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The LARP scene has gotten out of hand.

When I lived in Seattle there were people who would listen to the police scanner and then rush to the scenes of traffic accidents and fires and such dressed up as "superheroes" and LARP saving the day.

I suspect they got in the way more than they helped.

As documented by the Flattened Earth in The Glorious LARP.

Ham radio, particularly some of the ARES / SKYWARN / RACES / MARS folks (tons of overlap within those), go real overboard thinking they’re trying to help in emergencies or actively put themselves into dangerous situations and end up just being more people who need actual rescue.