hmm, slow zombies... A guy I know has a battleaxe tons of knives and some guns. (long story there)
should be fine
should be fine
Zombie Apocolypse - With a Twist.
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When you say 'really strong' does that mean the usual steel pole to the head won't kill 'em?
If so, I'm in trouble. Hooray for countries with anti-gun laws!
But to be honest, I'd grab my good boots, huge overvoat, backpack of food water and tin opener.(not much). Oh also, atorch and the biggest knife in my house.
Then I'd move as fast as possible to the TA (Territorial Army) Base like 15 minutes walk from my house with said large lump of steel in hand.
If so, I'm in trouble. Hooray for countries with anti-gun laws!
But to be honest, I'd grab my good boots, huge overvoat, backpack of food water and tin opener.(not much). Oh also, atorch and the biggest knife in my house.
Then I'd move as fast as possible to the TA (Territorial Army) Base like 15 minutes walk from my house with said large lump of steel in hand.
Ok, given the rules of the game and considering it happens right now as I type this:
Going to Wendy's and loading up. Why Wendy's? They'll be there right now and I'm hungry. Then I'm coming back home and pulling the car into the garage (no windows, reinforced doors already).
I'm not leaving town. Why? There is enough food, ammo, and supplies to last me months in my neighbor's houses. Why else? Everyone else will be fleeing. They'll deplete supplies and starve elsewhere. There will be enough left over here due to limited space in their getaway vehicles. Several neighbors will run to the market and die there. This will leave their homes full.
Distractions:
Neighbor's automatic trans cars.
RC Aircraft
Neighbor's animals
Fireworks on hand
Current weapons:
XD40, 500 rounds.
Broad sword (cheap, but it'll take a few down if it comes to it.)
Current armor
Chemical warfare gear including mask. (It sucks, but it'll keep the blood off me)
First priority:
Water - the towers will run out within a couple days. I'd fill a couple large containers I have to give me at least a few days. Beyond this I'd have to venture out.
Second priority:
Fuel - My car's inverter will give me enough power for basic needs.
Third priority:
Plan for large scale controlled genocide of zombies. This will take weeks to plan and put together. Better start sooner than later. This will allow me move more freely once started but will be the most dangerous priority.
Forth priority:
Find a tank. It doesn't have to be an army tank. There will be levels of tanks. Box truck or F350 4X4 dually will probably be the first. Second will hopefully be an RV, school bus, city bus or grey hound. After that, one of the 30-60 ton tugs (Yukes) they use to tow aircraft with. These things come with inch or two thick plating for weight, but are good for brute force as well. Ofcourse, a real tank would be great, but it'll be at least a week or two before bases are over run.
Further priorities will come up. Ammo and water will be recurring.
--edit: Forth Priority added.
Going to Wendy's and loading up. Why Wendy's? They'll be there right now and I'm hungry. Then I'm coming back home and pulling the car into the garage (no windows, reinforced doors already).
I'm not leaving town. Why? There is enough food, ammo, and supplies to last me months in my neighbor's houses. Why else? Everyone else will be fleeing. They'll deplete supplies and starve elsewhere. There will be enough left over here due to limited space in their getaway vehicles. Several neighbors will run to the market and die there. This will leave their homes full.
Distractions:
Neighbor's automatic trans cars.
RC Aircraft
Neighbor's animals
Fireworks on hand
Current weapons:
XD40, 500 rounds.
Broad sword (cheap, but it'll take a few down if it comes to it.)
Current armor
Chemical warfare gear including mask. (It sucks, but it'll keep the blood off me)
First priority:
Water - the towers will run out within a couple days. I'd fill a couple large containers I have to give me at least a few days. Beyond this I'd have to venture out.
Second priority:
Fuel - My car's inverter will give me enough power for basic needs.
Third priority:
Plan for large scale controlled genocide of zombies. This will take weeks to plan and put together. Better start sooner than later. This will allow me move more freely once started but will be the most dangerous priority.
Forth priority:
Find a tank. It doesn't have to be an army tank. There will be levels of tanks. Box truck or F350 4X4 dually will probably be the first. Second will hopefully be an RV, school bus, city bus or grey hound. After that, one of the 30-60 ton tugs (Yukes) they use to tow aircraft with. These things come with inch or two thick plating for weight, but are good for brute force as well. Ofcourse, a real tank would be great, but it'll be at least a week or two before bases are over run.
Further priorities will come up. Ammo and water will be recurring.
--edit: Forth Priority added.
Wow, so in the zombie apocalypse, zombies won't even be an issue? Will the old folks out there be farming and sharing food as well, long-term?HG131 said:
Rural is good, but not the be all to salvation.HG131 said:
Slow zombies will just 'keep on walkin, so no area is truly out of reach.
