I had to consider a book as a weapon for anything else because I would be stuck in college per this situation. I opted for my large frying pan and a stolen lunch tray ziptied to my arm.shewolf51 said:
5 Hours to Barricade your home.
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Why do I have no guns? Do they just disappear from my house magically, or are they stolen? Because my house has guns. Lots and lots of guns.
And is in the middle of nowhere, so few zombies to worry about. And is in the loop of a river, with only a small bridge reaching my farm and house.
Which has three stories, one of which can only be accessed by ladder. My house is ideal for a zombie outbreak. Much more than a week's food, plus we grow our own vegetables and fruit so they'd keep us alive. We have our own water and power supplies, meaning running hold and cold running water and electricity. Plus we have lots of barbed wire to block off the fields near the thinner points of the river, in case some zombies float over.
I'd just knock down the bridge, use the rubble to fill up the smaller bits of the river, with barbed wire, fill up the fields next to said thinner bits of river, and put on the lights that line our house and garden at night. One guy awake with one of our rifles would cover the occasional zombie who might ever come near us, since we're so far from towns or anyone else.
In terms of proper defense, I'd lock our front porch door. Seriously, it's eight feet tall, massive, solid, eight-inches of wood through, no zombie's getting in there. I'd use the many planks we have on the farm, plus machinery and other equipment to board up the larger, more breakable windows, and just cover the smaller, thicker ones.
I'd set up tiers of defense too. First tier would cover the front of our stairs and the end of a big corridor with furniture/junk, and fill up a doorway or two on the way down the corridor, then end at the end of the corridor, in the kitchen. It has a big window that could be broken, but the walls of our house are solid stone and unbreakable by zombies. Then I'd have a junk barricade on the curve of my stairs, where it meets the landing, as a small rope would be sufficient to pull people up onto the landing from there, plus it would be a fine place to keep lookout from. That area leads out onto our escape route, a flat roof, which we'd connect with planks to the tree mere feet across from it. It is part of a row of trees which can literally be walked down to the cottages, our backup hideout. They appear rundown, but are habitable and sturdy.
If they got up the stairs, which they wouldn't. We have a small cement mixer plus lots of sand and gravel, so a lot of thick cement would block off the stairway to the ceiling, and the only way up would be by the rope, which would be lowered to raise people up. However, if, and we could not escape, I'd have tier three in the attic. It is only accessible by ladder, can house our whole family easily, and has space to stock our guns and supplies, which include numerous melee weapons too. Zombies get up there... we're fucked. But they wouldn't. Since only about ~10 people live within about twenty miles of us, I don't think we'd ever have to retreat past the front door, let alone to the attic.
I've spent a bit too much time thinking about this haven't I?
And is in the middle of nowhere, so few zombies to worry about. And is in the loop of a river, with only a small bridge reaching my farm and house.
Which has three stories, one of which can only be accessed by ladder. My house is ideal for a zombie outbreak. Much more than a week's food, plus we grow our own vegetables and fruit so they'd keep us alive. We have our own water and power supplies, meaning running hold and cold running water and electricity. Plus we have lots of barbed wire to block off the fields near the thinner points of the river, in case some zombies float over.
I'd just knock down the bridge, use the rubble to fill up the smaller bits of the river, with barbed wire, fill up the fields next to said thinner bits of river, and put on the lights that line our house and garden at night. One guy awake with one of our rifles would cover the occasional zombie who might ever come near us, since we're so far from towns or anyone else.
In terms of proper defense, I'd lock our front porch door. Seriously, it's eight feet tall, massive, solid, eight-inches of wood through, no zombie's getting in there. I'd use the many planks we have on the farm, plus machinery and other equipment to board up the larger, more breakable windows, and just cover the smaller, thicker ones.
I'd set up tiers of defense too. First tier would cover the front of our stairs and the end of a big corridor with furniture/junk, and fill up a doorway or two on the way down the corridor, then end at the end of the corridor, in the kitchen. It has a big window that could be broken, but the walls of our house are solid stone and unbreakable by zombies. Then I'd have a junk barricade on the curve of my stairs, where it meets the landing, as a small rope would be sufficient to pull people up onto the landing from there, plus it would be a fine place to keep lookout from. That area leads out onto our escape route, a flat roof, which we'd connect with planks to the tree mere feet across from it. It is part of a row of trees which can literally be walked down to the cottages, our backup hideout. They appear rundown, but are habitable and sturdy.
