Project Hiding Places

[stormlion1]

The only problem I see with putting a Project Bolthole on a island is the simple fact its a Island! Moving equipment and a vehicle is going to be tough without a boat or bridge and Cockburn Island (Seriously a bad name for a island) has neither. The closest two landmasses are Drummond Island which uses a ferry to get to the continental US and Manitoulian which had two bridges that need to be used to exit into Canada. Bridges that may not be there or be blocked after a nuclear attack. And after a 150 years those bridges probably wouldn't be all that sound or there anymore.
Cockburn Island (I wonder where they got the name?) might serve better as a supply point that would use the Airfield and buried hangers for Cargo aircraft that could be used to resupply Morrow Teams away from there own resupply points. But as a Bolthole location a Island is a bad idea in my book unless one is willing to cache a series of boats usable on the Great Lakes and capable of carrying project Vehicles to the mainland.
Might be a good spot though for a secondary Prime Base, or a training area for Project Teams before being frozen.

[kato13]

Originally Posted by stormlion1

Might be a good spot though for a secondary Prime Base, or a training area for Project Teams before being frozen.

The thoughts I had for it were

Secondary Prime

Launch site for a communication balloons

Logistical Hub for Great lakes traffic.



The thought that it could be a training facility is a good one. I imagine a Morrow corporation could buy the entire island (Morrow Timber?) and another corp could do wilderness "Team Building" exercises there. At least that would be a good cover story.

As far as logistics it has a reasonable harbor which could perhaps be improved when morrow timber buys the island.

[stormlion1]

Communication Balloon's are nice, but it might be better to have a Communications antenna stored in sections and a concrete base prebuilt. After the team wakes up they can erect a small comm's tower to handle Great Lakes communications traffic and/or set up repeater tower's all around the Great Lakes region to restore comm's for Morrow Personnel. The island would act as a hub for communication for the Northern US, Southern Canada.
Separate area's could do the same and if done properly could allow communications to be set up across North America. Of course that's a best case scenario, which the Morrow Project isn't a good example of, with people waking up willy nilly as they are.

[ArmySGT.]

Where even your friend Bruce can put away today, what he might need tomorrow.

The Econo-Locker (A division of Morrow Industries) is your typical series of 40-200 individual storage units for rent by the public for stuff they just don't have room for at home. Units a prefabricated sheet metal 20' wide by 100' long, then further subdivided into smaller units internally. Each lockable outdoor space has a rollup door. None are furnished with water or power and the climate is not controlled in anyway. It is just a lockable storage unit.

Atleast on the surface, below each slab poured to accommodate the 20'x100' structure is a cache located from 10' to 30 feet underneath the foundation. These large scale cache sites typically hold building materials such as concrete sealed in drums, prefabricated structures like Quonset huts, kegs of nails, assortments of nuts and bolts, pallets of insulation, electrical wire, sockets, power panels, and junction boxes. These are enough items for a Morrow Project engineering team to assemble habitable structures for refugees left homeless by damage or fallout. There can be possibilities for large scale storage of medical diagnostic equipment to create hospitals or improve others. There can be a cache of M151 jeeps with dual fuel (gas/ethanol) motors painted in the livery of the post office, local police, civil defense, the sherrifs office, or any assortment of governmental organizations.

The Group Leader and Regional Base Commander is aware of these large scale caches, though a PD may leave the above hint or let Team know if they are a specialty engineer team.

[stormlion1]

A good spot to hide something is under one end of a rural Overpass. I watched one getting built once and noticed that the space behind one end was empty, a big concrete box with a pipe for a Sewer line and a lot of empty space. Have a construction company do a repair of a rural overpass, build a small enclosed area behind one end and lace the side facing the road with explosives and then hide gear within. When the time comes and the nuclear war has come and gone, supplys can be gained by blowing the wall and getting to the goodys within. No one would ever guess equipment might be stored under a bridge, in fact thousand would drive by it every day and never know!

[ArmySGT.]

Cache Fuel.
(a wholly owned subsidiary of Morrow Industries)

Cache fuel has been keeping the fleets of our customers rolling since 1977. Let our low costs and convenient locations keep yours rolling whether your fleet is one or 1000. Our simple members only card system allows your drivers to fuel up anytime, even weekends and holidays. Don't pay the high prices of the regular fuel stations and large truck stops! The members feels and surcharge pays for bulk premium fuels at discount prices! Compare and you will see! Come get what you need at the Cache!

