We’ve lost video feed for the time being. Captain Gil has her team on it. When she’s got the equipment back online, we’ll resume.

In the meantime, lots to share from the messages coming in, from old- style email sent on the G.R.I.D., to radio contacts. Not sure why radio is so sporadic these days. One of the other civilians at Falcon Rock says we’re moving into a period of sunspot activity called “solar maximum,” but still a year or two away. Sunspots interfere with radio communications during solarmax. Maybe we’re moving into one earlier. Any astronomers out there have any theories?

The most important topic so far is that we still have no leads on “The Pastor.” A few messages that have made it to the Rock say his symbol – that biohazard thing – has been showing up spray-painted on buildings and billboards north of L.A. Don’t know if that’s because that’s where he is, or that’s where people have been receiving his transmissions. The good news is that the communications interference that’s affecting us also seems to have knocked him off the air. Or maybe his luck has finally run out with his “followers.” If you know, let us know.

Speaking of communications, we have confirmed contact with eight other survivor groups in North America. Can’t say where they are because all of them are stretched to the limit. Falcon Rock remains the one place that has room and supplies. Colonel Manwary is setting up safe passage routes, so hang tough for now, and as soon as we can guarantee your safety, we’ll transmit travel coordinates. In the meantime, here are some important dos and don’ts:

1. Don’t travel at night. They can see better than we can in bad lighting conditions. Dr. Cole is after the Colonel to actually capture some she can study, but in the meantime she says to act as if they can see at night. She believes they can.

2. Stay away from powerlines. We know that the power grid has been offline since it all happened, but for some reason, if they’ve got nothing else to do, that’s where they gather. When we get video back, we’ll show you photos of them lined up under powerlines, like they’re waiting to get into a movie. Again, any theories – send them to us.

3. Always go for the head. No one has any explanation for how these things keep going, but the one thing you can count on is that if you destroy the brain, they stop moving – permanently. Dr. Cole hasn’t been able to study one yet – no way the Colonel would let her bring one into the Rock, that’s for sure. But he has allowed her to conduct tests on tissue samples and severed limbs, outside in the support area. She still doesn’t have answers, but wants me to put out that the mitochondria count in the affected tissue is something like 70,000 per cell. I have no idea what that means, but Dr. Cole says that 17,000 is the norm. Again, if you have theories, send them here!

That’s all the news for now. As always, it gives Colonel Manwary the fits to break security like this, but he says it’s okay during the emergency so again we ask ANYONE who knows ANYTHING about the other three major continuity-of-government facilities in the U.S.A. to contact us, to let us know their status. For the record, they are Raven Rock in Pennsylvania, Eagle Rock in Nevada, and Harrier Rock in Florida.

Before I sign off for this week, thanks to all of you out there from everyone here at the Rock for talking to us and making the effort to join the fight. Tennessee – we hear you! And Australia – hang in there, mates!

Et à nos amis en France, solidarité!

With your help, we ARE going to beat them!

We’ll talk again.

CJ