Has Local Entertainment Facilities
Aside from being a "sportsman's paradise," both counties have numerous
activities and opportunities for entertainment. Theaters (stage and
movie), band shells and orchestras, bowling alleys, etc. Not to mention
world class skiing.
In a survival situation there may not be time or resources to "have fun"
whenever and wherever we like, but there are enough resources here to
set up "entertainment facilities" if/when we need them.
The Criteria List - How the 2 Counties
Stack Up (follow links to detailed information)
- Rural location, at least 50-100 miles from MAJOR
metropolitan area
- Limited access capable of being monitored &
controlled, or denied
- Has sufficient quantities of water LOCALLY & local water treatment plant
- Has local waste/sewer treatment facilities (bonus for bio-conversion
plants)
- Has independent power supply, or capability to generate power locally without outside materials
- Has a local modern hospital, ambulance service, dental offices, medical laboratories
- Has local fire and police departments & equipment (bonus if allow for
volunteer forces)
- Has local primary and secondary schools (bonus for local college
facilities)
- Has local library with technical (how to/how things work) and research
sections [hardcopy]
- Has local radio/television broadcast facilities capable of transmission
and reception (inc. satellite)
- Has a local economy sufficient to support survivalist influx
- Has a number of retail shops for food, clothing, household goods,
sporting goods, building supplies
- Has firearms and ammunition shops
- Has arable land (for farming) and viable wildlife population (hunting &
fishing)
- Has active farmers/ranchers with stock & equipment
- Has active local building contractors with heavy equipment
- Has local indoor & outdoor meeting places (for community
voting/discussion/etc.)
- Has local entertainment facilities (essential for mental health)
- Has relatively mild weather or emergency contingencies (safe
buildings/areas) for known hazards
- Has little or no recurrent history of natural disaster
- Has emergency contingencies (safe buildings/areas) for known recurrent
hazards.
- Not downstream of major/multiple dams and reservoirs (or, at least, not
in the flood plain)
- Not directly in the path of concentrated fallout (ash - burning cities,
volcanic, nuclear)
- Above catastrophic flood levels from hurricane, tsunami,
meteor/asteroid/comet strike
- Not a potential (or previous) target for hostile direct attack
- No likely near-miss potential from a deliberate attack
- Not situated in an obvious evacuation path (unless you are SURE access
can be diverted/denied - and HELD
Bonus Criteria
- Bonus for local National Guard/Army Reserve Armory
- Bonus for grain silo's, feed lots/stores
- Bonus for local breweries/distilleries
- Bonus for operating cannery/bottler
- Bonus for local (small scale) manufacturing
- Bonus for mills/lumber yards
- Bonus for local quarry w/cement facilities
- Bonus for local highway department with road maintenance equipment
- Bonus for pre-existing large-scale alternative energy usage (wind,
solar, hydro, geothermal, etc.)
- Bonus for fly-in/out local airfield with aircraft parking & maintenance
facilities
- Bonus for local mineral and petroleum sources (with equipment for
recovery)
- Bonus for temporary/long term underground shelters
Membership Goals:
Our target goals for voting age self-reliant survivalist members:
Grand County: 13,406 population x 15% = 2,011 members
Summit County: 28,296 population x 15% = 4,245 members
Total voting age members wanted: 6,256,
although half that would make a BIG difference to the counties.
If you already live in Summit or Grand Counties,
contact MEG to let us know!
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