First off.  Anyone out there reading this who's still alive.  PLEASE CHECK IN WITH US.  Let know you're okay.  Please.  I have my cell, and I'm online, and the electricity and computer networks are still up, even if a lot of the TV stations are starting to show static.

Ate breakfast and met the other 'new arrivals.'  This is getting really weird.  They've got a bunch of 20-30 something doctors, teachers, farmers,engineers... I think they kidnapped a couple of army people too.  These guys are almost definitely not part of the regular army or government agencies, though apparently they have control of Aberdeen?  These people are from all over, and I do mean ALL over.  As in, they've grabbed people from India and Korea and Gana and literally everywhere.  An embarrassing number speak English..  They also have a bunch of teenagers that have been here for longer; some of them almost a year.  The kids looked somewhere in the 18ish range; they look like babies to me.  Apparently a lot of them are runaways and street kids, people that won't be missed. I think they were thinking in terms of ...maximum reproductive capacity.  Ergh.  People were pretty angry, but the Mulder got most people down to the level of  grumbling.  Apparently,  the part of the crisis he's managing is us.  I have to say he's pretty good at it. The Mulder is pretty charming for a guy that looks like he hasn't slept in two days or seen the sun in two years, and he took his nickname with reasonably good grace but...I'm getting the impression that....well, if this were a movie I don't think he'd be one of the good guys. 

So the fact that they're letting me post this much information worries me.  I mean, the internet only has so much credibility, but still....Locations?  The fact that they've been kidnapping kids? 

They don't expect life to go back to normal after this.  That's why it doesn't matter what we find out.  So I think they figure the more they're (relatively) honest, the more cooperative those of us inside and anyone who's making it so far outside will be longterm.

Besides, in terms of crazy zombie rabies virus-proof compounds with large short-term food supplies and farming equipment for later, they're sort of the only game in town.  Particularly judging by the news.  The government is collapsing. I guess they'd call out the army, except for the fact that yanno, they're almost all in Iraq for some reason. They finally turned off the TV after some blond fox anchor chick got grabbed on live TV.  I think they figure they've scared us enough now.

I'm not going to say people should avoid them.  I think their tips for dealing with these things is legit, and like I said, we don't have a ton of options.  However, if you're out there somewhere, you need to know what you're getting yourself into dealing with this people.