Zombie Apocolypse - With a Twist.

[Coldster]

1. Grab clothes, food, water, a shovel or simlilar weapon, other supllies from my house and get in my parent's Cheverlet Traverse.
2. Go to nearest Metro (grocery store) and stock up. If it's too dangerous and/or all supplies are gone then drive away.
3. Assuming my parents and brother are dead, then grab my best friends and girlfriend. If my family is alive then screw my friends (although I will get my gf).
4. Move on to North Bay, Ontario. Raid nearby gas stations, food souces, and hardware stores.
5. Keep moving north to Temagami. It's a small hick town in Northern Ontario and it is a perfect spot to resupply all necessities (there is a fresh water spring, a giant warehouse that sells propane, and a grocery store).
6. A little farther north down a pebble road deep in the forest is my cottage. It is wooden, small, no electricity save for a huge solar generator and propane generator. There isn't any running water but there is a pump inside that gets water from the lake 30 meters away and filters it.
7. Set the place up for defense: get the guns out (I don't know what some of them are) 2 shotguns, a .22 caliber hunting rifle, another .32 hunting rifle, a .44 revover, a german walther, and a "saturday night special". Plenty of ammo for the shotguns and rifles but pistol ammo is scarce. Put the bars (meant for preventing bears from breaking in) on windows, make sure the 2 boats are fueled up just incase we have to escape to neighbours cottage.
8. Search our only neighbour's cottage (across the lake) and turn on his solar generators and keep some emergancy supplies in his fridge (can't keep everything in our own).
9. Try and set up contact to government via the radio broadcasting station in New Lisker and hope for rescue.

Hopefully, this setup will work out.

 

[Laser Priest]

By "with a twist" you mean "Straight out of The Zombie Survival Guide"?

But I'm a necromancer. The living dead are no problem to me.

 

[Azure Sky]

all right I did post on the previous one but since you're asking for a more in depth idea here we go...
I'm in fairly good shape as well so I'm basing my carry capacity around 100 pounds.
I already own the three guns I'd take with me and I do keep a fair bit of ammunition for all of them. A Cugir arms PSL, bayonette and 1000 meter scope, and 880 rounds (two spam cans worth), A Winchester model 12 pump action shotgun, 100 slug rounds, and a Taurus Raging bull, 250 454 rounds. This all should weigh in around 65 - 75 pounds.
I'd also bring about 20 more pounds of pasta for emergency food.
two rolls of tp cause when you've got to drop a duce you may as well be comfortable.

My first bet would be to hole up locally, either in a gun shop or in a house with really thick walls. Only engage targets when needed. kill local livestock for further sustainence. Band together with the other people I know with guns and stay alive for as long as possible.

Second bet, In salem county new jersey (about 50 miles from my home) there is an abondoned Radio bunker site (used during the war to maintain communication / survailence in the event of a serious bombing.) I've worked on this site before so I know the combos for the locks. It's rural and easy for me to access. Again banding together with my gun owning friends and survive on local livestock.

Probably the best gun-ho answer so far.
Two things though.

Pasta is crunchy. =3 Water supply?

Guns are loud, zombies are attracted to such.

 

[Randomorific]

If I have enough warning I can pick up my Dad who has a rifle and is a good shot, if not then my Weapons are:
A pair of garden shears - extendable to 3 feet(ish)- can easily be secured to my camping pack OR a large shovel
The largest knife I can find
Any reasonably long melee weapons I can find

Clothing - Old WWII gas mask courtesy of my local museum or my gran
Warm tracksuit bottoms/ jeans (swap which one i wear depending on conditions)
Shirt(s)
Warm jacket with detachable fleece - I use this for camping normally
Boxers and socks + spares
Hiking Boots
Hat + Gloves

Equipment:
Tent - small + light, it's just enough for me + my pack
Solar powered torch - reluctant to take wind up torch as it makes loads of noise
Wallet with money taken from my bank account - mostly notes - some loose change
Can opener + bowl + cutlery - all camping gear, small and lightweight
Swiss Army Knife
A coil of strong but lightweight rope

Aim 1: Find an evacuation point (if there are any), if not find better weapons

Aim 2: Shelter/ supplies: Leave my town, go somewhere less crowded, preferably a small hamlet, go to the safest spot in that town and make a loud noise to attract zombies in the town, kill them or run if there are too many, once all zombies are dead hunt the town for supplies and spend a day or two to rest. Rinse and repeat when any zombies from other areas come within sight.

