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In a zombie outbreak? I know a lot of people secretly have an irrational fear of them, so what would you do in the event of a mass zombification of your city/town/country? I've got a 9mm handgun and my dad's old bolt-action rifle in a compartment in the wardrobe. Wish I could own a pump-action shotgun here... I also have at least 10 cans of canned food at any given time. You can never be too careful.

Have you read World War Z? There's a fantastic section where the United States tries
to make a show of force outside Manhattan for public relations. This is really
early in the book so of course it all goes horribly horribly wrong.

The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z are fantastic reading. Highly recommended.

Personally I don't know what the hell I'd do. Get killed, most likely.

I suppose working in a pub gives you a huge advantage. Loads of molotov cocktails. Of course, if you have no matches, it's bye-bye.

My friends voted me most likely to die first in a horror film, so I'd be screwed.

Oddly,this is one of my best friend and myselfs favorite topics (both huge Romero fans) and we have discused this senario many times,up to and including were we may happen to be during the out break ie: "what if you are on an air plane and the flight attendant starts eating people?".
As we both own fire arms,we determined that should the undead get the munchies and we hapen to be home we would shoot our way to the car and make our way to the nearest Super Wal-Mart (about 2 miles),there we would barricade ourselves in,having all our needs readly available,plenty of food,ammo (we live in the south and wally world sells guns here),entertainment, as well as the high probability of other survivours for us to nudge into harms way insuring we are not gnawed upon by our re-animaited friends.

See I and my friends have obviously thought this out too much. We have a plan. As I work at a High School and have an "all access" key were camping out there. At certain points there are a series of 4 steel doors to get through at the easiest access point. As we each setout to get there we get all the weapons from the house (proud gun owner here) and food we can manage. Upon arrival we will each physically inspect each other for any open wounds/sore's/bite marks that could potentially be a source of infection and those that are hurt will be allowed in but not in the core of the building. With the cafateria we should have enough food stuffs to last for a few weeks and next door (well across 2 big parking lots) is a Sam's club. Now, if I don't make it they are hosed....

Oh, and Fitzz one big flaw with your plan. Too many glass doors/windows. Just look at the automotive section. Big aluminum doors (we all know even the Romero zombies can get through that) and 99% of them then have a big plate glass window so you can see the work done.


Like I said. We spend wayyy too much time talking about this.

I am disappointed. I thought this would be a thread about Klondike Bars.

burb1996 wrote:

Oh, and Fitzz one big flaw with your plan. Too many glass doors/windows. Just look at the automotive section. Big aluminum doors (we all know even the Romero zombies can get through that) and 99% of them then have a big plate glass window so you can see the work done.


Like I said. We spend wayyy too much time talking about this.

True the ammount of windows would be problematic,perhaps placing snippers on the roof top ( there should'nt be a whole horde of zombies since it's at the "outbreak") to deal with any near by gut gobblers while we inside attempt to seal the windows using the corigated metal garden sheds from the home beautification section .
If that fails I suppose we could always make a run for that school your in,what part of Oklahoama did you say you were in?

Ahh..but your forgetting your zombie lore. The group always gets whittled down to just a handful in the outbreak stage. Not to mention the dead/ not so dead store emplyees lurking in the back rooms.

We will be in Tulsa...NE part of Oklahoma. Just remember to paint ''From DAKKA" on the roof of your car cus' were doing what it sounds like you guys are doing....shooting first and sking questions if we make it...

lol

In the case of a zombie outbreak, I'll be thankful that I've spent the last 15 or so years of my life learning to handle large, heavy melee weapons... because after all the ammo's gone and the gas has all been used for the chainsaws, I'll still be reaping zombie heads. Also, armor (REAL armor, not head-and-body-only modern antiballistics) means less chance of getting bitten.

I detailed this briefly in another thread before but once again.

I am a medical professional. So I have a lot of medical supplies on hand with me, in my car, in my home. We have an extra car that I have rigged up with one of those barrels that has an 80 day supply of food within it. I could easily move a large amount of my medical supplies into the vehicle as well. After that it's only a toss to place several crowbars that I bought for such a specific outbreak or other societal collapse occruence. There is also a pump action rifle at my disposal aswell that I'd put into the car. I've done a few drills with my sister just in case an outbreak occurs and we can get home pretty fast from our schools or work.

