The Colony

[lady_banjo]

Agree with you both Skyowl and Visine. Found myself thinking 'yea right' quite a few times. It's Hollywood all the way. I'll continue to watch to learn what I can (mostly what not to do) but I was disappointed. Guess I had higher expectations.

[dozerwayne]

watched the show last night like many of us hoping to pick up any tidbits of info that would be of value . I however doubt that the producers could really convince these people that the end of our civilization has happened so real responses can not be portrayed At one point the narrator said the intruders were instructed not to hurt the people . Any comments or am I just an old cinic.

[littleone1]

To me it seemed that most of the people made decisions on emotions rather than logic, such as when they let the four people into their warehouse before they really checked them out. Now I'm not saying that I am not emotional, but by God I hope I use my brain before I use my heart to help protect the ones I love!

[Rednekdaddy]

Just what are the chances of when you are walking along with your "group" you just happen to walk by a warehouse with just about everything that you need marked with the big old word SANCTUARY spray painted in big letters on the wall!! yeah right!!!

[Visinedrops]

Rednek, I can understand the concept of the Sanctuary spray painted on the side of the building, mainly because if you notice at the beginning of the show as they are wandering around inside, they make the comment of "Someone's been living here".
Plus, there are actually places like that in almost every town. Walk down to the railroad tracks in any town in the middle of the day, and you'll find busy warehouses and industrial buildings filled with all sorts of handy items.

littleone, I agree with you on the point of allowing the newcomers to enter the building. If this were a real survival and rebuild situation, I would not be so quick to trust anyone, even those in my immediate group.

Personal point, based on my knowledge of AC inverters, the amount of power being pulled from their battery bank from the inverters is extremely inefficient in lighting flourescent tubes. While I wont get into the specifics, flourescent tubes operate on high voltage with very little wattage by use of a ballast. By pulling power from the batteries to the inverter, then to the ballast, they will use up their electricity much faster than if they were to rewire the ballast to operate on 12v/30amps instead.

[Centurion]

Observations

I have noticed that this group does not appear to have a chain of command. There are no leaders, good intentions but no structure or common goals. It is as if they just meet each other and don’t know what the man next to them is thinking before they speak. Also, they were deprived sleep for thirty hours before insertion. I liked this technique because it shows that tired stupid people still are capable of making great decisions. And what about letting the four people in banging at the door but not the "one". Why have they not reconned the neighborhood and meet the neighbors? Just a few observations

[Mags]

Apparently the rule is if you come during the day, "come on in." :) Should you show up during the spooky hours of the dreaded night you get a crazy guy chasing you with a pipe.:eek:

Obviously "Rancher" is not running this op.:D

[Diesel]

LMAO u have a good point Mags I never thought about that LOL!

[Centurion]

Well at least the spooky guy had enough common sense to look over the place, size it up as worthless and leave and not try to move in and build his dream get away palace. I guess next week they will farm the roof and build a tennis court.

[Skyowl]

I have noticed that this group does not appear to have a chain of command. There are no leaders, good intentions but no structure or common goals. ...

I'm guessing they have no concept of chain of command. I'd bet none have served their country to learn this simple concept. I'm gonna guess that in the next installment that some form of leader gets "elected" and the mad man with the pipe is it. Read my first post about him and you'll see why he should "not" be the leader. His is truly a mad man. Like Mags said, he's not Rancher. Say what you will about Rancher, at least he understood the concept of a leader when the SHTF.

On a side note, did anyone notice that when the old guy was outside taking his "shower" that there was a planted garden there? It was visible in the lower right corner of the scene. Where did that come from?

[tony]

HOLY S$*&

That wood gassifier worked!

[Diesel]

i'm skeptical

and they are going to need to shut it down to refuel the fuel can with wood

skeptical of the carb being jetted to run on that mixture

[tony]

i'm skeptical

and they are going to need to shut it down to refuel the fuel can with wood

skeptical of the carb being jetted to run on that mixture

I don't see how the jets would have anything to do with that since the fuel vapor was fed through the top of the carb. I'm surprised they got an air/fuel mixture close enough to run. Of course, constant attention would be necessary to keep it running.

[firemanphob]

you might know, we got called out on a fire run and I missed the whole show. Don't know if I can stay up till 1:00 for the rerun or not.

[pathfinder3081]

I am septical as well. The plans that I have (as well as many others of you) for the wood gassifire seem a little more complicated than a jerry can in a trash barrel. Perhaps the plan was to give the idea, but not the details. In addition, the gas travels by a gravity / preassure method,feeding 150 feet into the small engine? Smoke will burn at 400F, I have a ceramic catalytic combuster in my wood stove. The science is amazing, but I am with you Diesel.