>>927955>>928141Reading (OP)'s post, I was picturing in my mind some autist with a baofeng knocking on doors telling people in a frankie-mcdonald voice that there's a "hyuuuuggeee stooorm comin!!!1!!@".
Skywarn or other NWS-sanctioned channels are the appropriate ways to get information to the right people, who will then inform "the people" using tools in place like SAME, sirens, broadcast, mobile emergency-alerts, etc etc etc.
>tfw in the middle of a "historic" winter storm 