Being Prepared for a Zombie Attack?

[deb1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjcH2UmK1uo


You all need to listen to this song by John Coulton about zombies. It will have you singing the chorus.


All we want to do is eat your brains
We aren't unreasonable
After all, No one wants to eat your eyes.

I like this line from the zombie especially.

I am not a monster, Tom
Well, techinically I am

 

[honeydoll]

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I have had this thought before, like if some wierd virus turns humans into zombie creatures. I think I would go to Alaska. Everybody hates the cold - don't they? Hopefully they would only come out at night and we could get food and work by day. Really gets the imagination going, now I must go back to the land of reality before I get sucked in any farther.

 

[GrayDragon]

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Watch 30 Days of Night.

 

[deb1]

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Watch 30 Days of Night.

Exactly what I was thinking!

By the way, that is a freaky movie.

A choice between living in a zombie world or the type of vampire that was depicted in 30 Days of Night.. I think that I would take the zombies.

mmmm....I wonder if there is someway to muzzle a zombie. Then we could use them to pull children's rides in zoos or some other useful employment. A win win situation for everyone.

 

[Boyd]

I've always thought about TEOTWAWKI in different terms. I could easily see digging out a basement (say HUGE) and reinforce the roof with laminated wood and concrete beams, cover with 3 foot of dirt and replant. Have a hidden enterance and exit, set up bunks, work bench, a sitting area with my library, a small wood stove with a few cords of firewood, composting toilets & a cistern to handle water supply. Hand pumps for water and reuse gray water wherever I can. Being underground (ideally dug into a hillside and recovered) is what would be ideal because even in the winter, it would hardly drop to below 50 degrees with a few of us in the bunker..... and using basic venting methods and having traps in there, you won't loose as much warm air as you may think..... and then if we get our usual 3' of snow we'll be in great shape as snow is a wonderful insulator. I don't see why a properly vented small pot bellied stove wouldn't be able to keep a 400-500 sq ft bunker heated without using a lot of wood. The cistern next to the wall that the stove is would act as thermal mas (?!) to help hold in the heat...


I would then move all my firearms and ammo, reloading supplies etc. into such an area, a steel secure safe hidden within the structure, have a well ventilated area for curing meats n veggies and small kitchenette. Then I could start packing it with non perishables. I mean c'mon, twinkies last for a thousand years right? Going to buy up half of hostess's output for the day, and as an afterthought, grab my small still and brewing supplies out of hiding!

 

[LarryPQ]

So....Boyd, I feel like causing trouble today.

Short-term I would need a sling baby-carrier and a hiking backpack. I would also need my seed drawer and a 25-pound bag of rice. Water is an issue here. I haven't quite figured out a good way for transport. I think relying on a vehicle is bad juju.

Perhaps I would liberate the neigbor's horses. They are zombie fodder, for sure.

 

[foweler]

Zombies?

Oh that's right, the CA legislature just came out.

 

[deb1]

I think that we should band together. I vote for gray dragon and boyd to be our leaders. They have some kick butt ideas about how to survive.

 

[cmjust0]

I love zombie flicks, and I must admit...everytime I watch a zombie flick, I can't help but look around and think "Hmmm... What would I do?"

We're on 26 acres.. We have firearms, though ammo would eventually become a concern. We can grow food, but I would worry about zombies trampling it. We have food animals, too -- goats and chickens -- but....well, then there's the whole question of whether these zombies are George Romero's slow, brain-eating, undead zombies or Danny Boyle's hyped-up, infectious, bloodthirsty zombies.. If they're Boyle zombies, you can count on everything being trashed and burned, and I'm not entirely sure a Romero zombie wouldn't eat a goat brain if it got hungry enough..

Then...are their zombie goats? I mean...dang.

Also...and this is a semi-serious TEOTWAWKI consideration, and not just a zombie thing...what about the hordes of live/uninfected people who think like some of you guys and decide to head out for the country to get away from population centers. See, I'm already in the country, so now I've got LIVE, SENTIENT people to deal with!

Granted, almost all zombie flicks chronicle the tale of disparate survivors banding together to embody all that's good about humanity -- with the occasional self-serving jerk who ultimately gets killed, of course, serving to warn us against being selfish -- but frankly, I find that scenario HIGHLY unlikely.. I tend to think a carload of people might just show up at my door if they see smoke from a woodstove or a nice garden in full production, and they might not be interested in sharing so much as TAKING.

It may be necessary to turn them away for lack of supplies and accomodations, but what if they won't take no for an answer....do you start killing survivors who won't leave you alone? Do you camoflouge everything and hide the gardens to make it look like nobody lives there? Do you set up perimeters and just start sniping anything that crosses the line?

Tough call..


Oh...water's huge, too. If you can figure out how to secure a reliable supply of clean water, you're MILES ahead right off the bat..

 

[ChickensInTheNorthWoods]

I took the day off from work today and just got back from the range. I verified I am prepared by shooting the M4, 30-30, 35cal, .380, 9x18, 12ga, 20, ga, .410ga, 45, 22, and 30.06! May the revolution begin!
Boyd - I like your thought process - it kind of reminds me of a hobbit hole. It would be cool to find a way to use the energy from decomposing matter (leaves, compost, etc..) to help with the heating of the shelter - there would be no tell tail smoke involved and would be a great source of radient heat. Just a thought.