The first thing to look for is 'widespread civil unrest'. I work in isolated areas in my community and my sisters school is also in a fairly isolated area. If I ever got wind of such 'widespread civil unrest' she and I would meet up at our home to procure the afformentioned vehicle. From there we have a short list of people we feel are physically and mentally able to withstand the outbreak with us. We would try to locate and retrieve these individuals and head to one of many designated areas. Our areas are along the same general route accessible by different small highways and they are also defensable locations. They avoid highways from Atlanta which will become deathtraps in an outbreak. They will basically herd zombies with easy travel rapidly considering their non-stop walking speed.

From one of these defensable locations we have discussed plans for escape from each one and the types of zombies that could possible occur. Fast/Weak, Fast/Strong, Slow/Strong, and Slow/Weak all of them being numerous. The situation we consider an auto-lose is against Fast/Strong, there really isn't much you can do.

We also work out three times a week and stay generally healthy in our diets. The healthier you are going into the outbreak the more likely you will have a chance for survival in the long term.

I would most likely spend some time shambling around, calling out ‘brains’ before getting decapitated or set on fire by the protagonists.

Here's my plan for surviving a zombie outbreak:

1. Head home if out, and retrieve handgun and bolt-action rifle. Take as much ammo as possible. Grab the hatchet from the woodpile, and some long carving knives for close encounters.

2. Run down the road to the gunstore. It'll probably be abandoned, so I load up on what I need.

3. Head to Woolworths and get lots of canned food.

4. Head to the chemist and get medicine for common ailments like colds and migranes.

5. The Police station is hopeless, so my friends and I would drive into the city and to the army base.

6. Defend alongside soldiers until infection is contained.

Of course, if I'm at school, I'm pretty much screwed if the wood/metalwork area is locked. If not, there are plenty of saws and welders in there. There's also plenty of javelins in the gym.

Lord Sutekh: Good idea. If they can't bite you you should be good....but zombies run in hordes.....even platemail has gaps in the armor...And you will get tired way before they will....

Typeline: One problem with your plan. Haven't you seen Night of the Living Dead? Dude...the outbreak ALWAYS starts in a rural setting....and at night. Also, in the infantry we always gave the portly guy the squad weapon. Why? People who are in shape burn through their fat reserves faster and wear out faster. The slighly overweight guy, or the guy with the little beer gut his wife calls her "pillow"...a.k.a. me...generally would last longer in a protracted high stress environment. Good plan allaround though but the movies man the movies....

sebster: Not to worry..Ill put you out of your misery if I can...you undead

Cheese: Dude....ddon't move around much. Thats always a dead give away. Not unless its like Shawn of the Dead and you can walk slowly, dragging one foot and go "eeeuuuugggghhhh". Best to hole up. And the Army base??? Day of the Dead...28 Days Later...28 Weeks Later...bad idea. I'm ex military and I am stayin as far away from a post as possible. Not to mention it probably came from there....


Keep em commin guys! I LOVE zombie movies and topics!

1: Put the wife, the baby, the dog and anything else (including spare fuel) in the SUV (this is outbreak so very early on and the roads should be unclogged).
2: Avoiding the highways, which will be clogged, drive west for about 600km to my wife's grandparents farm.
3: There is available food, water, people who know how to grow food and fix stuff.
4: As I am a doctor and she is a nurse we will be pretty handy to have around.

If its too late to dash for the bush I'm barricading the local supermarket with the hundreds of trolleys and will start eating cold section food (because it will perish first).

Anyone else locked in with me will be armed with clubs and there will be several boltholes into several rooms stocked with food and water.

I've always worried about return of the living dead zombies. The ones that keep moving after you knock off their heads. Lucky meand thewife bought a used house boat for prtty cheap, and out planis to stay in fresh water areas, fishing the days away.

I've always wonder what people whould do if they cut off a zombie head, and they kept coming.

Depends on the version of Zombie you're dealing with. By the rules in the Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z, if you take off the head, that's it. Though if you don't destroy the brain, the severed head can still bite, so take care!

