Posted on 05/06/2016 1:17:34 PM PDT by TMSuchman
Greetings All;
Here is another thought provoking discussion on keeping yourself & your family & friends safe when your world turns upside down & inside out.
It was posted on this ping-list about civil unrest/riot/s, and what would you do, if caught in such a situation/s.
Well for starters for me, I do NOT plan to be caught in such a situation. I avoid the areas where such could occur at anytime. If for some reason, that I would happen be caught in such, I would become a "grey-man" & disappear. Head on a swivel, cell phone turned off, move laterally to the disturbance/s till I was blocks away from the area in trouble. Then start moving towards my safe area/s or bug out routes [that I have checked out in advance] I would not transmit any data until well clear of the trouble [this means NO phone calls to let family & friends know I was safe, till I was was totally safe] Then my comm would be via a net work that I trusted or encrypted voice [ie coded cb,ham radio, ect], then go dark till I either got home or to my secure location. At NO time would I pull a weapon/s unless there was NO choice left. I would try to out think my problem/s than use of lethal force. [that would only draw, very unwelcome attn, from everyone. Remember the object is to blend in & disappear before everyone's eyes. And pulling a weapon puts you right into the cross hairs, esp of law enforcement who are already on edge as it is. So use every means at your disposal to escape & evade & DE-esclate your surroundings.
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I can offer insight to each maneuver you touched on there. I run a cell phone tracking company. Turning off your phone isn’t enough. Not for certain trackers (Mine doesn’t work if you turn it off, but with access levels that can be granted)(I’ll NEVER get those access levels)
I’m focusing on food production this year. I’m a machinist, and a technology guy. I can fix anything but if I touch a pepper it turns into a machine screw. I’ve got the worst green thumb of anyone I know. I simply don’t get a THING right.
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I’m with you on the gardening. Still time to work on skills, for now. Have you joined the gardening ping list?
” I would not transmit any data until well clear of the trouble “
Dead wrong approach. Worrying loved ones will go out and search for you no matter what. They always do.
ALWAYS communicate your status!
It isn’t like you are some kind of international spy with the bad guys looking for you so you better stay quiet.
Talking about “Grey man” first though... Grey man is a multifaceted tactic that must observe everything - including the way that you walk and your body language.
If you meet with someone in town and your pockets are empty, your tells can easily announce that you have dropped your bag just outside of town and it’s full of goodies.
Stand in front of the mirror and make yourself look REALLY sick and degraded. Convince yourself that there is nothing left. Trick yourself into being that man. Cry when you see a gun. Act, act, act.
A gun carrier who is experienced will NEVER carry himself the way that a begging, worthless pauper would. You know that at your hip you have the answer to any question. This is your tell.
I’m playing around with the idea of making my wife a “Phantom”. Where she gets the gilly suit, she gets the good rifle and she basically follows my limping, un-armed walking corpse along the tree line. That way I can trust her to take out issues without being seen.
But to date, I’m taking a housewife and training her to be a sniper. It’s very risky.
Especially if she doesn’t like you as much as you think she does. ;)
I think it’s good advice to attempt to outsmart/out maneuver the trouble. As long you’re maintaining a cool head you have an edge already.
The hardware is a last resort.
She likes having options :)
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Guy got stuck in town during the Balkan wars.
It doesn’t sound like it was much fun.
[cell phone turned off]
That doesn’t do a thing, especially with newer phones.
Thanks for the ping. I tend to stay away from almost all crowds/gatherings these days. Still go to the grocery store, drive through, or restaurant now and then, but mostly just stay home.
We are still eating on a side of beef we bought last fall, growing our own veggies and berries, and have canned pork, chicken, and turkey, so fresh milk and cheese and restock whatever we use from pantry is about all we have to buy right now.
Will likely order another beef this fall.
[ I run a cell phone tracking company. Turning off your phone isn’t enough. ]
Correct.
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Don’t worry - what could possibly go wrong? If you want to see some really bad acting - go to about 19 minutes and 30 seconds and prepare for the next 30 to 90 seconds of bad acting. Just showed this to someone last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFvNXc_bHSs
Will removing the battery make the phone untraceable?
Assuming there’s no capacitors or capacitor capability, the last known location of the phone will be where you removed a battery with at least a partial charge.
IOW, if you have collection of old phones, like the one I retired last year, it would have pinged until the battery died (any capacitor would have run out eventually, too).
Capacitors (as I understand it) gave us “instant-on” TV where they didn’t “warm up” - storing energy. This is why it was dangerous to work inside an unplugged instant-on TV. Capacitors were also a way for storing energy for shooting electric-based power. I heard of satellite applications.
I’m sure we have people more articulate in this category here if they can add comments.
Crack me up, just what I was think’in, response.
RE: “Especially if she doesn’t like you as much as you think she does. ;)
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