If they got up the stairs, which they wouldn't. We have a small cement mixer plus lots of sand and gravel, so a lot of thick cement would block off the stairway to the ceiling, and the only way up would be by the rope, which would be lowered to raise people up. However, if, and we could not escape, I'd have tier three in the attic. It is only accessible by ladder, can house our whole family easily, and has space to stock our guns and supplies, which include numerous melee weapons too. Zombies get up there... we're fucked. But they wouldn't. Since only about ~10 people live within about twenty miles of us, I don't think we'd ever have to retreat past the front door, let alone to the attic.
I've spent a bit too much time thinking about this haven't I?
To put it simply, I agree.Therumancer said:
Shooting the undead wouldn't just be a fun hobby, it would be a life or death situation.
He was obviously skilled enough to make one shot one kill engagements. A gun shop like that would have thousands of bullets and even a .22 (a bullet so mass produced I have seen displays with several thousands of bullets for that type alone) is capable of destroying brain matter to the point of non-functionality.
Well, that's easy. I have one door and one window at "ground level", the rest are one floor up. And the door to the basement. But those are all in one room. So I'd just get some bookcases and heavy stuff and barricade the hell out of that door. If I need something I can climb a rope down from the balcony.
Assuming that I have enough supplies to survive this would be easy. I live on the top floor of a 5 story dorm building, like people said in the post before those doors are extremely strong. I could tunnel through the celling onto the roof (hopefully, never tried before) if the zombies started to try and get through the walls (not as sturdy as the doors). For preemptive protection Im sure that I could get everyone on the floor to pitch in and move the furniture to block the stairways. I would feel pretty safe during a zombie apocalypse.
Depends the zombies... and who I am visiting at the time.
Right now this place would be screwed. Even if they are not the 'break the walls down' type there is two doorways in and a low set window they can break through (basement apartment). That window would be a pain in the arse to barricade properly. We could always fall back to the windowless bedroom but the door to that room is friggen glass... a inside door made of glass. They never planned this place out well for zombies, I tell you.
Right now this place would be screwed. Even if they are not the 'break the walls down' type there is two doorways in and a low set window they can break through (basement apartment). That window would be a pain in the arse to barricade properly. We could always fall back to the windowless bedroom but the door to that room is friggen glass... a inside door made of glass. They never planned this place out well for zombies, I tell you.
A question has come up repeatedly concerning the zombie type that we are defending against.Cookiegerard said:
Is it the "old age" shambling/stumbling zombies?
Is it the "new age" running zombies?
Or is it (fates forbid) L4D running zombies with a mix of super zombies?
Securing a 1st floor corner dorm room would be tricky. I'd strip down the beds and desks and use the wood to barricade the windows and main door.
I'd leave the door to the bathroom unbarricaded, 'cause it connects to the room next door. Having contact with other survivors and their resources would help a lot. If they get overrun, though, I'd have to do it.
I don't have much food, though I could always raid the convenience store next door to me.
I've also discovered that the closets are big enough to hide people in. If I know for sure there are zombies coming toward the building, I could grab a weapon and stuff myself in there and make the room look empty.
I'd leave the door to the bathroom unbarricaded, 'cause it connects to the room next door. Having contact with other survivors and their resources would help a lot. If they get overrun, though, I'd have to do it.
I don't have much food, though I could always raid the convenience store next door to me.
I've also discovered that the closets are big enough to hide people in. If I know for sure there are zombies coming toward the building, I could grab a weapon and stuff myself in there and make the room look empty.
Lucky me, I live in the country. I'm in one of a small cluster of houses miles away from anywhere else, which means I do have two sets of immediate neighbours in my little scrap of nowhere. Matthew is a mechanic, as is his son. They have tools, sheet metal and welding equipment in the garage. On the other side, Peter is some sort of farmer-type, who has a well stocked shotgun cabinet.
I have a considerable amount of wood in my shed, but of what practical use it would be is questionable since there are no large boards, just different lengths of planks & post. Good for barricading windows perhaps, but there are a lot of windows, so I imagine the defense strategy would revolve around the old "demolish the staircase & hide upstairs" trick.
I have a considerable amount of wood in my shed, but of what practical use it would be is questionable since there are no large boards, just different lengths of planks & post. Good for barricading windows perhaps, but there are a lot of windows, so I imagine the defense strategy would revolve around the old "demolish the staircase & hide upstairs" trick.
