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Post by diybuilder on Oct 30, 2022 18:38:22 GMT -6
None of the information I have gathered has provided a clue about how the plague was introduced. Was it a “tourist?” or was there some other form of introduction? I spend a few hours searching. I need to change the search a little, hold on what’s all this? I get messaged that searching methods of biological attack is an illegal search. Curiouser and Curiouser said Alice. I will give you 300 guesses at who made this decision and the first 299 don’t count.
Enough with the current search let’s take a look at the UN. Pay dirt! They are up in this just as I thought, I download some files and hope they are not smart enough to track me despite using a VPN and having Kat tell me it would be near impossible to find me.
I need to talk to the Director in person this information could be radioactive. I have no hankering to be the one who mishandles it. I have Kat meet me at the communication trailer. “Kat, I need a secure line to the Director this stuff is plutonium hot and can’t wait.” Kat looks at me “Calm yourself dear heart, I will patch you to his direct line.”
Kat does what kat does best and I am talking to the director “Sir, I am sending you some files that fell into my lap they came from the UN and they are not fun reading. I believe we have one suspect now we need their cohorts.” I hold while the Director skis the information I sent him. “Max, continue your search by looking into our government you may gain some information that will tie the two groups together.”
With that the Director is gone. I decide that the General will not get everything until I clear it with the Director. My email alert sounds off. I have another message from RO Dawg. This is not good in fact it’s bad. His information tells me that Secretary of State is complacent in the attacks. The plague has been found in Canada and the death toll is staggering. Oh, hold all bets Canada got a different variation than the US. I wonder why? Something is not adding up.
I get a news alert that the Speaker of the House was just found dead of a heart attack. Strange she seemed in good health last time I saw her on the TV. I dig a little deeper and find nothing. I get a break in the form of some security footage. Her “heart attack” was sponsored by someone cutting her throat. Why did the left go with the heart attack angle? Hold on my new search has netted a big fish.
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Post by feralferret on Oct 30, 2022 20:09:56 GMT -6
Nice twisting and turning.
Thanks for the new.
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Post by diybuilder on Oct 31, 2022 18:37:20 GMT -6
Oh man, this could put a big target on my back like you wouldn’t believe. This stuff connects several people in office up to and including the President to the now pretty much proven conspiracy. I put this in an email to to the Director and let the Organization deal with it. Man,this is getting weirder all the time.
Another email from Ro Dawg. It seems a lot of people in big business have disappeared or gone into hiding after selling off their companies. I search a little more and find they all sold to an outfit called Goat land productions. Oh, come on couldn’t they think of a better name for the company. A little checking on this Goat Land Productions and I find they did exist last year at this time. They are not traded on the stock market so where is the money coming from?
I need food and a bath and time to compile this information. I get to the clubhouse and smell gumbo and fresh bread. This is just what I need. However Doctor Linda thinks it’s more important for me to give a blood sample. Some sample I swear she took a gallon. I do finally get to eat while the food is warm.
After dinner I collect information on the spread of the plague and guess what I find? The plague was started three ways. Products from China were spiked with the virus, tourists were infected before they came over the border. School lunches were used to spread the plague.I really am beginning to take a powerful disliking the people that started the plague.
Sharon and Linda give me an assignment. Build them a trailer to go behind a quad or an UTV. I make some drawings finally settle on a design. I will use lumber for the frame and tongue.The axle I can get locally.It takes a week but once I have the parts it goes together easy enough. I hope we never have need to use it.
I decide to take an inventory of the building materials we have on hand. It’s not a lot and we will need more if this place is to work. I check and there are two places I can get some stuff from. One is home center and the other is a farm supply store. Sharon says she will take me on shopping trip in the morning.
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Post by diybuilder on Nov 1, 2022 18:58:05 GMT -6
The next morning I am up and ready. After a breakfast of fresh eggs and canned ham Sharon, Aponi and I are off. The home improvement store is our first stop. I load up on dimensional lumber and some plywood. Fasteners I will get by the pound at the farm store and save some money.
