Despite the Internet, cell phones, email and other modern communications, every year entire regions find themselves in the dark.

Whether it's the result of a hurricane, tornado, fire, flood or even the occasional cutting of fiber optic cables, when the communications go down, local Amateur Radio operations power up to bridge the gap and bring in all back together.

Listen in on a conversation with longtime Amateur Radio Operator and Cape Fear Amateur Radio Society (CFARS) spokesperson, Marty Webb, and Cumberland County Emergency Management Planner, Jason Faragoi.