WWZ: What is your zombie apocalypse contingency plan?

[Philip]

@Curt- After listening to Lucifer's Hammer I was ready to stock up on canned goods and ammo myself, not to mention the hurricanes we get on the gulf coast.

[Peter Freeman]

I HAVE read the Zombie Survival Guide. It's a fantastic book. I'd definitely say the most important thing to prepare for a zombie attack would be physical fitness. If you can't outrun them then what's the point?

[Stan]

"What is your zombie apocalypse contingency plan?"

I will be sure to surround myself with very slow people.

[Mike]

Stan wrote: ""What is your zombie apocalypse contingency plan?"

I will be sure to surround myself with very slow people."

Ha, reminds me of an old joke:

Two campers are walking through the woods when a huge brown bear suddenly appears in the clearing about 50 feet in front of them.

The bear sees the campers and begins to head toward them. The first guys drops his backpack, digs out a pair of sneakers, and frantically begins to put them on.

The second guys says, “What are you doing? Sneakers won’t help you outrun that bear.” “I don’t need to outrun the bear,” the first guy says. “I just need to outrun you.”

[Kentos]

Quislings and ferals both seem to be compelling career choices.

[Steven]

I really find the debacle of guns and ammo a huge one. For one thing, guns are going to need maintenance, and also, it is really hard to know what guns to bring. Do you want long range so that there is no chance or getting infected yourself, but a worse chance or one shot, one kill? Do you want shotguns so that you are almost sure to hit and kill whatever you are aiming in the general direction of? Or do you want to have melee weapons so that ammo is not a problem. Ammo is a problem because you have no way to reload your own, and you can not carry around an infinite supply. Transportation is a big thing. As far as I am concerned, a willys that is converted to take natural oils, or better yet, zombie blood, with a large cutting device on the front would probably be optimal because it is practically indestructible and it is rather easy to fix. Personally, I am more worried about a natural disaster or a nuclear war, but zombies are a heck of a lot more fun to think about.

[Jlawrence, S&L Moderator]

When the brain-munching apocalypse comes down, I think I'll be an annoying panicker who gets eaten pretty quickly. Travel across rooftops seems like a good tactic for exiting an urban area, but I need to get into better shape before I can do good doomsday parkour.

World War Z (and this thread) made me realize how unprepared I am for catastrophes in general. I live in San Francisco, for goodness sake, where the ground has a high likelihood of shaking us around in a big way sometime in the future. I've been meaning to buy an emergency survival kit for years, and now I'm finally ordering one!

Let's hope civilization stays together long enough for the kit to arrive, at least, and that the UPS deliverer doesn't have an unhealthy grey-ish green pallor...

[Anton Strout]

You know, I thought I was pretty prepped for the coming ZA, BUT!

I'm not, and this came as a surprise to me. I've always done well on the online preparation surveys and memes... hell, I have four books in my series where agents in Manhattan have to pass a Shamblers & Shufflers seminar. I consider myself ready.

But then my 40th birthday happen and it was zombie themed. Everyone there knew about it but me. As I walked into the room, the crowd was all turned away from me, and like in the Thriller video, they all turned towards me at one, all in zombie make up.

And my brain couldn't process it. Someone even caught the perfect picture of the moment and I just look frozen with disbelief and THAT was the moment I realized that would have been my undoing. That was the moment they would have descended upon me, and even though I had a (fake) cleaver on me, I probably wouldn't have gotten a swing in. I'll tag the photo on Facebook if you want to see what a man looks like (stunned) right before his brains become a batch of yummy goodness for the zombie horde.

[aldenoneil]

Anton wrote: "You know, I thought I was pretty prepped for the coming ZA, BUT!

I'm not, and this came as a surprise to me. I've always done well on the online preparation surveys and memes... hell, I have four..."

That is a great story. I'm reminded of dreams where I'm confronting a man with a gun or whatnot, and I panic. We can all talk tough, but after your gym teacher's corpse has tried to eat your face, I can't imagine having the sense to make any sort of plan. That said, I'd go with a shotgun.

[Eric]

I'd stay well clear of stores after day one.

Any time I see a good old boy zombie wandering around outside his farm you know he's got like 5 guns in there. Seeing as how I'm already a crack shot with my shotgun I'd just keep an eye open for 12 gauge shells.

I'd definitely be wearing a leather jacket, gloves, denim jeans, steel toed boots anything tough to bite through, even my motorcycle helmet probably. I might drill some ear holes in it so I could hear better. If I came across one I might pick up one of those motorcycle jackets with the armor in it. Heck I might even break into a museum or police station and steal some pieces of real armor or riot gear.

I live near Amish country so if I could manage to get in good with a few of those fellows many of my long term problems would be solved. I just wonder does their extreme pacifism extend to the walking dead?

After I raided the good old boys, armored up, stole myself a truck with the biggest wheels I could find (they are a dime a dozen around here), tried to pick up a few amish... I'd probably dig out my atlas and try to pick a small island to destroy the bridges on and try to clear all the zombies from. Hmm better be looking for dynamite or black powder as I go. :)

[Anton Strout]

I think the true point of it all is to enjoy the ride. No one survives, but man, the fun chaos that will erupt as society collapses and you get to take down all those pesky neighbors who are now shambling towards you.

aldenoneil wrote: "Anton wrote: "You know, I thought I was pretty prepped for the coming ZA, BUT!

I'm not, and this came as a surprise to me. I've always done well on the online preparation surveys and memes... hel..."

[Anton Strout]

I think the true point of it all is to enjoy the ride. No one survives, but man, the fun chaos that will erupt as society collapses and you get to take down all those pesky neighbors who are now shambling towards you.

aldenoneil wrote: "Anton wrote: "You know, I thought I was pretty prepped for the coming ZA, BUT!

I'm not, and this came as a surprise to me. I've always done well on the online preparation surveys and memes... hel..."

[Andre]

When the zombie apocalypse first hits, its actually the non-zombies that will probably be the biggest danger. People will panic like crazy. Any good contingency plan will first have to ride-out the public non-zombie panic.

Some people may do even worse things than zombies do when faced with the terror.

[Brett]

Run!

[Eric]

B. wrote: "Run!"

Don't forget to panic.

A good panic should involve saying a prayer for the USA, putting on good running shoes, and heading in any direction that feels right to you. If you must scream then do it! Just remember to save some of that energy for crying and if necessary wetting your pants. There is no shame in a panic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWaKcv...