Where do you go when the Zombie Apocalypse happens?

[NewJeffCT]

The zombie apocalypse is upon us.

For argument’s sake, let us just call them the typical “Night of the Living Dead” or “Walking Dead” zombies: slow moving, unintelligent, flesh eating and 100% contagious if bitten, no known cure.

Where do you go?

[MrSlayer]

1. A museum.

Armor, swords and other proper weaponry. Zombies cannot hurt you if you are properly armored. A sporting goods store might be a good first stop for the same reason.

[jobycom]

2. I'm stealing a boat. I've never heard of swimming zombies. nt

[RandomThoughts]

3. actually that is much of the metaphor of water to escape from death.

Skeletons don't float to well. Posted on that before, so diving into the water is part of that metaphor.

It is in many movies.

Jason and the Argonauts, 13the warrior, Count of Monte Cristo, many others also. Although they all have biases in them also, and both good and bad in the stories.


Note the biases in this movie trailer, I don't think it is about revenge, nor money concepts, and they try to make a gift look like a deal, ideas I disagree with. And of coarse it has label trap also.


Count of Monte Cristo Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRfXnEKqLxM

[NewJeffCT]

4. zombies can walk on the bottom of the sea, ocean or river

they don't need air, after all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F3fin4MjVw

[NewJeffCT]

6. Zombie Lake...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKireO7F2WU

[jobycom]

14. Unless they can swim up, I'm still safe. nt

[krispos42]

15. Keep a real careful eye on your anchor rope! n/t

[jobycom]

25. Eek! It's harder than it sounds, isn't it?

:scared:

[denbot]

5. Anacapa Island..

Steep cliff walls, enough top soil to grow beans, corn, squash. Heavy built buildings, including a lighthouse for a redoubt. Permanent water supply on the eastern island.

The entrance to Cathedral Cave, moments before I took this picture Alley and I "limbo'd our tandem kayak through that low opening.



A look from the western Anaccapa, to middle and eastern island, with Santa Cruz Island in the background.

[NewJeffCT]

7. that sounds about perfect

no way zombies can climb those rocks...and, a permanent water supply is important.

[kentauros]

8. Stay home and watch it on TV.

The end of the world will be televised anyway. Imagine the ratings! :P

[DeadEyeDyck]

9. Go out on the Lake

I am going to school in Atlanta (Emory) and the plot for Walking Dead is here. Got a little close for comfort.

[NewJeffCT]

21. zombie lake, dude

the nazi zombies pop out of the water there...

[DeadEyeDyck]

46. they bob to the surface but never swim LOL

[StarsInHerHair]

10. I'm torn between Costco/Walmart & a military base-loved Walking Dead

BETTER than Dead Set by far, imo.

[NewJeffCT]

18. In a zombie apocalypse

military bases are usually the first places that get overrun, no? Or, once the soldiers lose the first battle or two and start deserting, they turn into a free-for-all where the biggest & strongest take what they want.

[Lucian]

11. I would go to the CDC to see if they found a cure, but they didn't.

So I guess I'd go to a store and get supplies.

[struggle4progress]

12. I go back to the lobby to buy popcorn and cola. The zombies can't see you when you

can't see the big screen

[JanMichael]

13. The Winchester Pub. Wait. That didn't work.

Not sure really. If they were the frozen Nazi Zombies in another thread maybe Bermuda?

[Skittles]

16. Poland, Ohio

[NewJeffCT]

20. family there?

or, some sort of protected facility?

[Glassunion]

33. Looks like a beautiful place to die. nt

[krispos42]

17. A school.

A modern school has enough security features to make it secure from the outside (drug dealers, child predators, police manhunt in the area; compartmentalize the classrooms (school shooter); and the ability to escape quicky from the inside if the situation deterorates (fire code).

Plus, there is plenty to eat (food in the cafeteria) and read (library), plus basic medical supplies (nurse's office) and sanitary facilities (bathrooms, gym showers). The school may have an emergency generator. Some schools are also fallout locations (Civil Defense) or Red Cross emergency gathering points and may have stockpiles of emergengy supplies such as cots, tents, blankets, portable stoves, that sort of thing.

Schools can also be rich in other resources. Greenhouse facility, chemistry lab, wood shop, machine shop, print shop, auto repair garage, textiles, photography... many secondary schools have these facilities in come part.


The only thing that lacks is a built-in supply of firearms and ammunition. And with a decent machine shop and chemistry lab, even that can be solved, albeit in a primitive fashion.


Plus, there is one only a quarter of a mile from my house!

[NewJeffCT]

19. good choice

but, schools may have a decent amount of entrances to defend and possibly a decent amount of glass.

[krispos42]

44. Yeah... I was thinking about that

Probably have to latch most of the doors shut if the crash bar system would allow it. A length of chain held closed with an S-hook or something, so you could get out in a hurry but keep the riffraff from getting in.

Alternatively, barracade yourself and your group into either one wing of the school or on one floor of the school. The stairwells provide controlled access and the windows are way above ground level.

[av8rdave]

22. Out of the theater

Come to think of it, I wouldn't be in one. Zombie movies never did it for me, for some reason.

[whogasa736]

23. Catch me if you can

I was going to post what my plans are during a zombie apocalypse but since most of you guys will be zombies, I don't want to tell you.

[LeftinOH]

24. Go to the cosmetics aisle at the nearest drugstore- load up on shades of red & brown..

go home and then make myself look like one of them. Moving among them is possible- Bill Murray did it in 'Zombieland'.. and the entire case of 'Shaun of the Dead' did it (without any makeup!).

[EOTE]

31. Yeah, but look how well that turned out for Bill Murray.

That was probably the greatest cameo of all time, but it shows how even seemingly brilliant ideas have their drawbacks.

I'm not sure exactly where I'd head to, a lot of that would depend on what I encountered on the way. What I am sure of is that I'd have my Samurai sword and .22 with plenty of ammo with me. Maybe a heavy shovel thrown in for good measure.

[Tikki]

37. Yes, yes..and zombie parfume..there's gotta be something like that...

out here somewhere or zombie Fabreze..:)


Tikki

[Glassunion]

26. Another recent online poll...

Cemetery 3%
Boarded up house 1%
Mall 2%
Boat 21%
Underground military bunker with a mad scientist and a wannabe dictator 27%
WalMart 16%
Office tower 6%
Island 22%

According to the poll, your best bet would be the military bunker. My personal vote would be an island.

My suggestions for Z-Day:
Remember, we are talking zombies. So IED's might not do the trick. Sure you may get lucky and blow the shit out of a few, but the last thing you want to do is accidentally set a zombie on fire. It just pisses them off and they run around setting anything they get close to on fire.

My recommended zombie plan and load-out, remembering that body shots never seem to do the trick. Head-shots and decapitations are the way to go.

1. Remington .308 for anything above 400 meters or until I'm out of ammunition.
2. SCAR for anything from 25 to 400 meters or until I'm out of ammo.
3. Glock 34. I know it is a 9mm, but we are talking head-shots here, and I can follow up much faster with my 34 than I can with a 1911 .45. Not to mention that even with the 33 round mag it is still quite accurate(although effing heavy). This is for anything from 7 to 25 meters or until I have no more rounds.
4. A Benelli or Mossberg would be nice. This is for the up close and personal. I would be at about 7.25 on the sphincter pucker scale at this point.
5. A polearm(I don't have one yet), preferably a Monk's spade. Good for longer distance decapitations
6. A Machete. By this point I would be in some trouble, but still an effective weapon.
7. Trench knife(preferably one with a long skinny blade) for poking through skulls and scrambling brains. At this point I would be pissing myself.
8. My .38, 4 rounds for the zombies, last round is for me.

Don't even get me started on my plan and load-out for a giant horde of swarming, rabid, radioactively altered chipmunks.

