And how are you prepared for the coming Zombie Apocalypse?

[Jayhem]

I live only 84.19 miles from the CDC. So, I'll drive up to Yankeetown and ask for advice.

What if CDC staff are all zombies?

 

[broadbill]

Just think what we would be capable of if we spent as much time thinking/solving real world problems as we do imaginary (zombies) or low-probability (coroneal flares, SHTF scenarios, etc.).

 

[GrogNerd]

♫♪ I'd like to teach the world to sing ♫♪
♫♪ In perfect harmony ♫♪
♫♪ I'd like to hold it in my arms ♫♪
♫♪ And keep it company ♫♪

♫♪ I'd like to see the world for once ♫♪
♫♪ All standing hand in hand ♫♪
♫♪ And hear them echo through the hills ♫♪
♫♪ For peace throughout the land ♫♪

Kum-bah-yah is next!

 

[cheezydemon3]

♫♪ I'd like to teach people to fend off zombies ♫♪
♫♪ Knock them in the head ♫♪
♫♪ I'd like chop them into pieces ♫♪
♫♪ That's what I effing said ♫♪

♫♪ I'd like to see the world for once ♫♪
♫♪ All fragging walking dead ♫♪
♫♪ And hear shots echo through the hills ♫♪
♫♪ For peace throughout the land ♫♪

 

[broadbill]

♫♪ There ain't no thing as zombies♫♪
♫♪ but just a reason for rednecks to stockpile guns♫♪
♫♪ you need to stop reading so many comic books♫♪
♫♪ and try go talking to some girls♫♪

 

[Zuljin]

♫♪ There ain't no thing as zombies♫♪
♫♪ but just a reason for rednecks to stockpile guns♫♪
♫♪ you need to stop reading so many comic books♫♪
♫♪ and try go talking to some girls♫♪

Giiiiirrrrlllllsssss

 

[cheezydemon3]

♫♪ There ain't no thing as zombies♫♪
♫♪ but just a reason for rednecks to stockpile guns♫♪♫♪ you need to stop reading so many comic books♫♪
♫♪ and try go talking to some girls♫♪

Zombies and Aliens.

 

[Husher]

Giiiiirrrrlllllsssss

Yeah, I guess there are girls at comic conventions....

Seriously. I don't want to know about your big gun pile or your machetes. I was hoping to hear about how you would actually use your head to survive with what you have on hand if there was no infrastructure. Like that character in 21 days later. Some guy in a 20th floor apartment figured out how to get drinking water and farm some food on the roof in a city, and I believe used wine (or something) to build basic batteries so the radio would work. Stuff like that. The stuff DIY people brag about.

Mind you I appreciate the Zombie jokes too...

 

[cheezydemon3]

The problem with theoretical McGyver crap is that you don't know where you will be or what you will be left with until it happens.

I bet you $50 that the best prepared paranoid fruitloop with a concrete bunker and 20 years worth of water, solar generator, etc. will be at Wal mart when the outbreak occurs and will die immediately or be trapped in the cieling at wal mart with 2 other shoppers and a wal mart employee.

 

[GrogNerd]

i would make a nuclear reactor from just a soda can, a paper clip, a potato and some chewing gum

and I left a key component out of the list, for security reasons

 

[cheezydemon3]

i would make a nuclear reactor from just a soda can, a paper clip, a potato and some chewing gum

and I left a key component out of the list, for security reasons

I would make a zombie motion detector out of 3 blind mice, 2 tampons, and a cob of corn.

Failing that, I would fashion a helicopter out of 4 gallons of used shaving gel, 2 paperclips, and my own junk.

Now you know why I NEVER leave my house without 4 gallons of used shaving gel.

 

[GrogNerd]

I would make a zombie motion detector out of 3 blind mice, 2 tampons, and a cob of corn.

Failing that, I would fashion a helicopter out of 4 gallons of used shaving gel, 2 paperclips, and my own junk.

Now you know why I NEVER leave my house without 4 gallons of used shaving gel.

paperclips for the main and your junk for the tail rotor

 

[ACbrewer]

I bet you $50 that the best prepared paranoid fruitloop with a concrete bunker and 20 years worth of water, solar generator, etc. will be at Wal mart when the outbreak occurs and will die immediately or be trapped in the cieling at wal mart with 2 other shoppers and a wal mart employee.

Final episode of hill street blues (set in NYC), guy gets arrestedafter owning an arsonal (legally) that included dynomite (illegal). He feared some crazy thing (ZA, or just mass riots). Anyhow, he gets shot and dies while in holding. He might as well have been in walmart.

 

[Jayhem]

All signs and prophesies point toward a global end. Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo. It would be nice if the end was via a global Zombie Apocalypse instead of extreme climate change or nuclear war creating the end for humankind. Why? Well, zombies are a lot more fun then something you have no chance against.

Personally I think some level of preparedness should be on your mind. Even if not for an apocalypse for a financial system melt down. It happened less than 1 century ago and people were far more productive back then.

 

[GrogNerd]

Personally I think some level of preparedness should be on your mind. Even if not for an apocalypse for a financial system melt down. It happened less than 1 century ago and people were far more productive back then.

katrina and sandy should be enough of a warning for people to have some sort of basic preparedness

food and water for all in the house (don't forget your pets!) for at least 3 days in case you're stuck at home in the short-term

something in the car, in case you're stuck on the road

bug-out bag

prepping for the long-term is best, if that's your thing, and you can afford it

 

[ICWiener]

All signs and prophesies point toward a global end.

