Zombie Apocalypse Plan
For years I have been developing my Zombie Apocalypse Plan, which I assure you has nothing to do with Cranberries, but it is about time to start sharing it with the world.
1) The first thing I am going to do is put on as many different layers of clothes as possible. (Luckily I live in a cold state and have many winter clothes available) Make sure no skin is showing and has several layers. I understand that this will slow your movement and reflexes but it will also make it harder for them to get a good bite on you. FACT: biting through a sweatshirt is difficult and biting through Carhart clothes is nearly impossible. Granted that the zombies will have stronger bite strength then humans but that is crushing strength and if you double up the sweatshirts and Carhart or other materials it should beable to stop the teeth or nails from breaking the skin. (Note that the crushing power of the human jaw is actually enough to crush bones but bones can heal and infection can not)
2) Step two is a two part step- first you must arm yourself temporarily ( In Step 4 you will be upgrading) I have an old light weight base ball bat in my closet, which is what I will be using. Next I am going to set up a temporary home base of opperations in my apartment (I live on the second story apt with only one entrance). My apt will only be a good place for about 1 day so I will have to move fast. If power is still on at this point I will be inviting my personal friends in the area and establishing a group of survivors to help. I feel that if there is an un-dead army out there I want to have my own. Unlike harry potter I will gladly enlist the help of my friends and family and even strangers.
Step 3 Gather Supplies
Once I have contacted whoever is close enough to get to my place, I will leave them there to defend while taking all the bags I can carry, plus my bat, and procuring a vehicle preferably a truck, which I will then take to the grocery store 2 blocks away to load up on canned goods and what food I can. ( I also aready have a bunch of frozen deer meat in my freezer)
WIth a vehical, my goup, and a few weapons we are ready to leave my apartment behind and head noth to the Wisconsin Dells. ( It is an hour drive and I have printed out directions both highway and non highway to the WI Dells)
There we will be taking Ducks.
4) Wagons West!
The Roads will undoubtably be clogged with traffic. What we cannot crash our way through we will have to go around. Using the ducks to travel a combination of rivers and road we will head to the West. I want to go to the west for mulitple reasons. 1) less people = less zombies 2) wide flat spaces = seeing them coming after you ( at least better than say in the woods) 3) I am hoping that the intesnse heat will increase the rotting of Zombie flesh making it easier to fight them 4) lots of small towns to raid for supplies (food water weapons radios) will make staying on the move easier. I do not know if this is true but they say everyone carries a gun in Texas, which would probably be a good place for us survivors to find ammunition. 5) I am scared of being stuck in cold weather and I feel that I can survive better in warm weather than cold. (although I admit heading north has many valid points and is a good option)
5) Weapons: I have a few guidelines on weapons alone that need to be said even though it is not really a whole step.
6) Using CB Radio’s me and my group of survivors will travel around the west trying to find more survivors. There will be no starting new cities or staying in one place to long for a few years or until we see what kind of zombies we are dealing with. E.I. If they die without eating, avoid sunlight (like in legend), were caused by a commet in space, or anything like that. Basically Knowledge is power
7) This is the end of the plan. Based on what we learn from our travels we will have to take it from there and use what we find along the way.
Baconpalooza « Is this thing on? said
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Jackie Parker said
I hadn’t thought of that… I’m mostly focusing on getting above the snow line and waiting them out.
baconbach said
My only problem with getting above the snow line and waiting them out is that I do not have any mountain survival skills and would probably run out of food and freeze to death
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Benjamin Rogers said
Some good ideas! I happen to prefer the northern route for the cold. If you have read World War Z there are some really good points in there. The Zeds will freeze and then we can easily exterminate them. Just a though!
Ben
baconbach said
As I said before “I admit heading north has many valid points and is a good option” The problem with heading north is that I do not think that I, personally, have the required survival skills to live far north or in frozen mountains without electricity. Not even to mention finding food and supplies. Yes the Zeds will freeze, but what good will that do me if I too freeze?
Also keep in mind that I am not counting on the military for any help. They probably will get a handle on the situation but I am not going to count on that.
Benjamin Rogers said
That is a very good point. The military is no better trained for the Zombie Apocalypse than the rest of us. Especially when everything scatters. We will be fighting in segregated battle zones to deal with it!
Ben
erith1 said
I am almost finished with World War Z now. It is really good, you should definitely read it! But I am struck with how closely it follows your z-poc plan:
1) The government tells everybody to go north which means wave after wave of unprepared millions end up using up all of the food / gas / etc. and then starving and freezing to death. So maybe cold isn’t such a good idea.
2) The U.S. army ultimately decides to regroup west of the Rockies using them as a natural barrier. Go west indeed.
3) The army abandons most people east of the Rockies for quite some time while they are getting their stuff together. Then their support is mostly supply drops, etc. to these isolated hold outs. So plan on being more or less on your own. Also, the army is not very good at killing Z’s for various reasons outlined in the book.
4) Stay off the roads! Many people tried to flee by car after being bitten. After they turned they may have been trapped in their cars (too stupid to open the doors). At the very least all the cars gives the Z’s somewhere to hide. So by river may be the best way to go.
I highly recommend the book though, there are too many interesting points to cover here.
jinn35 said
this is so cool.
Samuel L. said
After reading through the article, I feel that I really need more information on the topic. Can you suggest some resources please?
srgt. Siegfried, Robert .A said
the only problem with your plan is it relys on other people to survive long enough for you to find them. what if everyone is already dead. you also are assuming you will not be one of the first infected but my commanding officer always told me to keep all options open as long as posible
Ben H said
The North would be a good idea (whether you had the skills or not) except for the fact that, the north is also where all the rest of america will be headed. The ducks is a good idea since i live right there anyway. But i am going to go right over the rockies to use as natural block like in World War Z and then when the goverment goes over there, hopefully they will be somewhat organized and be able to help.