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Watching the most "dangerous" people is also a very useful technique. They do that by infiltrating the independent groups and even providing some resources for them, keep them close so they can watch them and detect any breakthroughs. Examples of dangerous people in the BF world would be the highly motivated go-getters, persistent, independent thinkers who are willing to go out and look for themselves. They would be targets to keep an eye on. MIB, Hiflier, Norseman, Explorer, WSA, SWWASAS and BigTreeWalker are dangerous. How would you keep an eye on them? Befriend them, give them a place to gather and share their thoughts and discoveries. Then you can easily monitor what they are doing/thinking. Get their data and store it conveniently. I probably shouldn't bring this up, but if you look at the BFF leadership and some of it's most dedicated members, it's somewhat concerning... Director: MasterBarber --> LEO (never comments, but is always watching) Steering Committee Chair: Hairyman --> USFS official (never comments, but is always watching) Administrator: VAFooter --> LEO (never comments, but is always watching) SSR Data Curator: BobbyO --> Private Security (he's from England / Asia with a commitment to BF?) SSR Analyst: Redbone --> a mysterious person, nobody knows exactly what he does. Best Donor: JDL --> Military huummm...

Humanity is setting itself up for a mass extinction event by becoming dependent on technology for daily existence. Large portions of our society, especially in the United States, would die if there was a wide spread failure of the power grid. There was a solar coronal mass ejection in the 1800s that had a direct hit on earth that pretty well melted down what telegraph and power infrastructure that existed at the time. Reports of glowing wires, and rail road tracks were common. Today such and event would kill 10's of millions because of loss of electricity, heat, inability to store or prepare food, and damage to vehicles that move food around the country. Much of the population today has little ability to rough it any more and subsist in primitive conditions. When natural disasters hit, and the only thing a lot of people know to do is head to shelters and expect the government to provide for them. That is common even when a disaster like a hurricane has days of notice to prepare. A direct CME hit would throw the country back into the 1800s in a few minutes. BF on the other hand would probably not notice anything other than suddenly the humans stopped driving into the woods and pestering them.