People have prophesized the end of the world since the beginning of time. I will now foretell the only prophecy that is guaranteed to come true....I shall be drunk by the setting of this evening's sun. Boom.

 

[cheezydemon3]

People have prophesized the end of the world since the beginning of time. I will now foretell the only prophecy that is guaranteed to come true....I shall be drunk by the setting of this evening's sun. Boom.

One simple one is the car battery charger (portable) like $100. It has USB and car charger outlets. It can charge my phone roughly 100 times, and can charge anything that has a car charger. You just have to keep it charged

 

[McBrewskie]

Water, food, fishing equipment, guns. Find a place to post up in the mountains. We could last a good long while.

 

[FireBrew63]

I already live in a rural area on 2.5 acres that is heavily wooded. We have a huge garden of heirloom vegetables that we can at harvest, over 100 chickens with a self sustaining flock, bee hives, medical equipment, and many rain barrels. Plenty of hunting and fishing equipment as well as home defense items. We have several alternative power sources. I recommend having books on natural medical treatments, homesteading, etc. We have a lot of family nearby and we have designated our house as the meeting point for emergencies. We don't view this as prepping, it's just how we grew up and live now. But if SHTF, we would survive and thrive just fine.

 

[IPAndy]

Ahh, the zombie apocalypse. This is one topic that, surprisingly, brings out a lot of good ideas (and some bad) with practical applications. Even if one doesn't experience the end of civilization via zombies (b/c SkyNet whiped us out first), the steps needed for preparation in the event of a major disaster are very simliar. Here's a few more thoughts to toss into the ring:

The Bug Out Bag (a.k.a. BOB) - just Google that and see what you come up with. Everything from water to MREs to hatchets to flares are on there. I say prep a BOB for each vehicle and an extra one in the house for more weapons (particularly ammo).

Be mobile - you know, as awesome as it would be to have a concrete bunker with 20 years of food, it's best to be at least somewhat mobile in the event your neighborhood gets overrun and you need to exfil pretty quick. Having a motorcycle isn't a bad idea since you can get away faster than if you had an F-150 or a Suburban. Hell, having a Malibu or a Fusion is better than the trucks (less space, yes, but much better gas mileage and better acceleration).

Don't rely on guns - zombies will move to the sound of loud noises, and in a full blown apocalypse, I doubt anyone will be making more bullets. Guns should be a last resort only. Blunt weapons like axes, baseball bats, shovels, and pieces of wood (2x4s can REALLY hurt) are preferable since you don't have to reload them.

Alliances - as in war, you'll have to fightbwith people you don't know, and possibly people you don't like. Get to know your neighbors, have rally points plotted, and be prepared to horse-trade if necessary.

And finally...

Beer - I think we can forget about this for the time being. Processed and canned foods are all that will be left until we can start farming again, though I think there will be SOME kind of fermentation going on (read: moonshine). Sure, the equipment will still be there (fermenters, hoses, burners, etc.) but the lack of ingredients will be a stumbling block. We can live off what we have until it runs out or decomposses, but we'll be very short on beer till someone starts a hop farm again.

Unfortunately, in my current position, I'd be screwed right now if it happened. I just started building pantry shelves in the basement and the new storage shelf in the garage, so I'm technically still in build mode. Beyond my Mossberg and some bottled water, I have a lot of catching up to do!

 

[CGVT]

I'm not too worried about it. I would probably be a zombie. The same as the rest of you bastards.

 

[russrob81]

For a zombie apocalypse I'd fashion large spikes to my mini roto tiller and swing away until eaten. When the aliens come ill worship them as gods. If a comet strikes 30 of the best beer I can find, a lawn chair and the best place to view the impact. I don't want to live in a mad max world. Way too lazy

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I'm not too worried about it. I would probably be a zombie. The same as the rest of you bastards.

this is true. we all have to come to terms that most of us will be zombies.

not me though. I have Belgian Dark Strong for blood. when I get up in the morning, I crap a Trappist yeast cake. the rest of you may be screwed.

 

[Jayhem]

Ok, this is the quiz to determine if you would die or survive the zombie apocalypse! It is pretty comprehensive.

http://zomboid.com/zombie/

I scored 77.2% (Better than average chance of survival)

 

[cheezydemon3]

You scored 79.9%.

Pretty effing subjective, but fun.

 

[Jayhem]

Pretty effing subjective, but fun.

Yea I believe it giving you positive credit for taking the "every man for himself" approach instead of wanting to make friends to band together for safety in numbers which is the approach I would use. If you are in a group and the Zombies overrun you....you only have to be faster than the slowest person in your group....

 

[broadbill]

Pretty effing subjective, but fun.

Its probably as subjective as any other survey about imaginary things...

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Its probably as subjective as any other survey about imaginary things...

imaginary? you'll get eaten while telling the zombie, "I don't believe in you." you better have 2L of Trippel just to be safe.

 

[BamaProud]

I think bunny crap is the fertalizer I read for hops... but who knows, ground human might work....

Sounds logical. A lot of people are full of crap anyway.

 

[Malted_hops]

76% chance of survival. I like those odds. :rockin: