SNIPER - GRAPHICS - Terra MAPS Mapquest Maps ASHLAND VA

Funny you should mention those concrete storm drains.

When growing up, I spent a lot of time exploring one just built in my town - you could go for miles and miles in that thing, unseen.

Note to graphics posters: Please, PLEASE add the height= and width= paramaters to your IMG tags to allocate space on the page for your graphics. Without them, this thread takes several minutes to load on my poor old dial-up connection.

For that reason, I won't be back to this thread.

Something you are aware of --- the evasion schools?

At those schools, you can get maps of routes throughout metropolitan areas, which are not on the "normal" street maps --- concrete drainage systems, old coach roads, etc. (The maps are also available to foreign "protective services.")

The general D.C. area has many of, such evasion routes, and both domestic and foreign people experienced with such routes.

In addition ---

The shooter may be following the routes that a person who does not want to get snarled in commuter traffic will take; these routes happen to be the same used by the Confederates to move around Union forces.

The shooter is using U.S. 15, U.S. 17, U.S. 29, and U.S. 522 --- his major north-south axis is Leesburg, Warrenton, Culpeper, and Orange.

Not to mention ---

You could live a long time in the Quantico Marine Base before anybody there ever got a clue.

The metro-centricity of the general D.C. governmentum is resisting the challenge to go after the shooter.

Well, to get the shooter, the General Sheridan playbook will have to be dusted off.

The people of Virginia will have to muster in order to post every one of the intersections ... just like in the old days.

IMHO, L.E. must be the cavalry, but they must employ scouts, that is: the VA Militia; meaning that the governor ought to call up the VA National Guard, put them in plain clothes or camo as necessary and post them, just like in the old days, as pickets.

Virginia needs many more eyes and ears --- it has them, but to date has not used its resources ... because political correctness dictates that ONLY immediate government officialdom can "do something about it!"

"why should the burden be on America to prove to the world that we are a tolerant nation. The more appropriate formulation: after September 11th, the burden is on Muslims worldwide to demonstrate their intolerance for the terrorists."

-Laura Ingraham

Thanks for the PING...just another HATEFUL black man in America determined to "upsurp" the laws of America while screaming that the laws of the land are based on white christian morals is evil and therefore must be destroyed...

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.