Aim 3: Find other survivors and establish a small, secure community and eventually move onto a zombie cull.

 

[ultimateownage]

I have an old gasmask incase of it becoming airborn. There's a few surplus and military stores near me which I can get body armor and a few weapons from. Take a few of my stuff to the corner shop next to me which only has one entrance point and loads of long lasting food, and board up there.

 

[YouEatLard]

Ok, given the rules of the game and considering it happens right now as I type this:...
Third priority:
Plan for large scale controlled genocide of zombies. This will take weeks to plan and put together. Better start sooner than later. This will allow me move more freely once started but will be the most dangerous priority.

Good plan, only one problem - your plan about staying in town? Not a good idea. Why? Cholera. As well as other diseases. Despite the fact that the zombies apparently won't decay, there WILL be a large number of corpses in urbanised areas, which will create a lot of disease and plague which will most likely kill you in the most horrid way possible.

As for me? Well, I'm a student who lives in tightly-packed student accommodation where blood, saliva, etc, will spread extremely quickly.

I live in the middle of one of the most urbanised areas in England.

I have pretty much no useful weapons or protection other than some juggling knives.

I have not read ANY zombie survival guides, because I reckon there won't be a zombie apocalypse in the first place.

Yeah, I'm just gona lay down and accept my new post-mortem fun times Hopefully it'll be something like this...

Understood and agreed.
Whether I leave or stay this will be a concern. People will be flocking to sub-urban and rural areas. Have an idea of where to go? Others will know it and try it.

Disease control will be the biggest issue I'll have with water. Water loss due to cleanliness will be a necessary evil. The gas mask will be plenty for filtering biological threats for a while. Beyond this, my third priority will be dealing with the dead... or the re-dead. Fire is cleansing. I have maps which will help in looking for fire breaks. I'll have to find construction equipment to help with this. Of course this will be a major load on fuel, but another necessary evil.

Ooooh, I forgot Priority 4. Priority 4 is to find a tank. It doesn't have to be an army tank. There will be levels of tanks. Box truck or F350 4X4 dually will probably be the first. Second will hopefully be an RV. After that, one of the 30-60 ton tugs (Yukes) they use to tow aircraft with. These things come with inch or two thick plating for weight, but are good for brute force as well. Ofcourse, a real tank would be great, but it'll be at least a week or two before bases are over run. I'll have to edit my first post.

 

[kenji8055]

I suppose that ideally I'd go with a lightsaber. Something light, easy to use and would burn as well as slice so as to avoid being infected from blood spraying from attacks.


Before you being screaming (but lightsabers don't exist dumbass) allow me to explain via a youtube video

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9aJfXl7frdQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Granted strictly this is a plasma cutter but the technology does exist. Hell you can use water to cut steel if you can get the pressure high enough

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rXb0JUtayGE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Just saying, the tech is out there. Provide some cash to fund a project and you could have a zombie killing super machine powered by nature ^_^

 

[kenji8055]

I suppose that ideally I'd go with a lightsaber. Something light, easy to use and would burn as well as slice so as to avoid being infected from blood spraying from attacks.


Before you being screaming (but lightsabers don't exist dumbass) allow me to explain via a youtube video

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9aJfXl7frdQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Granted strictly this is a plasma cutter but the technology does exist. Hell you can use water to cut steel if you can get the pressure high enough

<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rXb0JUtayGE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>

Just saying, the tech is out there. Provide some cash to fund a project and you could have a zombie killing super machine powered by nature ^_^

 

[The SettingSun]

Sensitive to noise? I'd grab a load of knives and my electric guitar (leads and pick included). Quickly run to a few friends houses and then peg it to my guitar teachers house cos I know he has massive amps. We'd hole up into a room and have play the guitar conitously and hope that the sound attracts a rescue helicopter.

 

[loc978]

Oh good. An elaboration on the post I made in the other thread:

This [http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/loc978/Photos/DSC01160.jpg], this [http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/loc978/Photos/DSC01162.jpg], and this [http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n182/loc978/Photos/0603081544.jpg]. All within easy reach right now.

