The Zombie Apocalypse - how would you deal with it?

[Edward64]

Obviously a lot of zombie fans on this board. How would you deal with the outbreak?

If it happened during work week, I'm probably SOL as I'm likely out of town.

If during the weekend and at home (or close to), I would gather supplies, tear up the staircase leading to the 2nd floor and the family will live on the 2nd floor until we figure out what to do next.

I already have a emergency rope ladder in case of a fire. Need to figure out how to chop down the staircase.

[Apathetic Lurker]

My staircase has a nice twist in it..Wouldnt take a lot to block it..Some furniture from the 2nd floor.

[Drake]

Shoot my neighbor in the leg so I could outrun him.

[Drake]

dola...

He's 70, so I could probably outrun him anyway, but I don't believe in leaving shit to chance.

[MacroGuru]

If I am work, I am ok as I work on the 4th floor, elevator is the only way up as the stairway down is exit only...unless you have keys.

At the home, unless Render and Tell turn into Zombies I think we are pretty safe as there are 2 doors separating us from the outside, plus I have a weird stairwell. Then all else fells, I am ready for them anyway...

[fantom1979]

I would try to take over a small unpopulated island in the great lakes and try to hold it down. Hopefully the zombies can't swim.

[fantom1979]

I would also be on FOFC to try to figure out where the safe spots are. Can't wait for the 'Human Civilization, we hardly knew ye' thread.

[Blackadar]

First, let's start with shelter. My current house is useless in a zombie outbreak. Too many windows, no interior rooms, close to a dense population center, dependent on the main water/sewer system, no upstairs to block off. It's indefensible and useless as a long-term shelter in a disaster. We have to move.

If we're dealing with the fast zombies (aka 28 Days Later), there's probably little hope of getting someplace safe before we're overtaken. If we're dealing with a group of shamblers (aka Walking Dead), we have a shot. I could take the back roads to up to my M-I-L's house in the mountains of NC. That's at least 1 hour away from major population centers, there's farmland to cultivate, well water, wood stove for heat, plenty of guns/ammo and the windows/doors can be boarded up. There's no perimeter fence, but that's the only major thing lacking. In theory, we could live there for a long time before starving or being overrun by the zombie hordes.

Eventually, if the outbreak hit the critical mass point, then even that farm wouldn't be safe. No place would be safe. A pack of them would eventually show up to overrun the farm, or there would be a bad harvest, or something else bad would happen. But there's at least a chance to hole up there for a while until such time things got back under control.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

I would try to take over a small unpopulated island in the great lakes and try to hold it down. Hopefully the zombies can't swim.

I like this idea, I have never seen them swim, so I get to San Diego, commandeer a house boat and live in the cays off of Coronado.

[Kodos]

In WWZ, they can walk underwater.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Kodos

In WWZ, they can walk underwater.

Did I mention in really deep water

[Subby]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

I like this idea, I have never seen them swim, so I get to San Diego, commandeer a house boat and live in the cays off of Coronado.

They totally swam across a river and then overtook a massive high rise in Land of the Dead.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Subby

They totally swam across a river and then overtook a massive high rise in Land of the Dead.

I would get a boat with a high hull line and grease the sides.........Now what?

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by BYU 14

Did I mention in really deep water

If they're WWZ (the book) zombies, then they walk through even the deepest water, so they'll end up on your island. A houseboat is a good idea, but a common theme in many zombie movies and books is that everyone flees to the water on boats. They're overrun with refugees, fresh water is a major issue and marine life is decimated with overfishing and pollution. Ultimately people run out of fuel and die from dehydration (desalinzation equipment breaks down), starvation (overfishing, pollution and normal fish migrations make year-round fishing problematic), the elements or other perils of the sea.

Of course, it beats trying to outrun the massive (millions) herds described in WWZ.

[GoldenEagle]

Best case scenario, we get TWD zombies. Otherwise, we are all probably screwed.

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by GoldenEagle

Best case scenario, we get TWD zombies. Otherwise, we are all probably screwed.

TWD zoms are pretty much the WWZ zoms which are pretty much the Night of the Living Dead zoms.

[JediKooter]

Except the WWZ zombies (from the movie) are ex Olympic medal winners...still in game day shape.

[Blackadar]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

Except the WWZ zombies (from the movie) are ex Olympic medal winners...still in game day shape.

I could have been more specific, but when I'm talking WWZ zoms, I'm talking the ones from the book. Not the fucked-up WWZ movie zoms.

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

A houseboat is a good idea, but a common theme in many zombie movies and books is that everyone flees to the water on boats. They're overrun with refugees, fresh water is a major issue and marine life is decimated with overfishing and pollution. Ultimately people run out of fuel and die from dehydration (desalinzation equipment breaks down), starvation (overfishing, pollution and normal fish migrations make year-round fishing problematic), the elements or other perils of the sea.

Have to worry about storms and general overall maintenance that needs to be done. Me and a fishing rod can catch plenty of food initially, fresh water in a lake wouldn't be an issue if its boiled. I would be concerned about a houseboat with a swimming platform ... a zombie might float by. But good first place to be to figure out what to do next.

[Edward64]

Not sure I want a deserted island. There is always a chance of a floater being washed ashore (I think most zombie books/movies show that zombies can survive in water to a certain degree).

