Rich Folks Private Jets Part of Apocalypse Early Warning System

THE APOCALYPSE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM TRACKS RICH FOLKS PRIVATE JETS

I still consume a fair amount of pulp fiction, and recently I made my way thru the second season of Fallout, which is a post-apocalyptic filled with irony and no small dose of the rich-will-destroy-it-all-to-own-it-all. And I can’t help but think about the show, at least a little, when I come to terms with the sudden realization that here in the RW, there’s already an Apocalypse Early Warning System. Sigh. And if you click on that link, you’ll see a threat assessment explanation right along with the world map that tracks the private jets of rich folks. And yes, it’s rather stunning to see the concentration, practically a billionaire class airborne soiree, over North America.

RICH FOLKS WILL KNOW THE END IS NIGH, AND ALL THOSE PRIVATE JETS WILL SCRAMBLE AT ONCE

So how does this work? Well, similar to the fiction in Fallout, the idea is that if the apocalypse is coming, rich folks are going to know before anyone else. And if you track the private jets of the .01%, if you see the majority of them scramble to remote locations where luxury bunkers are waiting, you will probably know that the end is nigh. Well, on the surface for most of us losers, that is. But even aside from the variously chewed logic from popular fiction, it seems a sure bet that this early warning system for some form of the End of Days will give us a heads up that something major is about to happen. Aside from the all you can eat buffet in Ibiza, anyway.

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WHEN ALL THE RICH FOLKS HEAD FOR THEIR LUXURY BUNKERS, DON’T YOU WANT TO KNOW?

The Apocalypse Early Warning System was put together by Kyle McDonald, and includes an archive of a host of air traffic info, and even lets you filter it by private jet aircraft types. If you want notifications that it’s already too late to take your iodine pill, there’s an RSS feed as well as Telegram notifications. You can find the code on GitHub. As a nerd whose scrotum chafes on the fence between realism and amused cynicism, I’d suggest getting notifications for any rating 3 or above on the 1-5 scale. 5, of course, meaning it’s time to stowaway up some billionaire’s Learjet wheel well with a bottle of oxygen.

And a case of toilet paper, if you can swing it.