Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-26512661-20200118161649/@comment-4010415-20200125004649

Guys, the proximity alarms along the coast are down, and Ironwood said they were probably destroyed.

There's a reason that the writers had the characters talk about this.

The Kingdom of Atlas is not very far away from Solitas' southern coast. If Salem and her army of Grimm destroyed the proximity alarms on the coast, that means that she is close to the kingdom and they do not have time to sit around and strategize or carry out a multi-step plan. That is why Ironwood is panicking.