Also, armour may be bite-proof but it won't stop a mob tearing your limbs off, and it'll certainly slow you down and limit your stealthiness. First thing I'd have to do in a major outbreak? Get a haircut. Loose clothes and long hair = easy Zombie chow.

FITZZ wrote: Oddly,this is one of my best friend and myselfs favorite topics (both huge Romero fans) and we have discused this senario many times,up to and including were we may happen to be during the out break ie: "what if you are on an air plane and the flight attendant starts eating people?".
As we both own fire arms,we determined that should the undead get the munchies and we hapen to be home we would shoot our way to the car and make our way to the nearest Super Wal-Mart (about 2 miles),there we would barricade ourselves in,having all our needs readly available,plenty of food,ammo (we live in the south and wally world sells guns here),entertainment, as well as the high probability of other survivours for us to nudge into harms way insuring we are not gnawed upon by our re-animaited friends.

I've scoped out a super sized Academy for just such a purpose (sporting goods store). Lots of camping gear, dried foodstuffs, clothing, and weapons ohhhhh lots of weapons. Only one entrance and none of that big glass windows issue from the Mist. Plus they have a pool table for breaks in between Zombie attacks.

Alternatively we have scoped out candidates for the neighborhood militia, down to priest and negotiator dude. Genghis Connie can paint little hearts and glitter on the quad mount and the Boy Bach can play appropriate ride of the Valkyries type music as we wade through Zombies like a bull through water

Over here... panic and then hole up in one of the myriad of castles we have. So many of the things we trip over them.

If I was stateside..... I would immediately apply to become their legal representative and launch a myriad of discrimination suits on their behalf. It strikes me as deeply unfair that the living dead are barred from getting married or military service.

burb1996 wrote:Typeline: One problem with your plan. Haven't you seen Night of the Living Dead? Dude...the outbreak ALWAYS starts in a rural setting....and at night. Also, in the infantry we always gave the portly guy the squad weapon. Why? People who are in shape burn through their fat reserves faster and wear out faster. The slighly overweight guy, or the guy with the little beer gut his wife calls her "pillow"...a.k.a. me...generally would last longer in a protracted high stress environment. Good plan allaround though but the movies man the movies....

The outbreak will most likely come from the CDC in Atlanta or one of its other locations. I already have a large supply of food, so no need to take a fat guy simply so he can 'get in shape'.

reds8n wrote: Over here... panic and then hole up in one of the myriad of castles we have. So many of the things we trip over them.

If I was stateside..... I would immediately apply to become their legal representative and launch a myriad of discrimination suits on their behalf. It strikes me as deeply unfair that the living dead are barred from getting married or military service.

Exactly. Zombies are citizens. ZOMBIE RIGHTS! ZOMBIE RIGHTS!

"These people have given their very lives for this country......"

Me?

I'd grab my patented Zom-B-Gone*, and start wandering the streets having a great time, until I get to see how the other half lives.


*Cricket Bat with a Brick nailed to it

I'd make it to my brother's place, he's got lots of nice military training. From there, we either steal a boat and some supplies and wait it out off the coast, or get over to the West coast of Ireland where the population is very low.
Either way, getting the hell out of Dublin would be priority one!

First place I'd hit up would be a camping/outdoors outfitters, load up on gear, weapons and food. Go camping!

It also sorta depends on the sort of Zombies we're dealing with. Are the slow, superstrong walking corpses? Or aggressive, sprinting "infected" like in 28 Days Later? I think if it's the latter we're fubar'd.

where i am living at the moment, 1 metal gate only opened by sensor, 1 metal door only opened by sensor and then three locked doors until the zombies are in my room, but i still have a variety of knives and bats just encase they managed to get in somehow

Typeline wrote:

The outbreak will most likely come from the CDC in Atlanta or one of its other locations. I already have a large supply of food, so no need to take a fat guy simply so he can 'get in shape'.

I agree with you about the Outbreak starting at the CDC,as well as avoiding all the highways from or espesialy to Atlanta,I unfourtunatly live right on Hwy 41 so not much chance of avoiding it,however I know a few back roads so I should still be able to make it to Wal-Mart or Tulsa
Atlanta however will be totaly screwed.