Just to add to the thread what I have already tried to say regarding government activity that you may or may not be perceiving:

To understand what is policy and what is not; as well as how everything should work during a ramp-up and or emergency. To better understand how things will work you need to look into the following terms:

J5 - which is Strategic Plans and Policy

COOP - Continuity of Operations Plan

Understand what those bring up are requirements across the board in the Federal Govt. If this kicks off it will be DHS and FEMA taking charge. They will have a COOP for every possible scenario and those are tested and updated. (All the exercises in the past that have been done with other organizations are just that)

I have written parts of COOPs for organizations in the past that cover three to four scenarios. What you need to understand is they will be phased; there are always phased. COOPs are designed and are implemented to run for at least 30 days.

The initial phase consists of basic infrastructure support. These people would be the first ones to come into a predetermined location and begin to set it up and make it functional. In general, this would be a small team that ensure all the essentials are in place and working. (Ex: Ensure power, set up communications, conduct any troubleshooting of issues identified onsite, etc.

They will also bring a portion of the next phases expendable items generally enough to last the incoming pax 3 - 7 days so they can operate once boots on the ground. That incoming group will come in and be significantly larger and will have a significant amount of supplies (at a min two weeks). That continues until the whole organization or function is fully operational. There will generally be 3 - 5 groups for this to happen.

I have read posts that people were seeing huge movements on roads etc. That is not how this works. Simply because you never put all your eggs in one basket. These are phased and you will have small groups that will take different routes be in different convoys and leave and arrive at different times.

The timeline of the groups are essentially based on two things: risk and significance of the function being performed. To put it simply it is what is the impact of this fucntion to stop working and how long can this fucntion go without running at 100% and still be effective.

So what I am trying to say these things are phased and not instant. The build up and are not massive actions. They tend to go under the radar unless you know what to look for.

The only time you see massive movements is during a real unplanned and unconrolled emergency.

Example: unknown massive event happens spontaneously... you have a group that is advon that can operate within 3 to 12 (E+3 to E=12) hours depending on function. You will generally see the next group movements at E+24 to E+36 and by E+72 all essential assets will be in place.

Notice that is a spontaneous event...

The point is during this stage you don't look at the number of people look at the supplies being set up... that is what is going to tell you how big things are anticipated and or expected to be.

I have tried to offer insight on the longer board and no one listens... Not a shill or a troll. Everything I said above, can pretty much be found in regulation and policy if you are willing to dig deep enough.