I will say that a 6-iron and an industrial fan is involved.

[NewJeffCT]

27. I think you let Bill Murray loose on the chipmunks

I mean, he did so well with gophers...



The only problem with an underground military bunker is that you would eventually need to come out to get food and/or to grow food.

[Glassunion]

32. Nope.. You would never have to come out...

For a mere $85,000 I could buy enough food to last me for the rest of my life... Assuming I live to 80 to 85 years old.

http://survivalacres.com/cgi-bin/quikstore.cgi?search=yes&product=SAULT10Y&keywords=&detail=yes

The only trick is raising the $85k... I'm about $84,935 short...

[NewJeffCT]

35. the link says 10 years?

for those cans, which are a mere $21,500, with free shipping. is that a 10 year supply, or that they last for 10 years before going bad?

[Glassunion]

41. That is a 10 year supply for $21,500

Multiply that by 3 and add another 5 year supply, I would be set until I am in my 80's.

They have a 30+ year shelf life. If stored properly you can get them to last a lifetime.

[NewJeffCT]

53. Sounds good, and hopefully by that time

they've either found a cure or the zombies have died off/deteriorated...

[Glassunion]

54. Should not be too hard... REQUIRED READING!!!

http://www.randomhouse.com/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9781400050802

Well if we look at the OP, the types of Zombies that we are talking about should not be around long.

Since they are the slow moving, “Night of the Living Dead” type they should be able to be exterminated pretty quickly. Even in overwhelming numbers, with enough ammo I could take down thousands.

Since they cannot climb, just find a decent perch(with a plan B exit), and start picking them off. My only fear with that is what happens when the vultures and crows start eating them? A zombie bird is more of a problem.

[krispos42]

55. Bah, humbug on your arsenal there

You gotta get a Ruger 10/22 with a 50-round magazine for taking out zombies with head shots. No recoil, pretty accurate, lots of ammo per pound of weight, and you can put a 4x scope or red dot sight on it, no problem. You'll sent that little lump of lead ricochetting around the zombie skulls like a grasshopper on speed.

Then get yourself a nice Ruger PC4 or PC9 carbine and a matching Ruger P91 or P89 semi-auto and all the magazines you can find. Same ammo in the same magazines... what's not to love? Perfect for dealing with the still-living that might decide to take an unhealthy interest in you.

Or maybe a Beretta Cx4 matched with a Model 92/96. How about an M-1 Carbine with teamed with a Taurus Raging Thirty? Although I'd see about trimming that barrel down to about 6" on the revolver.

Or maybe a Marlin Model 1894 (.45 Colt, .44 Mag/.44 Special, or .357Mag/.38 Special) with a matching revolver from S&W or Ruger. I'd go with the .357 Magnum so I could pick up a 7-shot S&W 686, personally.

[Inchworm]

28. I have a perfect home for the Zombie Apocalypse

-- On a hill
-- Open area between all treelines and house
-- Porch that reaches around about 3/4 the house
-- 2-story with accesses to 1st floor roof from inside
-- Canned foods (plus I garden in containers to replenish)
-- Guns
-- Axes, swords (I'll either steal them from neighbor or they will bring to the base), hatchets, rope, etc
-- Caught water (cause it's winter and sometimes freezes)
-- Several unused rooms for other survivors
-- A Dachshund for alert system
-- Several walkie-talkies from past Amusement Park trips
-- Man-powered radio with weather and battery charger capability
-- Flashlights.. hmm.. no D-cell rechargables, but plenty AA flashlights with rechargeable batteries

I'm set for the initial outbreak. Depending on survivors that show, there will be need for resupply trips QUICK. You know, before the places are pillaged and overrun. I'm in a low population area so we will need to go and GET soon after the initial threat.

We have this plan of action pretty well in place from long discussions on the perimeter porch around candles... oh... this song comes to mind because the three components to the chorus were often consumed during these discussions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yze10kM1fyI

:D

PS: yup, I need a hobby lol

[NewJeffCT]

29. sounds good, but

what advantage is a porch against a zombie attack - just curious?

