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[Seven]

How would you survive in a hole anywhere without supplies, id think it would be easier to simply wear a metal hat to protect your brain..while staying on the move, even if the zombies catch up to you, your brain would be safe in its metal insulated brain box.

Yeah wonderful I can't even have a quick suicide and I'll even have to maybe stand zombies eating out my innards for an extended period of time. If anything the safest thing I'd have is a bulletproof vest or something, don't think you'd need a helmet unless you wanted to protect yourself more against other people rather than zombies.

On a related note -- http://emergency.cdc...ombies_blog.asp this is a thing now.

[frostz]

Yeah wonderful I can't even have a quick suicide and I'll even have to maybe stand zombies eating out my innards for an extended period of time. If anything the safest thing I'd have is a bulletproof vest or something, don't think you'd need a helmet unless you wanted to protect yourself more against other people rather than zombies.

On a related note -- http://emergency.cdc...ombies_blog.asp this is a thing now.

wow is that the real center of disease control website? I can't believe they would actually have something about zombies on their site..

[Waser Lave]

wow is that the real center of disease control website? I can't believe they would actually have something about zombies on their site..

Essentially they're using the zombie theme to encourage people to be prepared for other types of disasters too. By using zombies in their advertising they get much wider press coverage for the same investment and get the idea of preparedness out there so it's win-win for them.

[frostz]

Essentially they're using the zombie theme to encourage people to be prepared for other types of disasters too. By using zombies in their advertising they get much wider press coverage for the same investment and get the idea of preparedness out there so it's win-win for them.

After reading the site more closely i see your point, the supplies they list are actually useful for most disaster situations, as well as the emergency plan. And because they are using a zombie theme, people would find that it is a more interesting read than some kinda how to survive a hurricane guide.

This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine)

It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated.

Unfortunately if a zombie apocalypse does happen the CDC is probably gona be like the first to go down ;\. If they are trying to treat zombie patients and quarantining the infected, im gona say that all the zombies are gona be swarming out of the treatment centers in no time.

I mean one of the most important things about a zombie apocalypse is to immediately put down the infected, thats why in all the movies, hospitals are always teeming with zombies as infected die and rise moments later to attack hospital staff, when no one actually knows whats going on

[RWS]

Grab kitchen knifes/bat --> drive to local gas station --> get as much gas as I can and just drive around as much as possible until I find an elite team of zombie survivors and beg to join them.

THIS. I would drive as far away as possible and try to meet others who were in the same situation.

[Ziz]

I would take the basic things on a back (some water, food and medicine), dress with clothes that culd help me mve well, and a lot of knifes.

Then I would take the car and bring with me the possible survivors (they would be prepared if they survived, or at least I could share a little of my supplies with them).

After that, we would go to the closest militar zone, get in, resupply and take weapons (or beg them to enter and give us something if they are still alive and have some control of the situation).
If the militar zone stuff fails, we would go to a police office, or look for a way to get guns. (if we fail in getting a gun soon, we would die)

Once we get the guns (and get supplies again), we would drive to the closest beach (the guns would help us get through the few zombies we would face on the highway, and a cold place is not really an option as I live in a hot country). Then we would somehow get a ship/boat/anything and get to a small, non-inhabited island (an protected area that in normal conditions people wouldn't be allowed) and make from it a new home for us.

Once we are safe, we would think on making fire signals for people looking fr survivors, or -maybe- (if we had enough sources left for doing so, like gas for the boat and lots of bullets) look for survivors.

[Dichromate]

1. Hide in house.
2. Only go out with axe and other reasonably dangerous materials.
3. Drive and slam all zombies off the roads until nearest convenience store. Get supplies.
4. Repeat for rest of natural life and hope the zombies never find me.

And if they do...Well, I doubt I'll be pondering the matter of my new face for very long thereafter.

[zandra]

I think any house would crash down in a significant earthquake. But this house would at least protect you from zombies.

Suicide is a good option if you were trapped, but otherwise i would personally try and see how long i could survive.

i dont fancy the idea of getting eaten by zombies alive. another option is i will prob hire a private jet and fly me to some abandoned island with nobody there. and survive on my own =D

[blackbeard]

I seriously WOULD NOT last long.. Id rather be a zombie than live in constant fear @.@

[Waser Lave]

i dont fancy the idea of getting eaten by zombies alive. another option is i will prob hire a private jet and fly me to some abandoned island with nobody there. and survive on my own =D

You know zombies can walk along the sea floor right?

[frostz]

I seriously WOULD NOT last long.. Id rather be a zombie than live in constant fear @.@

better wear that helmet or you'd be living in constant fear of being shot in the head.

