Its times like these that I like to lean way back in my easy chair, drink a frothy beverage and think back on lifes experience and try to apply that hard earned knowledge to the preperation and planning of a worst case scenario of rioters invading my neighborhood.
I was speaking with some neighbors about this. Always good to review both home defense and defense of the community. More layers the better.
It was a productive talk. We realized in our community we had been assuming our cell phones would work, and that's how we would communicate, but that's not a valid assumption. In the riots in Mogadishu/Minneapolis, the rioters caused quite a bit of chaos, and one of the results was that it was talking 20+ minutes for a text message to get through, and some calls were failing to connect.
So we ironed out some alternatives using amateur radios. Some quickie protocols, and Bob's your uncle. We're also working on improving our fire fighting preparations, because the rioters seem to enjoy setting them, and we don't want anyone to lose their home while the rest of us are focused on protecting the community.
Always more to do, but one step at a time seems to make it manageable.