posted on Nov, 28 2007 @ 07:06 PM
For those who are stuck in the city, don't over look the subtle art of camoflage. A three story walk up with the ground floor pounded all to heck,
broken windows and trashed interior drywall, mangled furniture and trashed cars on the sidewalk will discourage looters and villians of all types from
investigating. It obviously has been looted already. That leaves a single point of entry, the stairwell, to defend.
The same thing can be done with a block of flats over shops. If the shops are ravaged, there is little point for the looter to try to search through
them.
Although it may sound like a bad plan, staging a car wreck in front of your hidy hole can be beneficial. It blocks access to the street, meaning that
people will avoid the area for streets with easier travel, It allows you some cover when arriving and leaving, and it can be booby trapped. This would
be of assistance if you were under attack from some gang, etc. When you fire back, they will take cover and the wreck is a natural place to go. Then
you can set off the booby trap, disposing of the villians as well as making the wreck look more 'natural'.
While defenses are a definitely good idea, you should try to make them look as if they belong there. A coil of razor wire across the top of a wall
screams 'I'm here', while alot of broken glass bottles in large chunks at the base of the wall and across the sidewalk just says that someone was
here throwing bottles. If you live in sight of a supermarket, roll all the carts down and place them in a twisted jumble to block a street or path.
This just screams vandalism, not defense.
Gruesome as it seems, even leaving the bodies of the dead strategically placed can be to your advantage. People don't like to spend time with
corpses. They can be almost as good as guards for areas that you wish to deny access to.
Dirt and grime are your friends. If you wet down the windows and throw dust on them, you block the view from outside fairly effectively. And people
don't look twice at a dirty window. Don't use your front door for anything, and let the pall of neglect collect up front. Always use a back door and
try to conceal it as much as possible. If you can arrange it so that you emerge from a totally separate building onto the street that is even
better.
If you're looking for ideas for this type of thing, try reading accounts of the French Underground and the Russian forces fighting at Stalingrad
during WW2. They were both masters of camoflage and hiding out during an active campaign to find them. It's amazing what you can do with a pile of
rubble.