How would you survive a Zombie Apocalypse.

CaptHawkeye · Post by **CaptHawkeye** » 2007-07-28 06:02pm

Because, of course, Romero films are the ONLY places where zombies which can only be killed by headshots appear, right? Oh wait, actually its the vast majority of zombie sources.

Pay attention. I said Romero-esque for a reason. Romero obviously isn't the the only fucking place you will find head shot zombies. It's just associated with him most often. How dare you even think I am that stupid?

If a round doesn't go through the head, then the zombie is still dangerous, it's that simple. You can take the head off, and it will still try to bite anything near it's mouth.

Oh for christ sake, are you saying that any intelligent shooter would literally ALLOW the zombie to get within an arms reach of him? Even when he's fielding fucking Ma Deuce? Exactly how is a decapitated head going to pose much threat to anyone more than 2 feet away from it?

Again, it doesn't matter what kind of zombie you're dealing with if you're fielding a weapon that can turn bones into dust.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2007-07-28 06:21pm

You're asking how to survive a Zombie Apocalypse with 30 days warning and an exact date?

Simple -
Find fortified or fortifiable location. My personal preference would be a closed school or factory or similiar large building.

Raise as much cash as you can as quickly as possible. i.e Line of Credit

Buy up lots of bottled watter, containers for water, water purifier, non-perishable food, a good gas BBQ, lots of propane, and as much guns and ammo as you can.
A generator is a good idea as well.

Move into fortifable location, and fortify it - board up all windows on the inside and outside, and possibly quill the outside so anything that hammers on it to try to get in will have there hands or whatever ruined by nice sharp screws and nails sticking out.

Board up all but one door, and bar them all from the inside (or board and bar them up on the inside)

Bar the remaining door like you would in a medival caste, and have materials near by you can quickly put into a barricade. if need be.

Just make sure on the day of outbreak, in this scenario, everyone but myself (I'm assuming I'm not going to go zombie, as I'm being warned) is handcuffed and restrainted, and put down anyone that goes zombie.

Hell, with more people, resource gathering and preperation pre and post would be very easy.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2007-07-29 02:54pm

Enola Straight wrote:Get one of these:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/78284/automatic_shotgun/

I prefer these more venerable designs from the 19th century:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/49/12801 ... ac5cd7.jpg

And this one has an ace up its sleeve, you can slamfire it. Hold in trigger and just keep on pumping:
http://www.bedlans.com/1897%20Trench%2031M.jpg

Both will be arriving in my collection soon enough... Only replicas though, but I prefer that since I wouldn't dare use actual antiques, and with modern building methods, much better too.

FOG3 · Post by **FOG3** » 2007-07-29 06:45pm

*Take ye olde fallout shelter design pamplet. Modify design to incorporate newer air filtration technology, water purification equipment, etc. Design it to encompass the back yard/abandoned lot you just purchased. Dig down ~25 feet and create your own personal Vault. Master mysteries of universe while the Post Apocalyptic World develops.*

*Emerge to take your rightful place as the Vault dweller.*

Post by **Coyote** » 2007-07-29 06:48pm

Another idea could be to steal a truck, load it with supplies, and go to the coast and help yourself to a nice, big comfy yacht. Since odds are at least 1 in 10 of your family, friends, and/or neighbors will have survived, maybe get them in on it.

Even if not, just cut the yacht adrift and go out to sea. Power it up just enough to stay in sight of land. You can, if need be, exhaust the supplies on the yacht then abandon it, and take the motor-launch back to shore when the crisis is over.

Raxmei · Post by **Raxmei** » 2007-07-30 03:14pm

I am my unit's armorer and supply bitch. I have access to the arms room and supply room. I still doubt I'd be able to get any serious amount of live ammunition on hand for the outbreak, and trying to do so would raise suspicion. Bugging out before it happens is also obviously out of the question. Give me another month and I'll be in Iraq when this all goes off and it'll probably be different.

Enola Straight · Post by **Enola Straight** » 2007-07-31 03:48pm

If forewarned is forearmed, we may just be able to get the world ready enough to turn this apocalypse to "merely" a crisis.

Drop hints on the internet that your "business partner" has just returned from Mainland China where there was a local outbreak of a new strain of flu: since livestock, fowl, and humans all share the same roof, different diseases can cross contaminate each other's genome; thus a farmer with flesh eating strep + a chicken with avian flu + a pig with rabies = OMFG!

Maybe put some spin on it that Al Qaeda is putting together a germ warfare program to deliver this "zombie flu" virus simultaneously throughout the Western World.

Jaevric · Post by **Jaevric** » 2007-07-31 03:58pm

Enola Straight wrote:If forewarned is forearmed, we may just be able to get the world ready enough to turn this apocalypse to "merely" a crisis.

Drop hints on the internet that your "business partner" has just returned from Mainland China where there was a local outbreak of a new strain of flu: since livestock, fowl, and humans all share the same roof, different diseases can cross contaminate each other's genome; thus a farmer with flesh eating strep + a chicken with avian flu + a pig with rabies = OMFG!

Maybe put some spin on it that Al Qaeda is putting together a germ warfare program to deliver this "zombie flu" virus simultaneously throughout the Western World.

Honestly, who is going to take something like that seriously? Hints on the Internet? You're going to get dismissed as Yet Another Crackpot and ignored. No sane person is going to take something like that seriously based off of an unsupported internet post.

All trying to warn the rest of the world is going to do, unless you can come up with some sort of proof of your claims, is waste time you could be using to prepare for your own survival.

frogcurry · Post by **frogcurry** » 2007-08-01 09:19am

The 20 mile limit screws me up a bit. I'd need to get a boat to survive, since I live in a city. Getting a suitable boat might be rather difficult, and the North Sea is no place for a non-sailor like me.

If I was free of that, I'd go up into the Scottish Highlands (I live near them) and head up a quiet glen I know. The rain can supply me with water, I just need fuel to boil it (wood), and a tent. Oh and food, but I can haul that up there with me.

Theres a shop that sells shotguns around the corner from me. I could try ram-raiding it with my Honda the night before and make off with some arnaments. (unfortunately there's also a police station around the same corner. This could be a risky strategy). After that, I have a friend who owns a Land Rover. Load it up, and head up to the hills.