We hit the farm store for all kinds of stuff. We got everything from feed to fasteners. The clerk asks me “You folks wouldn’t be in the market for some hogs would you?” I ask my expert farmer and before I finished she said “Yes.” One thing to remember is hogs are the smell of money. Not as relevant as it used to be. The second and more important thing is Bacon and Sausage cometh from hogs. “Aponi, do you know how to turn hogs into tasty meat?” “Dear heart I have been doing this since I was 10 years old.” She makes the deal for the hogs. Fresh pork products will soon be ours.
We get back to the campground and unload. After some lunch we go back and buy up more building supplies. We don’t just double the load we triple it. I hope it’s enough because the storage building is full. Tomorrow we will have hogs and that means I get to build a hog pen.
I get back to collecting information on the plague. Oh joy, the troops in Mexico are have moved closer to our border. It’s time to talk with the Director. I use his direct secure line he answers on the first ring. “Max, I assume you have something that cannot wait?” “yes, Director the troops in Mexico are moving north at an alarming rate. It seems that no one is doing anything about it.”
“Max that is probably due to the corruption DC. We have people preparing to take action. Please keep investigating and reporting to me. Oh, the new Sheriff needs to set up a base at your campground. Don’t worry she is one of our people.” We exchange some more information and I get back to work. My first job is to contact our new Sheriff.
I make the call “Sheriff Wayland, how may I help you.” I invite her to join us at the campground. It may be my last call for a long time as our cell service stops. I still have an internet connection but more websites are gone and not just the prepper sites. Some of the major shopping sites are gone.
I wonder how long the electricity will last. From what I am finding public utilities are going down all over the world. The thing about public utilities is it takes a lot to keep them going. A lot of people, a lot supplies, a lot of fuel. I have the bad feeling we will be on our solar power before long.
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Post by feralferret on Nov 1, 2022 19:22:15 GMT -6
Good stuff! Thanks.
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Post by diybuilder on Nov 8, 2022 18:19:53 GMT -6
The President is still calling this an unseasonal flu. I don’t know what to think and there are plenty of conspiracy theories to go around. He gives no reason for the absence of shopping websites. This alone will fuel tin foil hats for a long while. I do come across one theory that the government will go full nanny state on survivors very soon. I hope action is forthcoming soon but I am not holding my breath.
I get an alert on my tablet, there is a security breach at the front gate. I grab my shotgun and vest and head for the gate. I arrive just in time to find the sheriff and Barbra Jean trying to stop the intruders from entering the grounds (I still don’t know what to call this place.) my shotgun is loaded with alternating slugs and buckshot. I have an idea, first I work myself around and flank these characters, next I put a slug into the head of the guy in front. My final step is to rake the rest of them with buckshot. Time to reload and do it it again except the leader is dead so his minions get some more buckshot.
Oh my, looks like they have had enough. Time for some questions and answers. “Okay what are you goons doing here?” One of the goons sticks his chest out at me. “We work for the President and have immunity release us at once.” Well, this guy needs a lesson from a load of buckshot to the right foot. He screams in pain. The results loosen the tongues of his companions.
It seems the President is sending “advisers” into rural areas to “take measurement of our farm stock.” I need a little more information, I apply another load of buckshot to the talker’s right foot. “The President has given us full authority over you peasants , you must obey us.” I get ready to apply more “twelve gauge persuasion” to this guy.
About the time I rack the shotgun the a military truck pulls up and the general steps out. “Well, Well, if it ain’t the President’s lap dogs. Tell me what are you boys doing out here in the middle of nowhere? The men tell a story of how the President and other world leaders intend to remake the world into a “more equal society.” I think to myself some will be more equal than others.
We head back to the clubhouse.once there the General briefs us. “The organization and the CDC agree that we are looking at a 80% population loss from the plague alone and even more from the aftermath. The General says the plan to replace the corrupt politicians will be executed soon and the enemy troops at the southern border will be dealt with at the same time. What he says next makes the other stuff seem tame.
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Post by feralferret on Nov 9, 2022 0:21:57 GMT -6
Never a dull moment, is there?
Thanks for the new chapter.