[Ziz]

Whoever owns this house is well prepared in the event of a zombie apocalypse
http://all-that-is-i...bie-proof-house

Its got a draw bridge, as well concrete slabs that as you can see in the image below cover the windows and doors. The glass door on the bottom can be covered too so that is not a point of weakness.

What i don't know is if this house has a water sanitizing device however

awesome house, but i do not want to be staying in it. looks like it would come crashing down in an earthquake. i have no idea what to do. i would prob suicide first instead of being eaten

I think any house would crash down in a significant earthquake. But this house would at least protect you from zombies.

Suicide is a good option if you were trapped, but otherwise i would personally try and see how long i could survive.

i dont fancy the idea of getting eaten by zombies alive. another option is i will prob hire a private jet and fly me to some abandoned island with nobody there. and survive on my own =D

You know zombies can walk along the sea floor right?

But they would be shark meal.

The problem would be hiring a pirate jetin the middle of that chaos, and finding a deserted island, and dealing with the probability of the tripulation being infected, and surviving on that island...
I think that idea of the private jet would be actually ne of the hardest ones.

[frostz]

But they would be shark meal.

The problem would be hiring a pirate jetin the middle of that chaos, and finding a deserted island, and dealing with the probability of the tripulation being infected, and surviving on that island...
I think that idea of the private jet would be actually ne of the hardest ones.

sharks dont eat decomposing dead meat, and besides the classic zombie's flesh is highly toxic to other living organisms but wouldn't have the effect of raising them into zombies., It would just kill them.

So yea you would still have the problem of a zombie washing up on shore on an island and would have to watch out for that.

[Ziz]

sharks dont eat decomposing dead meat, and besides the classic zombie's flesh is highly toxic to other living organisms but wouldn't have the effect of raising them into zombies., It would just kill them.

So yea you would still have the problem of a zombie washing up on shore on an island and would have to watch out for that.

They wuld be even slower underwater, and something would eventually add them to the chain food.

And zombies have to eat, they would have a rough time getting to an island.
And the island I would choose would be one with rocky borders (not one with a nice beach, sadly), so that it would be nearly impossible for a dumb, slow zombie to get into it.

[Jake]

I seriously WOULD NOT last long.. Id rather be a zombie than live in constant fear @.@

You can't even last on this website lol. Zombies would fuck up your shit.

[frostz]

They wuld be even slower underwater, and something would eventually add them to the chain food.

And zombies have to eat, they would have a rough time getting to an island.
And the island I would choose would be one with rocky borders (not one with a nice beach, sadly), so that it would be nearly impossible for a dumb, slow zombie to get into it.

Zombies would never become part of the food chain. A zombie transmits its virus through bite, why is this? cause zombie tissue is saturated with the zombie virus, deadly to animals and humans, but will cause reanimation in people. If you accidentally ingest zombie blood, or zombie tissue most likely you are gona die and reanimate.

This is also why zombies dont decompose very fast, the bacteria, and scavengers that would normally make short work of a corpse either die on contact or avoid it at all cost. This is the reason why a zombie apocalypse is even feasible and does not only last for a couple weeks, cause they dont simply rot.

Zombies don't eat persay contrary to what popular culture says about zombies and brains. They instinctively "eat" people because biting is how they transmit the disease.

An elevated island would be great of course providing that you could be self sufficient once you climb to the top. I'd imagine that an island with rocky borders and only one easily defensible passage up would be pretty perfect. The chances of zombies washing up onto the island are pretty slim in any case, so i think that you would be safe.

Edited by frostz, 22 May 2011 - 02:25 PM.

[Jake]

Zombies don't eat persay contrary to what popular culture says about zombies and brains. They instinctively "eat" people because biting is how they transmit the disease.

I don't think anyone knows what zombies actually eat. They may just like eating tree bark for all we know.

Anyhoo, all this lame talk about getting nicked and turning into a zombie is bullshit. Truly it would have to be an airborne and viral disease, if you are live, it's because you are a badass immune motha fucka.

[Ziz]

I don't think anyone knows what zombies actually eat. They may just like eating tree bark for all we know.

Anyhoo, all this lame talk about getting nicked and turning into a zombie is bullshit. Truly it would have to be an airborne and viral disease, if you are live, it's because you are a badass immune motha fucka.

That was just what I was thinking.
Even if it wasn't airborne, nobody would get out of it without a single scratch.

If I were not inmune, as soon as I had the symptoms I would take a car and ran over as much zombies as I can before I die.

[frostz]

I don't think anyone knows what zombies actually eat. They may just like eating tree bark for all we know.

