Post by Dimstow on Apr 13, 2010 23:32:05 GMT -5
In the case of a Zombie Apocalypse, I have a very strict plan for myself.
1.Do NOT go to Walmart OR leave town
I don't live in a huge city by any means but with a population of 20,000ish Walmart would get crowded pretty fast. It makes since as a base, But the general rule with fortifying yourself in a Z-virus world is: Get enough people to help you stay alive, and not a single person more. So gathering 400-500 people in Walmart means, if 1 person get bitten then you've got a bunch of Zombies in a box!
As for leaving town, the idea is pretty simple. If everyone tries to leave town at once, we're all going to be stuck in traffic (Or killing each other) and we're all going to die before we get far enough away for it to matter.
What would I do? Makes sure I have my girlfriend with me if at all possible, get to the nearest gunstore (and/or heavily armed friend) and hoard a few weapons for me and my party, and immediately get to Lowe's or Home Depot. Use the lumber and heavy machinery to fortify the building while SOMEONE tries to rescue our friends/family/people who know how to shoot things.
2.Lay Down the Law
One of the most common things to happen in Zombie movies is that 1 or more of the Characters sees a Zombified version of their dearly beloved and flips SHIRT. I want to make this clear: In a Zombie Apocalypse IF THEY WANT TO EAT YOU, SHOOT IT I don't give a flying dragon dung if they used to be your neighbor, lover, paperboy, grandma. If they're trying to kill me, or you, shoot them. and if anyone doesn't follow that rule I'm going to throw them into a makeshift jail until they realize that shooting people is a Gewd thing here in Zombiville.
There are some other rules that will get you jailed: Abandoning your fellow survivors, hiding weapons,food, or clothing without telling the group, Crying and expecting everyone else to save you, Being Glenn Beck.
3.Grow my own Food
Here 1 of the big reason's why I choose Home Depot or Lowe's over Walmart. They've got HUGE gardening sections.
In a Z-virus world hording for food is NOT what you want to do. It's dangerous and scary and frankly if you can avoid then it'd be silly not to. But it's entirely possible to rip up a part of the flooring in one of these store and start a garden in-store. And it would give any elderly or young or Canadian survivors something to do while I skip off and Headshot Drool-Faces.
4. In any long term situation, Sex is a Good thing
'Omg! Sally effed Ron! They only knew each other for a month! omg lol!"
None of this shirt, in ZombiLand if you have a safe place to stay, a reliable food source, and enough people/weapons to keep you safe then please PLEASE PLEASE reproduce.
Having a limited number of people is only true at the BEGINNING of a Z-virus spread, After your safe and reliably killing NomNom's, then MAKE SOME BABIES. Bigger community, longevity, kid's who can be raised from birth to kick zombie arse, rather than learning it at 30 and flipping Shirt like we did.
Anti-Zombie-Babies are just plain awesome.
There are a couple other things, like:
At some point try to make/use/design weapons to fight zombies with that don't take ammunition.
Try to gather working vehicles; Fast transportation is never a bad thing.
If you can save animals that can be used for meat then By Golly do it!
So yeah...that's it....
1.Do NOT go to Walmart OR leave town
I don't live in a huge city by any means but with a population of 20,000ish Walmart would get crowded pretty fast. It makes since as a base, But the general rule with fortifying yourself in a Z-virus world is: Get enough people to help you stay alive, and not a single person more. So gathering 400-500 people in Walmart means, if 1 person get bitten then you've got a bunch of Zombies in a box!
As for leaving town, the idea is pretty simple. If everyone tries to leave town at once, we're all going to be stuck in traffic (Or killing each other) and we're all going to die before we get far enough away for it to matter.
What would I do? Makes sure I have my girlfriend with me if at all possible, get to the nearest gunstore (and/or heavily armed friend) and hoard a few weapons for me and my party, and immediately get to Lowe's or Home Depot. Use the lumber and heavy machinery to fortify the building while SOMEONE tries to rescue our friends/family/people who know how to shoot things.
2.Lay Down the Law
One of the most common things to happen in Zombie movies is that 1 or more of the Characters sees a Zombified version of their dearly beloved and flips SHIRT. I want to make this clear: In a Zombie Apocalypse IF THEY WANT TO EAT YOU, SHOOT IT I don't give a flying dragon dung if they used to be your neighbor, lover, paperboy, grandma. If they're trying to kill me, or you, shoot them. and if anyone doesn't follow that rule I'm going to throw them into a makeshift jail until they realize that shooting people is a Gewd thing here in Zombiville.
There are some other rules that will get you jailed: Abandoning your fellow survivors, hiding weapons,food, or clothing without telling the group, Crying and expecting everyone else to save you, Being Glenn Beck.
3.Grow my own Food
Here 1 of the big reason's why I choose Home Depot or Lowe's over Walmart. They've got HUGE gardening sections.
In a Z-virus world hording for food is NOT what you want to do. It's dangerous and scary and frankly if you can avoid then it'd be silly not to. But it's entirely possible to rip up a part of the flooring in one of these store and start a garden in-store. And it would give any elderly or young or Canadian survivors something to do while I skip off and Headshot Drool-Faces.
4. In any long term situation, Sex is a Good thing
'Omg! Sally effed Ron! They only knew each other for a month! omg lol!"
None of this shirt, in ZombiLand if you have a safe place to stay, a reliable food source, and enough people/weapons to keep you safe then please PLEASE PLEASE reproduce.
Having a limited number of people is only true at the BEGINNING of a Z-virus spread, After your safe and reliably killing NomNom's, then MAKE SOME BABIES. Bigger community, longevity, kid's who can be raised from birth to kick zombie arse, rather than learning it at 30 and flipping Shirt like we did.
Anti-Zombie-Babies are just plain awesome.
There are a couple other things, like:
At some point try to make/use/design weapons to fight zombies with that don't take ammunition.
Try to gather working vehicles; Fast transportation is never a bad thing.
If you can save animals that can be used for meat then By Golly do it!
So yeah...that's it....