I think the best approach is to find a community in a self sustaining castle with vegetable gardens, chickens, rabbits etc., well, armed soldiers and medical resources with supplies!

[Kodos]

I'd probably die quickly.

[lungs]

Invite some allies and hole up on my farm. Plenty of folks with guns around here though eventually when supplies run out I imagine I would head up into the bluffs.

Realistically, considering my food source, I'll be murdered early on.

[Bad-example]

I'd get bitten on purpose.

I don't want to be a zombie but I hate being on the losing side. Go undead!

[Logan]

I'd just want a couple days notice so I can blow through all my savings. After that, I'd probably be dead anyway.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Blackadar

I could have been more specific, but when I'm talking WWZ zoms, I'm talking the ones from the book. Not the fucked-up WWZ movie zoms.

Haha! Nah, I figured you meant the book, but, had to throw the abomination that the movie appears to be, in there for good measure.

[BishopMVP]

Originally Posted by fantom1979

I would try to take over a small unpopulated island in the great lakes and try to hold it down. Hopefully the zombies can't swim.

I thought about my family's summer home on an island just off Portland, Maine, but I think that island has too much coastline to effectively defend, even with a whole population banding together. However, there's an old civil war fort right in the middle of the harbor with literally no land outside of it (at least at mid-tide and up) - Fort Gorges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Get enough people that you can keep watch from all 4/5 battlements at once, have a few boats we can take for foraging runs to nearby islands or the mainland and I feel we could last for a real long time (unless a bigger group with better guns comes along). (Also my likely plan in case of an influenza outbreak or something similar.)

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[Desnudo]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

I thought about my family's summer home on an island just off Portland, Maine, but I think that island has too much coastline to effectively defend, even with a whole population banding together. However, there's an old civil war fort right in the middle of the harbor with literally no land outside of it (at least at mid-tide and up) - Fort Gorges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia . Get enough people that you can keep watch from all 4/5 battlements at once, have a few boats we can take for foraging runs to nearby islands or the mainland and I feel we could last for a real long time (unless a bigger group with better guns comes along). (Also my likely plan in case of an influenza outbreak or something similar.)

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[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

Originally Posted by BishopMVP

Fort Gorges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .

damn, that's badass. if i ever strike it rich i'm so gonna buy an island like that.

we have fort ontario here. unfortunately it's flanked by a nuke plant.



edit: oh and it's most heavily fortified facing the lake. so long as the zombies launch a seaborne invasion from canada using 19th century british ships we're good. otherwise it's a glorified picket fence

[Edward64]

Originally Posted by NorvTurnerOverdrive

damn, that's badass. if i ever strike it rich i'm so gonna buy an island like that.

we have fort ontario here. unfortunately it's flanked by a nuke plant.



edit: oh and it's most heavily fortified facing the lake. so long as the zombies launch a seaborne invasion from canada using 19th century british ships we're good. otherwise it's a glorified picket fence

Assuming zombies can't climb, may work.

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

one things for certain. no canadian zombie flotilla will launch a land invasion via the erie canal. you're welcome pennsylvania

#evervigilant

[molson]

If travel was still feasible I'd probably shoot for Northern Idaho. It's not too far, sparsely populated, but the people who are there are heavily armed. I bet there'd be a decent resistance up there. I don't think the humans would turn on each other for quite a while, so I'd take my chances with being accepted. Also, I'd be in striking distance of colder weather to the further north, in case it becomes apparent that zombies can't handle colder weather or something.

[Edward64]

How about a floating lighthouse?

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On the Virginia coast lies another dilapidated brick lighthouse, but this one has a slightly smaller lawn. Known as the Wolf Trap Lighthouse, the "caisson style" structure juts out of the water on a pillar foundation that's weathered storms since 1894. Like the Michigan version, this place is worn out and in need of a complete revamp. The trouble is, with all that water around, getting construction materials and contractors out to the house might be a problem. An expensive problem. At least it's on the market for just $288K, including a waterfront lot on the mainland, and enjoys tax exempt status.

[Julio Riddols]

If I couldn't talk my way into a bunker or vault of some kind with my speech or barter skill, I would try and friend up with my neighbors in the area we live to centralize in and heavily fortify the home with the most advantageous location (Like the top of one of these surrounding Western NC hills). We would arm our two most skilled gunmen and send them as an escort with two others and our largest vehicle into town as quickly as possible to gather as much stuff as they can and bring it back. I would make use of any remaining internet connection and download all the information I can on growing and harvesting techniques and other things we would need for survival. The goal would be to be friendly to outsiders who earned our trust and try and build a compound with walls and other forms of protection in place to keep us as safe as possible. Once the initial outbreak sort of leveled off, we would try to scout and establish trade with other nearby survivors for supplies/favors. Chances are an outbreak would be eliminated fairly quickly unless it happened in some freak event where everyone suddenly became zombies at once out of nowhere, and within a few years we would likely be able to return to something similar to a normal lifestyle.

[mckerney]

It's something I've thought of, but realized it would likely end the same as This One's for Jivin, dying or giving up pretty early on due to not being in nearly good enough shape for a zombie apocalypse.