FEMA DIRECTOR: "LISTEN TO RADIO."

FEMA DIRECTOR: "LISTEN TO RADIO."

As the east coast prepared for Hurricane Sandy on Monday, Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Craig Fugate was interviewed on CBS. Fugate said, "One of the things you don't really think about anymore is having a battery-powered radio or hand-cranked radio to get news from local broadcasters. 

The Internet may go out, cell phones will be congested, radio is oftentimes the way to get those important messages about what's going on in the local community. 

Thanks to the National Association of Broadcasters for sending us the Fugate interview, which you can listen to in its entirety HERE. NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith said yesterday, "I salute the remarkable work of our radio and TV station colleagues now putting themselves in harm's way to keep millions of people safe and informed on the devastation of this deadly storm. 

As FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate noted* this weekend, in times of emergency there is no more reliable source of information than that coming from local broadcasters. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of those in the path of Hurricane Sandy."