...on top of that would be my bug-out bag. It's a fair sized rucksack with two 1qt canteens (so, a little under 2L of water), 6 MREs, a change of outerwear and several changes of underwear, 200 rounds (4 unopened boxes) of .45ACP, 100 shells of 12gauge buckshot (5 unopened boxes), some gun oil, a small cleaning kit and a few rags. It's actually a little lighter than the ruck I used to carry on active duty. I'd take that to my local national guard base. Hopefully they'd be in a state of emergency and taking experienced volunteers.
(I'm about 30 miles from the nearest urban area, by the way... and a little better than 10 miles out from the nearest suburb)

If they were in a state of disarray, I'd just steal one of their 5-ton trucks, chuck all the supplies i could find into it (more MREs, water, blankets, et cetera) and head for the mountains via country roads (If I knew I had time, I'd also take the truck home first and get the rest of my arsenal, ammo and camping gear). Hopefully I'd be able to steal supplies from convenience stores and gas stations along the way... and hopefully I'd be able to operate the pumps at said gas stations to refill my big ol' diesel hog. If not, that's why I rode my bicycle to the Guard base and threw it in the truck with the rest of the supplies.

Oh, and my destination is a ski lodge on the summit of a nearby(ish) mountain. Another place I hope already has active survivors to join up with. Hopefully we (or just I) would be able to raid nearby towns for more food supplies and diesel... and we'd(I'd) be able to utilize the place's solar panels and greenhouse rooms to keep ourselves (myself) warm and fed for a few months at least... after that, if there's no rescue forthcoming (I'd be keeping tabs on TV and radio broadcasts), I'd take my truck and anyone who wanted to come with me and head northeast into rural Washington. Hopefully the estate I've had my eyes on for being a fair-sized subsistence farm with 10-foot wrought-iron fencing is available...

 

[Roland07]

I live in Florida, and my current zombie plan is to use the standardized architecture of all Walgreens (not including those in shopping centers) to my advantage. They all have ladders leading to the roof in the back room, so I can hold out up there for a few days running down for food when I need it. I'll wait until there's less pandemonium and the zombies are in a more-or-less predictable pattern, then I'll move out to the river near my house. I easily find a small boat or canoe on one of the docks, which I will use to follow the river down to my local marina. They have keys to the rental-boats on premise, I'll grab one, and siphon the gas out of all the others, and grab all the fishing gear I can. Then I'll sail south to the Florida keys where there are islands with no bridges, connected to them in very low population zones (wildlife preserves ftw). I'll fish for food and live happily as a hermit until the zombies or I die. There's only one road in and out of the Florida Keys too, so I easily monitor human/zombie traffic. Water will be a problem, but I can make do by distilling sea water. Its surprisingly simple on a small scale, and I can keep it going perpetually, which will probably be enough, especially when supplemented with rain water. Things I'd like to add to my plan is a stop by a garden store, so I can get a bunch of edible plants to grow, (although island soil sucks) and a reliable source of ammo, in case I ever run out, so I can hunt as well as fish. As for weaponry I am lucky enough to have a fairly serious hunter in my house, and therefore more than sufficient weaponry, especially for the slow type of zombie. My preferred loadout would be a machete (partially for clearing brush on my island), a semi-automatic hand gun, and a Mosin Nagat bolt action rifle with detachable scope and extended mag, all of which I own. Since I'll be travelling almost exclusively by boat as well, I may be able to take more guns than I usually would. All in all I'd say I have about two duffel bags worth of weaponry, which I couldn't freight around on my back, but could manage to get to a boat with relative ease.

One more thing to add is that most houses in Florida are made to withstand hurricanes, which means emergency supplies, generators, and houses designed to be boarded up are common. I can't rely on that, but it's good to know I live in an area where most houses can be entirely boarded up within about 30 minutes, with plenty of emergency supplies to boot.

 

[whitewolf35]

Get access to a bunch of melee weapons (swords, knifes, wood axes etc.), several guns that can be strapped to limbs, slow-burning firecrackers for distraction, and hole myself up in a supermarket or convience store for food, water and any other supplies already present for me.

 

[Oneirius]

Holy shit, am I supposed to be feeling afraid that apperantly everybody on the Escapist is a huge survival nut with a veritable arsenal in their house?
I live in Israel! One of our country's selling points is "Everybody is a Soldier", and it seems like I have less weapons in my house than your cat has in it's litterbox. (My only hopes are either that will somehow get fucked up by the desert weather, or driving to Jerusalem hoping for divine protection)
Do you represent a sizable percent of the American population?

