Don't worry, we aren't dead!

I know it's been almost 4 months since our last post, and those few survivors out there who read this probably thought we died, but fear not, we're still here. The cause of our disappearance was a loss of signal. Shortly after Brandon's last post our signal went dead for no discernible reason. We established that it was simply the Satellite Internet relay we had tapped into going down (due to heavy infrastructure damage it would seem), and after doing a little reconnaissance and research decided that if we built a stronger antenna, we'd be able to pick up the next relay down the line. It took us 2 months to scrap together the right parts and figure out how to amplify the signal and link us back into the web.

About 3 days after we got all of this working and where in the final stages of testing it for reliability and power usage, a storm rolled in and zapped the new antenna. Luckily we had scrounged up quite a bit of extra material, and it only took us another week to fix it and get it back up again. This post marks our official return to the web, as well as the official final test of the network. Sorry it took us so long, but as you know, Survival > Internet Access, so we had to put the project on a hold for a few days in there to scout for food and whatnot. You'll be happy to know we also found another survivor cell north of us in Watertown, and I'll relate that story in another post soon.

As it stands, it appears that our signal is steady and strong, and we'll be tweaking with the power flow a little bit, as it requires a little bit more juice, but all in all it seems that we were successful and looking forward to keeping the information flowing again. Good luck to all of you out there able to read this, and even more luck to those who can't. And remember: Aim for the head.

Oh yes! Brandon will also be continuing his previous story soon, he's written most of it down on paper in his free time and will be updating you on what happened by next week. So keep your eyes peeled.

Until then, I'm signing off.

~Ian