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The Google Earth and Maps Thread (merged)
Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by denverdave » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 15:53:13
Most of the images on google earth of my area seem to be at least four years old, they are in no way real-time. Anyways, in a "zombie horde" scenario, nobody is going to be using the internet to look for bugouts in the middle of nowhere. When TSHTF, people will be staying put, not driving hundreds of miles on the remote chance that they may fight with armed survivalists over some rice and beans.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by smallpoxgirl » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 16:08:09
I don't guess I see what that matters at all. Why would anyone need to hide their existence from satellites? The point of being out in the boonies is to be inaccessible, not to be invisible. You have really do something to stand out from the crowd if you're going to piss off the man enough that he sends an army to investigate every shack in the woods to see which one you're hiding in.
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Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by Narz » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 16:34:28
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'S')o I'm wondering if, in a collapse scenario with the trademarked "zombie hordes", whether it is even possible to remain hidden if (at least for a period in time) GPS and the internet stay online.
Assuming a "zombie horde" scenario (which I don't) I doubt there will still be Internet.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by Ang » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 17:05:08
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('denverdave', 'W')hen TSHTF, people will be staying put, not driving hundreds of miles on the remote chance that they may fight with armed survivalists over some rice and beans.
From your keyboard to God's monitor...
If there is nothing left but some whacked out survivalist's rice & beans, I can imagine a few people would make the trip. I just hope they run out of gas on the way. IMO there isn't a right answer, just endless speculation about how it's all going to go down. I like the remote location with a well stocked pantry and some land idea over the staying in the city idea. If the zombie hoards can find us on Google Earth (or a road map) there isn't much we can do, but at least we tried. Beats not trying.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by FoolYap » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 17:24:06
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ang', 'I')f there is nothing left but some whacked out survivalist's rice & beans, I can imagine a few people would make the trip.
If there's nothing left but some whacked-out survivalist's rice & beans, how are those people going to
1. have power and communications to
2. find a still-working Internet (i.e., dozens of distributed servers) to
3. find a place far away via Google (which still works I guess) and then
4. find the gas to get there while
5. not being ambushed and eaten along the way?
I guess you're worried about the very early part of a collapse? Sounds to me like a real stretch of a thing to worry about. I would expect zombie hordes to march only as far as the next house / apartment / Walmart to raid, in the beginning.
And by halftime of that game, see #1-5 above.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by Ang » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 17:48:19
My idea of a zombie hoard is like a swarm of locust, going from one field to another, or town to town. In which case all they need is a road map, so that takes care of 1,2 & 3.
I do hope they run out of gas. And...
Depending on the numbers, I'm guessing some would make it through the ambush and the BBQ'S.
I'd rather exhaust my imagination and worry about trying to keep my kids safe than stay in the city next to the houses/apartments/WalMarts.
I do hope they run out of gas. And...
Depending on the numbers, I'm guessing some would make it through the ambush and the BBQ'S.
I'd rather exhaust my imagination and worry about trying to keep my kids safe than stay in the city next to the houses/apartments/WalMarts.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by ararboin » Thu 07 Feb 2008, 21:53:51
I've been living in my isolated middle of nowhere hideout for several years now. I googled the place one time and I couldn't even see the house because I couldn't zoom in close enough. Many isolated areas do not have close-up image resolution. Not to worry.
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Re: Bugouts and Google Earth
by mos6507 » Fri 08 Feb 2008, 09:49:17
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ararboin', 'I')'ve been living in my isolated middle of nowhere hideout for several years now. I googled the place one time and I couldn't even see the house because I couldn't zoom in close enough. Many isolated areas do not have close-up image resolution. Not to worry.
How do you get internet?
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