 

[The_Fezz]

I would tape two axes and a sledgehammer together...

And then hide in a skip full of rusty needles because I am a massive coward.

That or start head to the countryside with barbed wire in the neighbour's camper van, comandeer what used to be Grandparent's farm until some git bought it off them and place barbed wire around it.

They've got enough sheep to keep me in food for months.

Unless they're now zombie sheep in which case I'll go with plan A.

 

[Lord Devius]

snipsnip

[sub]This is assuming my pets are already lost to me, because those little bastards would start barking at any noises outside the house and kill us all. For the sake of this being more likely to work, my parents are also out of town, or not home when the infection hits.[/sub]

My town has a population of 5000, 6000 at most. That means it'll likely be less than 10 survivors, and if I get to be a survivor, I know at least one family that will be prepared for this shitstorm. My first goal should be to get to their house.

...Finally, being a con-goer has some benefits. Grab the gas mask I was going to use for a costume, cut off this ridiculous bunch of hair I have, make sure gas mask fits properly. Turn off all electronic devices, cover windows (making sure there's a lookout spot on each end of the house).

If it's early enough in the outbreak, there shouldn't be any zombies in my back yard. Make sure there isn't, sneak out and get some tools and all the scrap metal I can carry from my back deck. Draft some designs for a naginata [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naginata], making sure the metal I brought is sturdy enough to function as a blade when cut/welded properly. Make a naginata, trying to keep the noise to a minimum.

Gear up with gas mask, make sure to put on multiple shirts and thick jeans, then cover it all with leather. Shoes are standard cheap athletic stuff. Pack backpack with hard drives from desktop, and my laptop. Make sure my water bottle is full, stick that in my backpack. Bring two small rechargeable flashlights, and the flashlight charging station I have. Pack as much non-perishable food into the remaining space in my backpack as possible.

There are zombies outside by now, and night has fallen. Put backpack on, make sure I have my asthma medication (don't ever forget that. don't want zombies to hear my wheezing.), and slowly move outside, avoiding the creaky spots of my front porch. Even if the entire population of my street were standing outside my door, that's only about 15 zombies. If necessary, climb over fence into next-door neighbor's yard, then walk (or run, if they know of me) up my street, one street over, a couple houses down, and I've found my sanctuary. If I encounter any zombies that I can't run/sneak past, decapitate with the naginata and continue on.

They're gun fanatics, they love zombie movies, and their son is one of my good friends. At least three of them are military-trained, and they have a room filled with ammunition, knives, and stuff that we could make explosives out of. I think we can take on our town, at least.

 

[Zorg Machine]

Dude, slow zombies are boring. My weapon would be a pair of comfortable walking shoes.

Imagine that you are facing 50 or more zombies.

Easy as cake, I'll just speedwalk away from them.
(after a few hours) I think I'll set up camp and sleep for a while
(some point in the night) what's that sound...OH SHIT! (runs away from zombies following you)

copy paste over a week and add other zombies in front of you that you have to avoid or risk having a bigger group following you. You wil be left an emotional wreak and eventually make a misstake or get cornered while staying in a "safe"house.

oh wait, you're in an urban area where you have truly secure places? this means that the ability of you walking around safely is dependent on luck as a single zombie spotting you will alert hundreds of ghouls to your presence and even if you get back to your safehouse, you won't be able to get out again to get provisions.

/end "zombies will rape the universe speech"

when anyone says zombie I assume that they mean the solanum kind.
full zombie plan: as soon as outbreak is confirmed, get all the axes and stuf from the shed and stock up on food (we have a private well).
I live in a secluded area by a relatively small town so the only real threat comes from people and zombie hordes wandering from bigger cities.
once first objectives are complete, go to the nearby shooting range and steal/buy guns (presuming this is before I get my weapon license in a year)

third objective, ready plan B and C. Plan B is in case of a prolonged situation and consists of moving into the nearby (hopefully abandoned) prison as it is the safest thing I can get my hands on.
plan C is in case shit hits the fan and consists of running to my boat (the water, prison and shooting range are all within short walking distance btw) and driving of to find a safer place.

fourth objective, go over to a friend on the other side of town and grab his substantial selection of medieval weaponry (the mans basement could be a small museum)

fith and final objective, in case things REALLY goes shit side up, occupy the local medieval castle. due to the immense risk this is fith objective.

