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These little inexpensive radios are easy to use, they might come in handy if you're away from comms infrastructure, they tend to come in pairs, get two anyways, and give one to a friend. Schedule a time of the day to check on each other.
They are an entirely decentralized communication tool, just remember to not use your real names when using them.
@TerryHancock there are many different types of walkies which work on many different bands.
CB is AM or SSB; the Baofengs are FM, so they don't talk to CB. but, in the USA they can talk to ham VHF+UHF, not-quite-legally to GMRS (with a $35 license which covers your whole family for 10 years), and illegally to MURS, FRS, FM business radios, and marine VHF.
in practice, nobody gives a shit that people use Baofengs on bands they aren't certified for as long as you're polite.