Anyhoo, all this lame talk about getting nicked and turning into a zombie is bullshit. Truly it would have to be an airborne and viral disease, if you are live, it's because you are a badass immune motha fucka.

That was just what I was thinking.
Even if it wasn't airborne, nobody would get out of it without a single scratch.

If I were not inmune, as soon as I had the symptoms I would take a car and ran over as much zombies as I can before I die.

Except i specified that we were dealing with classic slow zombies

the kind of zombies you guys are referring to is the rage virus zombie aka fast zombie, which arn't really dead but are just "rabid people"
Such as the ones in the movie Mutants, or i am legend

Im refering to the dawn of the dead, and the kind you would see in Romero films zombie, cause honestly no one would survive fast zombies. It would be like trying to survive in a cage of lions..

[Jake]

Except i specified that we were dealing with classic slow zombies

the kind of zombies you guys are referring to is the rage virus zombie aka fast zombie, which arn't really dead but are just "rabid people"
Such as the ones in the movie Mutants, or i am legend

Im refering to the dawn of the dead, and the kind you would see in Romero films zombie, cause honestly no one would survive fast zombies. It would be like trying to survive in a cage of lions..

The type of virus doesn't have to change the type of zombie. Why cant we have a 'I am Legend' type of virus with a 'Dawn of the Dead' type of zombie? If you could survive the virus itself and managed to get a hold of food, surely anyone with an ounce of brain could survive.

[frostz]

The type of virus doesn't have to change the type of zombie. Why cant we have a 'I am Legend' type of virus with a 'Dawn of the Dead' type of zombie? If you could survive the virus itself and managed to get a hold of food, surely anyone with an ounce of brain could survive.

Well, honestly for the purposes of this scenario it really doesn't matter how the virus is spread, and is more focused upon survival plans for slow zombies.

I mean sure we can have an airborne virus and automatically assume everyone participating in this thread is immune. But your still gona die if you get over run by zombies.

If you get bit from the bite transmission type virus, most likely either you weren't paying attention to your surroundings, or you were being over run and were gona die anyway.

So yea see what i mean?

Food isn't gona last forever unless you have the skills to produce more, which was one of the clauses of the scenario, you only get the skills you already know.

But its perfectly fine, to talk about fortress design and theoretical plans for an established zombie base, i don't mind that if its the direction in which the thread is going as long as it stays slow zombies.

[Jake]

Well let's say hypothetically that we were all immune to a certain level of the virus, but so much of it can still affect us. Think of it like e.coli, we all have it inside us but if you eat a burger full of shit you are going to get sick. Switch up your plans knowing if you eat anything contaminated you are done for. If this were the case I would grab pre-packaged foods, water filter systems, food plants and as many rats/gerbils/hamsters I can find and head up north as my first suggestion.

Someone previously in this thread mentioned they talked about this many times saying they would bring plants, vegetation etc. Without the smarts and know how, (I'm assuming you and your friends aren't all agriculture experts) you are fucked. I would grab simple things that can be made from anyone, corn, carrots, potatoes etc. We can highly assume that any plant can be affected so we use these lab rats persay, and give them any food/water we wouldn't trust. If the virus is airborne we can also assume it will affect all plants and animals so if we can't visibly see results from the plants or animals, it can be said that food is good to go.

I will head up north for obvious reasons, some I believe I said already. Firstly, hardly any populated areas up north... 5 hours up north from here and the largest settlements will be 10k maximum. Secondly the virus wouldn't spread so fast/as hard up north.

[DanDoesWork]

Where would I go? High point I can find and make shelter. I would think in order to stay alive you would have to keep avoidance...go out only during the day when you can see zombies. But since they are slow zombies that shouldn't be too hard to get away from them unlike the sprinters. Plans...Uh collect as much food as possible..work on my aim. Primarily head, and lower extremities. Plus I have magic force field so I'm kind of unstoppable. and NEVER BURN THE CORPSES

Edited by dk8932, 22 May 2011 - 07:18 PM.

[frostz]

Where would I go? High point I can find and make shelter. I would think in order to stay alive you would have to keep avoidance...go out only during the day when you can see zombies. But since they are slow zombies that shouldn't be too hard to get away from them unlike the sprinters. Plans...Uh collect as much food as possible..work on my aim. Primarily head, and lower extremities. Plus I have magic force field so I'm kind of unstoppable. and NEVER BURN THE CORPSES

i don't get this why would you never burn the corpses? i've never heard of that one before.

[DanDoesWork]

i don't get this why would you never burn the corpses? i've never heard of that one before.

Incineration can release airborne toxins which spread the infection if the environment is right like a area with high humidity, and precipitation. Basically...Me n some friends have been waiting for this day (:

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