I know this is typically where I do
my “month in review” segments but January was pretty freaking boring. Okay, we
came up with the bus bug out plan and did the whole perimeter thing with the parking
lot but other than that, January was just a big grind. Not really a whole lot
to recap.
Now, going back to the start of this
whole thing, our plan was to run silent and make like a hole in the world. We
did not want to give the zombies a reason to get in the store and we did that
by hiding the meat. We tried to reduce our signature as much as possible.
The other side of that argument is
that by doing the perimeter of the parking lot, implementing the “Bob
Initiative,” and having a host of dead zoms lying in the street from sniper
shots, that leaves potential scavengers to believe that there is something
within our store worth taking. (As if the giant “FOODS” sign wasn’t invitation
enough.) I suppose you could argue that by projecting a show of force, it
prevents aggression against you. But as we debated this, we were anticipating
the roving hordes that could be extras in a MAD MAX movie to be circling the
store. This has not happened.
And yet, what if a different caravan
rolled along? What if a military convoy came rolling down Highway 82? If it was
dark, what if a helicopter came flying nearby? A “signal fire” set in the
center of our roof sure would be a nice thing to have.
Let’s face facts. Anyone flying
around in this environment would be someone you want to have helping you. We
need a way to flag them down to let them know that we are alive. Who knows?
Maybe the Pensacola Dam is an important strategic site that they will want to
check on?
We feel that we need a set of lights
(hooked to the emergency grid in case of power failure) that we can flash off
and on to signal people. We want to keep it so that you can see it from the air
so the people that need to see it can see it. But we don’t want to draw too
much attention from the zoms.
Guys with a lot more mechanical
experience than me are trying to put something together. We are thinking a bank
of lights that can rotate, swivel, and pivot so that we can use it to get the
attention of a low flying aircraft or a helicopter.
In
the normal world, this would just be a light in a sea of other lights. But on a
darkened rooftop in the middle of nowhere surrounded by darkness and flashing
in an intelligent fashion? Hell, people on the International Space Station
might be able to see it. The odds are slim but as you can tell by these
articles… we’ve got a little time on our hands.
