Posted on 07/19/2015 6:51:01 PM PDT by Old Sarge
Prospecting.
It’s not scavenging, it’s prospecting.
Didn’t you listen to a word Easy Pete told ya, on the Goodsprings bar front porch?
Sure I have. We met when you were doing the Chippendales thing at the old folks home last August.
Powdergangers got to him first. I scavenged his stuff.
ALREADY ON IT POST #45 AND #48 THIS THREAD.
PowderGANGSTERS, you mean. Didn’t you listen to a word Johnson Nash said to you?
I SEE THAT NOW
Gangers, gangsters.... I was preoccupied with finding out if Vault-tec had made any progress with their Lydia model securitron before the war. Actually that reminds me of another Fallout dreived survival tip few people aside from ex military ever consider.
Know your surroundings intimately. Where to hide, how to get there and make sure you have clear paths.
Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. We all fantasize we are Rambo in a power armor suit but when faced with insurmountable odds, you might wanna scoot. If you CAN’t scoot, know where you can bury yourself temporarily before the ferals bury you.
The feds should have the list of "Obamaphone" numbers (they have to, they're paying for them).
I would think they have an arrangement with the phone companies, in the vein of "If we give you the word, shut down this list of phones so they cannot send text messages to a list of people, nor can they access the internet". The next level would be "shut down all functionality except for the ability to call 911".
I do not doubt that Obama's DOJ has a list of conservatives (or at least registered Republicans), and could instead do the same to us.
No offense, but have you been observing what phones ‘yutes have now days ? They are most certainly are not Obamaphones. And the most likely instigators already have ‘burner’ and stolen phones. Flash mobs originated before smartphones, text messaging worked just fine.
That aside, LEO response would be to shut down all accessible cell towers within the zone plus a buffer ring with or without provider assistance. Fast and absolute within the zone.
As for Fed involvement, I knowing nothing of current protocols as to the when and how of gaining jurisdiction over the urban battle space. (Can I call it that?) Patriot Act gave away the store and Constitution.
Forgot the 911 emergency calls during civil unrest. The urban riots of 1968 and follow on events witnessed the rise of 911 calls to lure responders into ambushes and as I recall SOP was to ignore such in full blown events. In today’s political urban environs such may not be the case until a politically critical mass occurs. Such as cellphone videos of the event which are then walked out of the interdicted zone to where they can find usable connections or a media truck with satellite feed capability.
Recall the scene from “ Blackhawk Down” when the helicopters are following the coast to downtown Mogadishu and the young boy runs with his telephone brick. Ridley Scott recognized the game changer.
I am so screwed.
You could always move to NYC or Chicago and live on the 40th floor of an apartment building. You’d be way above the carnage on the streets.
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Thanks for the ping.
BTTT
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