I'm in a 2-story with a mid-level front entrance, and we have a TON of construction materials in the basement because we've been remodeling since we bought it. Some wood over the window in the front door, and some 2x4s to blockade the door. Has a dead-bolt, so I should be fine there. Basement has 2 windows. Board them up. If you go by the typical zombie movie mindset of "they're attracted to sound and light," one of the 2 windows downstairs has blackout curtains, so they'd never think to break in that window anyway, but I'd block that window anyway. Then I'd lock the rooms that have those windows. The staircase down to the basement has a door at the bottom (for whatever reason), so I'd probably keep that locked and blocked too.
Now, that should keep the basement secure enough to keep zombies out or downstairs if they break in. Upstairs, the windows are all out of reach of anyone on the ground; zombies would have to be able to use ladders to get to me. However, there is a deck on the back of the house, with access to the kitchen through a door or a window. I would probably just smash the stairs up to the deck. Now I still have 2 ways in and out: the front door, which would be easy/convenient but can lure zombies who could conceivably break in. As I said before, that door would have some way of blocking it off (in addition to the window being covered and the deadbolt). There is also a HUGE tree in my neighbor's yard, and it reaches over the fence and over my deck. I can climb onto it to get next door to my neighbor's house. She's the town cop, so I'll have access to long-range radio communications, portable generators, and the all-important guns and ammo. Her property also has a huge privacy fence, so zombies would be less likely to try to invade there. I could make quick supply runs through the tree to her house, without any concerns of zombies following me back to my house.
After a few weeks, though, groceries would definitely be a problem. Armed police squad car, sports car, truck, plus my Intrepid and our Hybrid, so I'd have plenty of vehicles to make grocery runs in eventually. Restaurant 2 blocks away; if I run I could make it in under a minute, with a car I'd be there in 10 seconds. But I shouldn't need that for at least 2-3 weeks.
Now, that should keep the basement secure enough to keep zombies out or downstairs if they break in. Upstairs, the windows are all out of reach of anyone on the ground; zombies would have to be able to use ladders to get to me. However, there is a deck on the back of the house, with access to the kitchen through a door or a window. I would probably just smash the stairs up to the deck. Now I still have 2 ways in and out: the front door, which would be easy/convenient but can lure zombies who could conceivably break in. As I said before, that door would have some way of blocking it off (in addition to the window being covered and the deadbolt). There is also a HUGE tree in my neighbor's yard, and it reaches over the fence and over my deck. I can climb onto it to get next door to my neighbor's house. She's the town cop, so I'll have access to long-range radio communications, portable generators, and the all-important guns and ammo. Her property also has a huge privacy fence, so zombies would be less likely to try to invade there. I could make quick supply runs through the tree to her house, without any concerns of zombies following me back to my house.
After a few weeks, though, groceries would definitely be a problem. Armed police squad car, sports car, truck, plus my Intrepid and our Hybrid, so I'd have plenty of vehicles to make grocery runs in eventually. Restaurant 2 blocks away; if I run I could make it in under a minute, with a car I'd be there in 10 seconds. But I shouldn't need that for at least 2-3 weeks.
well there is a lot of entrances in my house but there is also a lot of large furniture.
I also have a shed 10 seconds away that has nails, hammers, lawnmower ect ect ect
mostly it would be large wooden furniture blocking there glass doors, boards nailed on the metal doors, and me sitting in my attic only accessible by ladder (ladder not included meaning there is no way for them to get up there) with a BB gun and lots of canned food,
I also have a shed 10 seconds away that has nails, hammers, lawnmower ect ect ect
mostly it would be large wooden furniture blocking there glass doors, boards nailed on the metal doors, and me sitting in my attic only accessible by ladder (ladder not included meaning there is no way for them to get up there) with a BB gun and lots of canned food,
I'll just run my neighbor's annoying kid up the flagpole and watch in amusement as the zombies trample each other to death trying to get the treat on a stick. That or get out the stack of plywood and the screw gun and go nuts for 45 minutes and spend the rest of the time hauling dirt to my roof, because who knows how long I'll be there and I might want to eat something. And if all else fails I have a large four wheel drive truck in the garage I can weld wire mesh over the windows on and romp around through the sea of undead like a bulldozer through a mosh-pit.
Zombies tend to be very stupid, at least if the movies are to be believed, and would likely get bored with a giant box that has no apparent openings rather quickly.
Zombies tend to be very stupid, at least if the movies are to be believed, and would likely get bored with a giant box that has no apparent openings rather quickly.
