[Lazamataz]

Here’s the hole in your plan: With the media so completely in Propaganda mode, nothing they report — or fail to report — will be meaningful.

That leaves the internet. When that’s gone, you know what’s up.

[amorphous]

Agree, you'll know what's up but distances now easily covered will be beyond reach and everything will become local. And the words, "march towards the sound of the guns" will be heard.

You will only have a short period of time to get somewhere once the internet goes down, and distance you can travel will depend on your route and how much gasoline you can carry. If I had a long ways to go, I'd look for another sign if nothing but a gut feeling about things.

You know as well as anyone what it will mean for the entire internet to go down and how it will affect gas stations, grocery stores, banks, ...

[amorphous]

You reminded me of something. I don't know the current status of a so called "internet kill switch" but:

July 10, 2012

Obama signs order outlining emergency Internet control

President Barack Obama signed an executive order last week that could give the U.S. government control over the Internet.

With the wordy title "Assignment of National Security and Emergency Preparedness Communications Functions," this order was designed to empower certain governmental agencies with control over telecommunications and the Web during natural disasters and security emergencies.