Despite $7 billion in federal grants and other spending over the last seven years to improve the ability of public safety departments to talk to one another, most experts in public safety communications say that it will be years, if ever, before a single nationwide public safety radio system becomes a reality.The only solution of course is to send yet MO MONEY to the rent-seekers. Meanwhile, please note that it is still almost impossible to buy a car radio with built-in weather radio reception, much less one that will automatically trigger on in case of an emergency. Drivers will have to either have their news radios running or await a text msg or cell call from a friend or relative, assuming those networks don't clog immediately.