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Post by diybuilder on Nov 10, 2022 20:34:10 GMT -6
The General told us that the plague has reached our area (oh, goody) and we can expect to lose commercial power shortly. Effective now we are on our own for the foreseeable future. The good news is we are somewhat prepared for this. The bad news is we can expect more “close encounters” with people as they get desperate.
Once again I find myself collecting information while I still can. Port states have it the worst, some are already in the 80-90% death range. My one contact in the eastern part of the country has high tailed it out to a bugout location. My west coast contact has not replied yet. I write down some frequencies for Kat to monitor.
The next group I try to contact are people in the nomad community. One family tells me they have found refuge in Arizona of all places. They have a good water source and will stay put unless forced to leave. Another contact tells me that he is “moochdocking” at his Uncle’s farm location undisclosed but still living out of their overpriced RV (His wifes idea). I hope they are in a warm place. The last one has set up at an intentional community location also undisclosed.
They all tell me pretty much the same story of the cities and towns they have passed through. People dying and little or no supplies available. What is available is priced way higher than normal. Healthcare is a race between slim and none with none in the lead. Understandably people do not not want any contact. They also report “mini van gangs” people hitting the road and becoming bandits to survive.
From all the information I have gathered it seems the big cities are toast. There is no way that the government has enough fuel, food and other necessities to help one of them let alone all of them. If there is any good news I sure would like to hear it.
Kat interrupts my “nightmare fuel” thought patterns and tells me the Director wants to talk to me. I put on head phones and listen. “Max, I am sending you two supply drops by helicopter tomorrow. One will contain a treatment protocol and medication both will have extra supplies. Also, expect a motorhome to arrive with three occupants. They are important so treat them well. With that he signs off.
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Post by feralferret on Nov 11, 2022 19:46:52 GMT -6
Thanks for the more!
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Post by diybuilder on Nov 14, 2022 17:04:45 GMT -6
The supply drops come in on time. No surprise there, our “guests” arrive a little later. Remember that GMC motorhome? That one or one just like is at the front gate. Barbra Jean covers us as the occupants exit the vehicle. It is a woman and I guess twin girls.
Sharon brings them up to meet us. “Hello, my name is Cheryl Timms these are my daughters Amber and Andrea. We are here at he request of Director Baldwin. I have some stuff that you might find useful.” If the Director sent her I have no doubt that she will be an asset to the group (I still don’t know what to call this place) the girls are twins and look scared or confused. I ask “When did you eat last?”
“Yesterday, sir.” okay they need some food I take them to the clubhouse. Once there the kids are fed and seem much happier. At least they are smiling now. Cheryl tells us “The Director has been analyzing your reports and sees patterns emerging. The state government has collapsed and General Morse is now in charge of rebuilding the state’s civilian government.” i have no idea how that will happen but the General has a lot of work ahead of him.
“The reason why state government collapsed is because the Governor refused to go against the President’s narrative of the unseasonal flu. All the representatives have perished.” This is not a good thing I wonder if this whole thing was some plot that got away from those in charge.
Commercial power is a thing of the past. This means no more internet or cellphones or radio stations. If you can’t make your own power you are out of luck. Our power grid relies on trained people to keep it up and running. You cannot just walk in and turn a power plant on despite what people think.
Since we can produce our own power I can gather information from the shortwave. There is no way to verify the information that is gathered so I take it with a grain of salt. There is one report that I pass on to the General. A FEMA group has established some type of camp by Detroit and people have been “detained for their own good” by FEMA. If this is true the General needs to take action. I will follow this as much as I can. The more information the General has the better of a response he can mount.
I remember the old civil defense films. They put the emphasis on people being prepared for disaster. All of a sudden we were told that the government would take care of us. Well, this is how the Government will take care of us. No, I do not feel sorry for the people who swallowed this line.
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Post by feralferret on Nov 14, 2022 19:03:02 GMT -6
"I remember the old civil defense films. They put the emphasis on people being prepared for disaster. All of a sudden we were told that the government would take care of us. Well, this is how the Government will take care of us. No, I do not feel sorry for the people who swallowed this line."
I couldn't have said this better myself.
Thanks for the more.
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