My husband is a sailor and considers his boat the escape pod.
I, OTOH, am essentially paranoid and I have seen a gradual tightening of boating and waterway usage rules over the years. I found your & bgill’s observations on the water police to be what I expect to happen.
People are going to evacuate the cities and go....where? I have heard people state that they would take in a refugee baby in arms, only, and they are quite serious.
The new breed of cop around here is mid 20’s and absolutely dying to be ‘militant/authoritive’. This is what is disturbing because they will turn on the American public with no hesitation. They are coming out of the academy with the philosphy that ALL people are the enemy. No longer is there any discernment between you and a terrorist; we’re looked at the same.
Paranoid? I don’t think so. Discerning is more like it. Reading the ‘tea leaves’.