[Inchworm]

30. Height

Handrails all around except for stair and ramp access which will be barricaded.

Easily defendable. We'll just snipe them in the yard as they approach or try to climb in. Just think... why was the island of Hispaniola so important during the Age of Discovery? hehe

:)

[redwitch]

34. A daschund! LOL

I have a friend with a beagle, that could work right?

[Inchworm]

36. LOL - yup

My alert system/bedwarmer is a Daschund/Beagle mix :rofl:

Very effective and she won't leave my sight.

:hi:

[Mojorabbit]

56. I have a beagle and a daschund

So I am double good protected.

[Inchworm]

40. PS: The time may be now!

She has been barking for the past 20minutes! :scared:

It may just be the wind... TWO COUNTIES OVER! :rofl:

:silly:

[krispos42]

50. I got one

Get a big telelift, by Caterpiller, maybe. Put one of those little pickup-truck-bed campers on the forks, and live in that. Put a winch above the front door and wire it into a key-operated electrical switch in the cab.

Live in the camper by simply raising the boom to maximum angle and then to maximum extension after parking the telelift in a nice open space. Use the winch to lower yourself to the ground to forage for food and water. Maybe bolt a little wind turbine or some solar panels to the roof to generate some power. Find yourself a really nice laptop and a shitload of games to while away the days between foraging expeditions. When it's time to move on, drop down to the cab, lower the boom, and drive away!

[NewJeffCT]

38. good article on surving a zombie attack - some good humor, too

Bear in mind that the media will constantly neglect to take the early threat seriously and will probably downplay the appearances of lone walking corpses as some odd disease, alien invasion, Muslim terrorism, Mexican immigration, swine flu or a gay pride parade group but DO NOT LOWER YOUR GUARD.

http://www.drunkenloosecannon.com/?p=16

[Inchworm]

39. Great stuff! The picture cracked me up

http://www.drunkenloosecannon.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/zombie-5.bmp

:rofl:

[NewJeffCT]

42. Yes, I was thinking of starting a separate thread for it...

That was good.

[Kaleva]

48. "During a Class 3 zombie attack, the last thing you want to do is shit your pants."

Glad I read that as it was my #2 thing to do on my list during a class III zombie attack.

[Glassunion]

51. You need to remember all of the rules as well... Check the 3rd rule...

Cardio
Double tap
Beware of bathrooms
Wear seatbelts
Cast iron skillet
Travel light
Get a kickass partner
Bounty paper towels
Bowling Ball
(Don't) be a hero
Limber up
Avoid strip clubs
When in doubt, know your way out
The buddy system
Check the back seat
Enjoy the little things
Swiss army knife
Hygiene

and

Ziploc bags

[underpants]

43. Blame Obama and then join the masses and go for your brain

Hey look in the atmosphere we live in if there is a zombie apocalypse the TV will tell us that that is how we are supposed to be and everyone will do it.

[AsahinaKimi]

45. I go to Dr. Ozaki to have him release

GODZILLA, our only hope...


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla:_Final_Wars

[Kaleva]

47. I arm myself with the awesome gravity powered stormgun!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_IjVz_MzvY&feature=related

The zombies, feeling the bb's hitting the top of their head, look up and are then suffocated with bb's.

[guitar man]

49. Walmart supercenter

Guns, ammo, food , generators if the power goes out, chainsaws, riding mowers.... You name it, it's there! :P

[NewJeffCT]

52. The negative about a supercenter store

is that everybody & their brother will also be heading there - so, you'd have to move fast before all the good stuff is cleaned out.

[hunter]

57. Except Walmart is where the zombie invasion begins.

Fumes from some kind of toxic imported crap electronics mix with made in USA generic-brand genetically engineered corn snacks creating a virus that infects everyone shopping there.

[NewJeffCT]

58. well, in World War Z

the zombie plague starts in China...