Consider those outlets to not receive supplies after it hits. Some may not want to share and barricade themselves in, some may have already been raided.
People can be savage in a panic. =3
Fences will slow them at best, and that first shot in a rural area will alert them for miles.
Generators take petrol, no?
Eggs are good, but chickens need feeding too. =3
Clothing:
Leather gloves with surgical gloves underneath them (my parents own a veterinary practice)
A long sleeved rain-jacket with a hood over a long sleeve shirt.
A cycling helmet over the hood with goggles and an improvised gas mask made from medical equipment (paper mask filter, surgery glasses, plastic, cloth).
Long cargo pants (many pockets, hard to rip) covered in plastic to try and minimize risk of infection.
Takkies and long socks with Wellington boots on the outside.
The joints between the boots / legs and gloves / jacket would be duct-taped down.
Weaponry:
I would take a light aluminium pool cleaning staff, and replace the head with a massive meat knife. It would be short enough to carry but still have a good range and could be use as a walking/ climbing stick. I would get a whetstone to sharpen it.
My father's pistol and its full safe of ammo would be coming with me (small safe, not too much ammo to carry
)
Gear:
I would carry a length of plastic rope, very light, very strong, can be used for many many problems.
A small backpack for vitamin tablets, dry snacks and water would be essential. Also used to carry the rope, a lighter, a knife, some basic medication (painkillers, anti-septic, antihistamine, and an adrenaline booster or two in case of REALLY REALLY bad shite. All this would be available in the veterinary clinic. A small net for catching pigeons and food animals would be useful too. A wind-up torch for night time expeditions.
Hopefulness:
If I got really lucky and found a flame-thrower or managed to improvise with lighters, an old telescope tube and wire, petrol everywhere would come in handy and allow me to actively attack slightly larger hordes if necessary.
Plan:
Get the hell out of the once dense city, preferably with company who are both trusted and well armed. Go into the deeper country where there were fewer people and fewer zombies waiting to happen. If I had to hole up, it would be somewhere high, in a sturdy building with only one stairwell and a concrete roof.
Leather gloves with surgical gloves underneath them (my parents own a veterinary practice)
A long sleeved rain-jacket with a hood over a long sleeve shirt.
A cycling helmet over the hood with goggles and an improvised gas mask made from medical equipment (paper mask filter, surgery glasses, plastic, cloth).
Long cargo pants (many pockets, hard to rip) covered in plastic to try and minimize risk of infection.
Takkies and long socks with Wellington boots on the outside.
The joints between the boots / legs and gloves / jacket would be duct-taped down.
Weaponry:
I would take a light aluminium pool cleaning staff, and replace the head with a massive meat knife. It would be short enough to carry but still have a good range and could be use as a walking/ climbing stick. I would get a whetstone to sharpen it.
My father's pistol and its full safe of ammo would be coming with me (small safe, not too much ammo to carry
)Gear:
I would carry a length of plastic rope, very light, very strong, can be used for many many problems.
A small backpack for vitamin tablets, dry snacks and water would be essential. Also used to carry the rope, a lighter, a knife, some basic medication (painkillers, anti-septic, antihistamine, and an adrenaline booster or two in case of REALLY REALLY bad shite. All this would be available in the veterinary clinic. A small net for catching pigeons and food animals would be useful too. A wind-up torch for night time expeditions.
Hopefulness:
If I got really lucky and found a flame-thrower or managed to improvise with lighters, an old telescope tube and wire, petrol everywhere would come in handy and allow me to actively attack slightly larger hordes if necessary.
Plan:
Get the hell out of the once dense city, preferably with company who are both trusted and well armed. Go into the deeper country where there were fewer people and fewer zombies waiting to happen. If I had to hole up, it would be somewhere high, in a sturdy building with only one stairwell and a concrete roof.
Just like the other thread, a lawn chair, a cold drink, and a solar lamp, except in this case I guess it'd have to be a portable one.
That's actually well thought out.YouEatLard said:
Few questions though.
Plans in case others possibly stay and board themselves up? Fear and greed are highly dangerous when combined.
A large percent of food in a given household is usually quite perishable, more so when refrigeration and freezers stop working. Plans? =3
How slow are they? Average walking speed? Slower? Faster?
Anyways I'll plan for all three:
If they have average walking speed, I'll grab a combat knife from my house and set off walking towards people I know to either meet up with them or cross off one person to look out for. Easily outwalking the zombies using the knife to prevent certain attacks or potentially killing some zombies (I'm fairly good at dodging people lunging at me) if I meet up with people I know I'd try and find a safe place with them (Such as one of the army bases I've been to with them) if I can't find them I'd make my way there without them.
If they are slower than average walking speed, same as above but with higher chances of finding my friends and lower chances of getting surrounded.
