Hypothetical Zombie Invasion

Me and a bunch of my friends often get high and think of real stupid shit. Just the other day we had a debate over what do in case of a zombie invasion. Would we run/hide, try the buddy system, or go out in a blaze of glory. Then it got interesting because I told them that I would go on my roof with a massive fishing rod of sharks or something and when i run out of food I would fish for zombies and eat them to surivive. They said I would get infected, and of course since I came up with the idea I said no you wouldn't. It is a great topic of debate and the question I have for all of you is what would you do?

 

i live on the top floor of my dorm, and alot of my friends also discuss this alot with me. we would go to walmart before the outbreak got bad to get food, and buy alot of weed

 

There are so many different scenarios when it comes to zombies that you’d have to establish some ground rules before proceeding;

Are they the fast moving zombies or are they slow; do they talk (or scream) or are they brain-dead silent, can you cut off a limb after being bitten to stop the spread of infection or are you fucked, can the zombies learn to use rudimentary tools or weapons?


Hotwater

 

I guess the scenario can be anything you want it to be.

 

As long as everyone knows the rules, and the limitations of each zombie –
- go for it :cheers2:


Hotwater

 

lock yourself in a mall.

 

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Zw

 

oh man... I am so ready to pull out me revolvers, gonna paint me walls with zombie brains.

 

Man my friends and i always talk about this okay this is my plan and its kinda long. I live in canada so excuse me if imention a store no one knows lol.

First order of business is to round up my friends and useful people but keep it under 30 people preferably only 20. Now we raid Home Depot and take all the wood and metal that we can load into our vehicles.

Now We Secure the local walmart and tear down the shelves to be rebuilt as barricades ( we still have 3 days till the zombies will arrive ). Once the barricades are built we assess what we have for food, and then build a secure supply room. now we secure the walmart power supply and gather fuel for generators. Now a small group will depart for canadian tire to steal a supply of weapons. Anything that shoots like a bb gun or shotgun is perfect. a bb gun is better than no gun. also knifes, chainsaws, and leather that will be fasioned into body armor.

Zombies infect you by biting you and i highly dout that they can bite through leather. Now we stock up on ping pong balls and any object that makes a loud noise that can be thrown. these will distract the zombies and pingpong balls can be made into smoke bombs which release a toxic smoke that is also distracting and should attract zombie attention.

Back at walmart all objects that are of no use are used to reinforce the barricade. Now we preparre for the invasion. We hand out weapons and ammo and set up cots and tents within walmart. we elect a leader ( me ) and a rest for the weary policy is enacted meaning anyone that is too tired to fight will be allowed to sleep. Food is rationed very carefully as is water. Walmarts bathrooms tend to be built like fortresses so that is a good supply of water and uhh relief. when the zombies come we take our positions and fight them off from behind the barricade. when we run out of supplies that is when we use our smoke bombs to distract the zombies so we can go and restock. The walmart in my town has an auto garage which we will use to store our vehicles and as a retreat incase the first room is compromised. once we establish the system and become hardened zombie fighters we will seek to expand our empire and have more bases with more surviors.

i have put alot of thought into this.

 

hell i should right a survival gude

 

I'd probably thank god that I live in Texas a state with very liberal gun laws, raid walmart for ammo and food. Contact my close net of friends for survival plans/strategy, head north for Canada/Alaska.

 

Good plan but you’re forgetting the human element;

There will be roving bands of armed militia and itinerant street gangs; organized and ready
to take what you’ve got (food, shelter, and ammo)

What you need is another layer of protection in the form of a double perimeter fence
filled with flesh eating zombies to deter anyone from fucking with you :cheers2:


Hotwater

 

haha theres actually allready one thats been written.

http://www.xs4all.nl/~are/pub/The Zombie Survival Guide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.pdf

with storys of small invasions and all
best weapons
best defenese
check it out i read it before it was pretty cool ahah. its all in fun and games.

zombies where ever to invade.

supersoakers with LSD>trip out the undead.

 

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wow yeh the human element is something i didnt consider i just assumed somehow my group would be the only survivors but that wouldnt be the case. And i think that canada would be harder to survive in when you consider that winter up here gets crazy cold sometimes meaning you can't grow anything in winter. maybe it would slow down the zombies. could they get slower?

 

I'm scared of a zombie invasion.. I have nightmares about it, but if it realy happened I'd rather die quick like a bullet in the head unless I had someone to protect than I'd die when I was torn apart lol. Zombies freak me out cause they'll eat you...

 

If the zombies could run like in 28 days later (I know they arent really zombs) or in Dawn of the dead remake, then your pretty fucked from the get go.

The only strategy is to fight, because if you run away from one, you get tired, and run into another, your definitly screwed. Anyone whos ever had a fight when they are super exhausted will know what I mean.

The trick for slow movies zombies is to plan longterm, as long as necessary. I mean its all well and good to barricade a building but that will only last so long as water/food last aswell so after a month or so your pretty screwed, plus if any zombs did break in you might aswell give up because once your overrun thats it.

I think the key is to find one of those old spooky houses in the woods, I know that sounds completely stupid but in my town we have a large area of woodland that spreads right to the next town and reeeeally deep in the forest there is a barbed wire fence with a really long walk to this big moat (yes thats right, a moat) with its own drawbridge, again guarded by barbed wire. There is a house, a pier, and a boat and its on the riverbank.

That way if any zombies do come, there is unlikely to be more then one at a time and almost certainly not more then three at any one time. At night it would get dark, like super dark, but all you need is two people awake at all times. As soon as you hear something, both go out and investigate, if its a zomb, one person distracts it while the other gets behind it to club its brain in or cut its legs off or something awesome. As its a forest you could even just use a big branch from a tree as a club.

Another good point would be that food is virtually limitless as there is a river with loooooads of fish and eels to catch and eat along with a huge field across the river that is just bursting full of sheep you could eat.

Then theres the fact of needing to escape just incase you get overrun. Simply fall back to the drawbridge, raise it, and wait for them to eventually wriggle their way onto the land on the other side. If they come from the riverside like in Land of the Dead then just do the same, wait for them to eventually get on land. It would take ages because this is a man made moat system and so there is no gradual bank, its just a sheer drop into the water. Plus theres a boat and you could just sail up river to another, similar, riverhouse, and since its the middle of nowhere and not many people know about it, there is unlikely to be any raiders that even know about it, and pretty much everything we need could be fashioned from the surroundings so they wouldnt need to steal anything off us.

Sorted! bring it on. I wish virtual reality helmets were a viable option right now haha.

 

Hypothesizing about how you would survive a living dead uprising just detracts from the tool of social commentary that was established with Night of the Living Dead. You're taking away from what the zombie represents in the movies.

 

It’s an allegory; the walking dead represent us, a slow moving, dimwitted band of marching morons, consuming what we desire and with an insatiable appetite


Hotwater

 

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