consider how they can be technologically prepared for the storm and the days the follow. Nearly a full week after Hurricane Milton, Spectrum Internet reported outages for more than 367,000 Floridians, and with reports of poor cell service due to increased traffic and loss of infrastructure, many people had spotty communication at best. Even professional radio services on Sanibel lost contact with Lee County officials after that infrastructure was damaged in Ian. However, since amateur radio doesn't rely on the same infrastructure, those operators were able to help the island maintain contact.