If they are faster than average walking speed, I'd stick to the forests while trying to figure out where to go and probably end up dieing after a day or two.
Anyways I'll plan for all three:
If they have average walking speed, I'll grab a combat knife from my house and set off walking towards people I know to either meet up with them or cross off one person to look out for. Easily outwalking the zombies using the knife to prevent certain attacks or potentially killing some zombies (I'm fairly good at dodging people lunging at me) if I meet up with people I know I'd try and find a safe place with them (Such as one of the army bases I've been to with them) if I can't find them I'd make my way there without them.
If they are slower than average walking speed, same as above but with higher chances of finding my friends and lower chances of getting surrounded.
If they are faster than average walking speed, I'd stick to the forests while trying to figure out where to go and probably end up dieing after a day or two.
Get to the top of a tall building, destroy the stairs, and begin my rooftop empire!
Armed with a large amount of seeds for growing vegetables, a few chickens in a burlap sap, and a large stash of tins in a rucksack. For weapons I suppose since I would be so unlikely to get bullets, a physical weapon would be best, some sort of polarm to keep the zombies at a range.
Armed with a large amount of seeds for growing vegetables, a few chickens in a burlap sap, and a large stash of tins in a rucksack. For weapons I suppose since I would be so unlikely to get bullets, a physical weapon would be best, some sort of polarm to keep the zombies at a range.
Thank-you, that took me a long time to think up actually. And I may be a bit paranoidAzure Sky said:
Noise, huh? In my car blasting music, I'd get a gun, go to my drug dealer's house, if he's alive kill him and take his giant bag of weed, go to the grocery store, lumber yard and hardware store. Board up. Blasting music from my high quality iHome I'd sit inside smoking weed rocking out and eating tons of food, occasionally fighting some zombies.
Edit: He's not my drug dealer, just one I know.
Edit: He's not my drug dealer, just one I know.
I wouldn't just barge in. I try to contact a house before entering. Those that still have people in them will be watched, maybe contacted, but I would be going to their place. I would want to keep my house (security and stock) as unknown as possible.Azure Sky said:
Meat and other perishables in my house will be consumed first. The same in other houses will be disregarded the day after power goes out. If I'm lucky enough to stumble upon a generator it will be put to use, however I will not count on this until I find it. There will be plenty of nonperishable food available.
I'd take my normal purse.
That's all stuff I carry around normally, so I don't think it would be too much. In addition to this, I'd go with my thick, bite-proof Carhartt jacket, work gloves, safety goggles and my work boots.
As far as weapons go, I'd take my crossbow (silent sniping), my machete, and my African spear.
-Several multitools, one of which has a hammer
-A small bag of nails/screws
-Basic tools
-Small pry bar
-Small sewing kit
-Water
-Snacks
-Basic first aid kit
-Rope
-A shovel (no, I'm not kidding)
-Copious amounts of duct tape
-A small bag of nails/screws
-Basic tools
-Small pry bar
-Small sewing kit
-Water
-Snacks
-Basic first aid kit
-Rope
-A shovel (no, I'm not kidding)
-Copious amounts of duct tape
That's all stuff I carry around normally, so I don't think it would be too much. In addition to this, I'd go with my thick, bite-proof Carhartt jacket, work gloves, safety goggles and my work boots.
As far as weapons go, I'd take my crossbow (silent sniping), my machete, and my African spear.
*username fury*Azure Sky said:
It's spelled MacGyver!
*ahem*
Sorry about that. Anyway, I would get a boat and put enough food to last for three months in it, along with a good supply of ammo for my 30-30 and my .17. Then I would go out into the lake and relax, going near shore to have fun sniping zombies and to root around for supplies.
Until you have to sleep, or stop to take a shit, or just run down a blind ally and find your exit blocked.moosek said:
I wouldn't leave my house, and why should I?
I actually have reloading supplies - granted I never use them and they where my father's, but it's still complete with everything I need to reload common cartridges. I have a barn, horses, tons of guns, and lots of books. I also have 15 heavily wooded acres, and 8 lightly wooded acres, which will keep my stove going for some time. I have 10 acres cleared around the house on top of a ridge. All the tools I could need (including a nice sized tractor). A generator and around 200 ga of diesel fuel at the place right now. I own several wind turbines, but have not gotten around to actually hooking any of them up. The barn however is fully powered by a mid sized solar array with a decent sized batter system.
I have plenty of space to clear for a farm enough to feed me, and if things go really bad I don't really need four horses (plus four more if the people who have them stabled here don't come to get them when things start getting hairy). I already have a greenhouse, and a pump that pumps from a well on the edge of the property.
Basically I have the high ground and am well armed with a decent supply of food I might never need to leave. Not that I want anyone to think I am purposely being a nut about defense, I just happen to really like guns, and you should see the views of the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains from my place. Absolutely gorgeous.