there was a big thread started a while back about this, but I believe it's been lost in the rebuild of the forum.

Depends on what situation happens and how useful the radios are. EMP might kill most things and hamradio is only good with tube type radios. (few)

If it's just a disaster type situation, then everything will be good.

Radio License is a must though. It will be a problem if everyone says "I'll just use the radio and no license in an emergency" then we have a situation where nothing works because nobody knows what they are doing with the radios and frequencies causing issues for everyone who wants or needs to use them legit.

There are a handful of hams on this forum.