A shelter is established on campus. We use packet radio to relay sensitive information to and from the hospitals. Our VHF station and hand held and mobile units maintain links between vital positions and the Emergency Controller. Area residents quickly find out where their family is, traffic at Central Dispatch is relieved, panic is avoided, and Grand Valley gets a reputation for being quite extraordinary. They live away from phone lines.
Internet is out of the question, but there are amateur radio operators there.
Your reputation is unchanged, since practically no one knows what you're doing. But the feeling which comes from helping him contact his family is satisfying enough, in itself, to make all the work you did to get your FCC license worth it. I see the GVSU ham club, which is presently forming, to have all the necessary equipment by February. This first semester, I see us developing organizationally. That will involve finding interested students, and getting to know one another.