I'm glad to see this ended well.
The Grey standoff proves that the autonomous zone concept can work. With a little help from sympathetic friends and neighbors they were able to live self sufficient and off the grid.
"The time for war has not yet come, but it will come and that soon, and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." Gen. T.J. Jackson, March 1861
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