"Thoughts on Zombie Survival/Surpression" Topic

My wife thinks I obsess about this too much and it's wearing off on her. We were driving through a neighborhood and saw a house for sale with an brick wall enclosed back yard. She turned to me and said 'that be good for zombie defense'.

Anyway, in the event of Zombe Apocalypse (ZA), my recommendations:

1-Find a jail or prison (preferable). If it keeps inmates in, it should keep zeds out. Clear out zeds from prison if infected, clear out inmates by offering the road or joining up otherwise.

2-Build zombie proof armor. Simple as cutting up carpet and using hotglue/duct tape to encase the body completely. Sure, it's probably hot as hell. Beats getting et, right? Human jaw pressure can't munch through the carpet. Okay, I saw that smirk! Get your head on right!

3-Motorcycle helmets/football helmets. Protect the noggin. Wrap carpet/lether around neck. No easy access to fleshy parts.

4-Use the knowledge 10 thousand years of hunter skills have embued you with. Build a barrier system that reduces a herd of zeds into a single file line. Have elevated platforms to conk 'em on the head, hook 'em, and haul 'em to fire pit.

5-Roman turtle formations. Don't want a full armor suit? Got friends? Get riot shields/build your own, armor your legs, and practice the Roman Turtle. Front rank carries shield, second rank has halberd-style pole arm. Space out a few folks with short swords to deal with crawlers.

Honestly, unless millions of zombies appear overnight, they'd be declared an endangered species before the end of the week. So, what are your plans/technics to deal with ZA?

1.Secure location
2.Generator
3.Walking Dead Seasons 1-3 DVDs
4.TV
5.Beer
6.Snacks
7.Beer

Are you assuming that the staff of said jail or prison have abandoned their posts enabling you walk in and take over? You also need to figure out what keys go to what and how the control panel/s work, assuming you still have power.

8) Guns and ammo

Fishing line. Set up a lines about 1' off the ground. Watch exes fall over. Despatch.

I like it. I favour combine harvester for doing big hords.

I reckon Shaun and Ed had the right plan…..

Ed: What's the plan then?

Shaun: We take Pete's car, we drive over to Mum's, we go in, take care of Philip – "I'm so sorry, Philip" – then we grab Mum, we go over to Liz's place, hole up, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.

Ed: Why have we got to go to Liz's?

Shaun: Because we do.

Ed: But she dumped you!

Shaun: I have to know if she's all right!

Ed: Why?

Shaun: Because I love her!

Ed: All right… gayyy… I'm not staying there, though.

Shaun: Why not?

Ed: If we hole up, I wanna be somewhere familiar, I wanna know where the exits are, and I wanna be allowed to smoke.

Shaun: Okay.

Shaun: We take Pete's car, go round Mum's, go in, deal with Philip – "Sorry, Philip!" – grab Mum, go to Liz's, pick her up, bring her back here, have a cup of tea and wait for this whole thing to blow over.

Ed: Perfect!

Shaun: No, no, no, no, no, wait, we can't bring her back here.

Ed: Why not?

Shaun: Well, it's not really safe, is it?

Ed: Yeah, look at the state of it.

Shaun: Where's safe? Where's familiar?

Ed: Where can I smoke?

Shaun: Take car. Go to Mum's. Kill Phil – "Sorry." – grab Liz, go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this to blow over. How's that for a slice of fried gold?

Ed: Yeah, boyyyeee!

Prince Rupert is right. No Beer though, Vodka is OK. Thai Stick is better but too hard to scrounge. Ok,OK,Ok a 12 Gauge for the testosterone set.

Okay, I saw that smirk!

Ok… I was one of them…

Twinkies are a must. I hate coconut, not the taste but the consistency.

an AK will solve 98% of problems in a ZA.

"1-Find a jail or prison (preferable). If it keeps inmates in, it should keep zeds out. "

Keeping them out isn't the problem. They're not smart, it's not that hard to out-think a zombie.

But you're planning to… what? Stay in the prison?

And see if you can outlast being besieged by things that won't EVER get bored, hungry or homesick?

You will run out of bog-roll WAY before they'll decide to go home in time for the harvest.

Anywhere you have lots of ammo and a clear field of fire, oh and lots of beer to kill the time between attacks.

wouldn't a shopping mall be a better place to hide out?

Yeap, that was my thought, Big Trenches … with big Pungee sticks … all around your well stocked and supplied position(bunker, prison, farm house, etc.). Along with barb wire/concertina, booby traps/IEDs, mines, tangle foot, etc. The ancient Romans came up a series of obstacles in front of their Palisades that were very effective … those could be used as well …

You need fresh water and a secure green house – I'm looking to find out where Health Canada grows their medical dope…. no really I'm only looking in case of zombie attack!

No TNE2300 a shopping mall would be the worst place to go for three reasons

1)when thing start to go bad people start to loot and riot and a shopping mall would be a prime target.

2)everyone not there to riot and loot are there because they seen that movie as well.

3) zombie go were the food is and all the noise from the people doing the above things will just be a dinner bell to the walking dead.

I thought the guy holed up in the town Rick was from from Walking Dead had a pretty good system. Pungi sticks going EVERYWHERE. Zed heads couldn't help but get impaled. Whack on the head, scrape off, and burn bodies. Repeat as necessary.

Bulldozers and other heavy equipment would be immune to zombie attack, and could erase the threat.
Have to have a safe zone, kept clear with small arms equipped friends, to refuel.

Find a Walmart central distribution facility. The one we have here in Nevada is built like a military base and generates it's own power and has its own wells.