I teach Emergency Preparedness to children. I find that teaching children is often the best way to reach adults. Anyway, being without a mobile phone for emergencies isn't wise and can be easly corrected by (a) finding an old phone nobody wants and (b) getting the charger for tht phone. Regardless of the age the cell phone will have access to the 911 network, for free. It may be worth it pick up a power source for the cell phone, like a crank radio with a cell phone charging accessory, just in case the power goes down.
I teach Emergency Preparedness to children. I find that teaching children is often the best way to reach adults. Anyway, being without a mobile phone for emergencies isn't wise and can be easly corrected by (a) finding an old phone nobody wants and (b) getting the charger for tht phone. Regardless of the age the cell phone will have access to the 911 network, for free. It may be worth it pick up a power source for the cell phone, like a crank radio with a cell phone charging accessory, just in case the power goes down.