In the early years of operational planning for the Morrow Project fuel for everything was going to be a major concern. The fusion power plant was yet to come along. The fleet of vehicles envisioned was going to be large and fuel consumption was going to be high. How do you store vast quantities of fuel and rotate it so that the fuel remains fresh? How do you preposition that fuel in locations where you can use it and keep the deception going? The answer is to hide it and not hide it at all.

The Cache Fuel program was initiated to emplace fuel points for Project vehicles that will be conveniently located off of rural highways and away from high value targets. The Cache Fuel chain looks and operates as a regular commercial fleet discount fuel center. The site consists of a small 10x20 single story poured concrete secure building for housing the computer card system, customer order tracking system, security camera system, and other expected systems. This building also holds a 60Kw electrical generator and automatic switching unit. This will start the generator and disconnect the power from the power companies grid. The lot is large, often far larger than expected to be with the perimeter enclosed by a continuous poured concrete wall except for the inbound and outbound gates. The lot is designed for one way traffic, with pumping stations for four gasoline vehicles and six diesel vehicles typically accommodated. The underground tanks hold diesel fuel, two grades of unleaded fuel, and one pump that dispenses kerosene.

The Cache Fuel program sites prior to fusion power supplies were expected to run on the local power grid, then by a onsite generator. This generator was an on demand system. The person requesting fuel would press a start generator button on the exterior of the onsite building. Pressing this start button would cause the generator to start and run for 10 minutes, or as long as fuel pumps were running. In this way back up power for the fuel pumps was always available, but not consuming fuel when not necessary. This was true through the 1970s and early 1980s. In the 1980s many were shutdown and updated, then returned to business.

The underground tanks act and appear as expected for such a system. What is not apparent is that there are more tanks than the surface filling points indicate. The additional tanks are fed by transfer pumps from the regular storage tanks. These lines and transfer pumps also act as a buffer against fire or explosion. The additional tanks are plumbed directly to the fuel pumps and access is only granted to that fuel when a Morrow Project ID is inserted into the card reader at the pump. The reader will ask for Team designation, Project, Civilian, or Govt vehicle, and advise that only 100 gallons maximum is allowed per 24 hour period, then dispense fuel. The additional tanks hold a reserve that is hidden from government confiscation, theft, and armed banditry.

This system has setup multiple fuel caches across several states, keeps the fuel fresh and rotated, and actually makes a profit that pays for upkeep, and expansion.

After 150 years, the fusion power systems are still dormant, but the fuels have deteriorated and not usable. The system can be put into use with fresh fuel and the gasoline tanks and pumping system are made to also accommodate ethanol fuel.

[ArmySGT.]

"Discovery Play!" A non-profit historical preservation society. (A wholly owned subsidiary of Morrow Industries)

A hands on museum for children of all ages! Good for school outings, home school projects, and family outings for kids that love machines (Moms and Dads too!)

Come see windmills, water pumps, steam powered machines of all sorts, see how tools were made in the last century! Live demonstrations of horse shoeing, wagon rides, and many exhibits that cna be touched, turned, and made to run!

"Discovery Play!" is a PR operation for Morrow Industries and operates both as an educational endowment and a tax write off. Bruce knew the failure rate of many high tech portions of the infrastructure. Bruce also knew how important it was to have people who knew how the old ways worked. So this set up helped the Morrow Project locate people with the passion and the knowledge. Didn't hurt that MP personnel could rotate in and receive hands on training themselves. Lastly the "Discovery Play!" center was situated away from probable nuclear targets and still within large urban centers. This is intended to bridge the gap between the loss of life/infrastructure and the arrival of aid/services.

Coal/wood fired boilers turn generators. Steam drives a sawmill. A foundry can cast parts. A blacksmith(s) can forge tools. It is the core to rebuild with providing one has the people and the structure is not destroyed or looted.

Typically there is no cache here. Though possibly shelters under exhibits and an outrageous amount of coal and a charcoal operation in onsite storage.