 

[fatmrbunko]

get a crap tonne of vegetable seeds and any animals i can get hold off. find an empty building high up disable any and all stairwells and place metal sheeting on roof where i will plant vegetables for rain and sun whilst keeping animals on roof for sustainable living until help arrives or the zombies starve in god knows how long

alternatively do same thing to my house with roof leaving my room and roofing above untouched- unfortunately this means no animals or meat as zombies will hear

 

[Nickompoop]

I'd hole myself up in a Costco with a baseball bat. Why Costco? They have backup generators (which I can build a wall around to prevent zombies) and I can fuel the generator with gas from the Costco gas station. Assuming there's gas left, of course.
Also, let's examine what Costco sells: mattresses, food, gas barbecues, flashlights, some camping gear, knives, batteries; you name it, Costco has it. Except guns, and that sucks.

 

[Azure Sky]

I guess it's about time to throw my own into the mix.

Weapons:
.50 AE Desert Eagle, half a dozen/a dozen boxes of ammo with manually modified tips. (Which hold about 24 each?)
-Very big, very loud, will make exit points the size of a melon (With the modified/filed dimple in the top, causing it to explode/split on impact.)
-Last resort only/dire situation that requires range. Hence not much ammo.
(Note: I know such ammo modification is dangerous, but I don't know if that type of ammo naturally comes in .50 AE)

6-foot Staff.
-If you are not planning on staying in the one place, killing every zombie you meet is probably going to be a profound waste of energy as well as time, I mean the last thing you want to happen is the noise of you killing one to attract any that are nearby.
-Quietly push them over as you move, if you can get away with knocking them down they will take a few moments to get back up, letting you continue unhindered. With luck, the noise of the zombie might make other zombies take interest in it rather than you.

Katana
-As cliche and overused as it is, the high density, length and weight makes it perfect for the main thing I would use it for: Decapitating zombies.
(Before anyone pipes up, bone density of the upper spine is quite thin. Even if you hit the thickest point it is still hollow to allow the spinal cord through. it would leave no more ware on the blade than say... An inch thick branch?)

Clothing
A decent jacket with reasonable coverage.
Decent pants that extend past the ankle. Probably denim.
Boots. Steelcap.
Gloves. Probably some form of thin but dense work gloves. Waterproof
Headgear. Most likely fashioned out of helmet of some form, goggles/skimask and a protective mask to cover any remaining exposed skin.
Duct-Tape. All exterior clothing is coated in 3~ layers of duct tape to provide blood-splash proofing as well as rendering it highly resistant to tears not to mention bite punctures.

Other
Pack of some form containing plenty of water, a little bit of food, first aid kit, map, compass, a multitool, a lighter and a knife.
Also several spare rolls of duct tape.

Strategy
Lay low until any chaos subsides, panicking humans are unpredictable and dangerous.
After about 2-4 days head out to assess the damage and to see if anything worth salvaging is in an accessible location.
Travel through semi populated locations on foot, allows for greater opportunity for finding supplies as well as stronger shelter.
Continue as above until rescue arrives, a self sustaining human pocket is found, or until the zombies get the better of me.

=3

 

[Roland07]

Holy shit, am I supposed to be feeling afraid that apperantly everybody on the Escapist is a huge survival nut with a veritable arsenal in their house?
I live in Israel! One of our country's selling points is "Everybody is a Soldier", and it seems like I have less weapons in my house than your cat has in it's litterbox. (My only hopes are either that will somehow get fucked up by the desert weather, or driving to Jerusalem hoping for divine protection)
Do you represent a sizable percent of the American population?

Gun ownership in the United States. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/interactives/guns/ownership.html]

According to that about 1/3 of American homes have guns, so we're not exactly armed to the teeth, but a good amount of people at least have some self defense gun. Adult gamers may actually own a disproportionate amount of guns because we were raised on shooters, and firmly believe guns make you cooler.

Coincidently, about as many people people are obese [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States#Prevalence_by_state] as own guns, so that ought to balance out the average survival rate for Americans.