Not a Potential (or previous) Target for Hostile Direct Attack
There has never been a terrorist attack in either county and the
counties have no nuclear strike objectives. There are no military or
strategic government activities or structures within either county.
Summit & Grand counties have a number of dams. Many of them, if they
failed, would produce catastrophic damage and probable loss of human
life. If/When you move here, keep this in mind. There are plenty of
great areas to live that are not in the flood path of failing dams. The
dams are a PLUS to the community in that they provide or have the
potential to provide power to the counties which does not depend on
outside sources. Some hazards you just have to learn to live with. In
any case, the potential for failure has been determined to be LOW in
both counties.
The dams could conceivably be a target, but the effort required to
breach these dams to the point of failure versus the effect of such a
breach would seem to negate the potential. Just not enough "bang" for
the buck.
During tourist season (winter, primarily) there exists a possibility of
terrorist activities, but ours are more "family" resorts. The
celebrities all go to Vail, Aspen, Beaver Creek, Telluride - and good
for them. If terrorists were going to go the hostage/slaughter route, I
would think the more media-worthy targets would draw the first straw.
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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