Survival!
So I was wondering what you guys would do in a Walking Dead type of universe.
So heres my plan A.
I live in Houston so I'm basically fuc*ed since nobody in this city knows how to drive, however if I was able to make it out of town I would go to this tourist attraction called Kemah which has boats docked all around it. Problem is i'd need somebody that knows how to run the boat. BUt if the plan was perfect I would get me a house boat and live the rest of my days in the water living off fish. But that just means I would probably die of dehydration.
Plan B:
I would find a nice little country town and take by force a house similar to Hershels or the St. Johns. But what I would do is over time I would fortify around the house with bricks. But the problem with that is that would just make them cluster around the house making it dangerous when you gotta get in and out to get supplies.
Plan C:
Similar to plan B but instead of living in the house I would have A big ass tree house, or several tree house that you can get to easily without ever having to touch the ground. Then just hunt for animals and find a lake or pond nearby.
So heres my plan A.
I live in Houston so I'm basically fuc*ed since nobody in this city knows how to drive, however if I was able to make it out of town I would go to this tourist attraction called Kemah which has boats docked all around it. Problem is i'd need somebody that knows how to run the boat. BUt if the plan was perfect I would get me a house boat and live the rest of my days in the water living off fish. But that just means I would probably die of dehydration.
Plan B:
I would find a nice little country town and take by force a house similar to Hershels or the St. Johns. But what I would do is over time I would fortify around the house with bricks. But the problem with that is that would just make them cluster around the house making it dangerous when you gotta get in and out to get supplies.
Plan C:
Similar to plan B but instead of living in the house I would have A big ass tree house, or several tree house that you can get to easily without ever having to touch the ground. Then just hunt for animals and find a lake or pond nearby.
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Are there actually any close by islands you think you could realistically reach near you? (If so badass plan.)
Also I think the generators themselves would make enough noise to where you wouldn't really need the amplifiers. Pretty cool plan though.
Within a 30 minute drive so fairly close
I think the army failed because they weren't aware that you have to destroy the brain. it's the only way it makes sense. But yeah I still doubt the army would fail
If its an island you can drive to that kind of defeats the whole purpose of it being an island. Plus I can see that becoming a war zone between people which leads to dead people which leads to zombies.
You could find a way to blow up the bridge but that would take some serious effort.
No i mean its a 30 minute drive to the harbour and then the island is a few miles offshore,its completely surrounded by sea.
1: Grab a backpack. Any storage items are needed to travel.
2: Grab a weapon. In my case, the best weapon for me would be an axe in my garage.
3: Grab food and medical supplies. You know why you need these.
4: Fill every water bottle you find with tap water. You'll need this.
5: Get building supplies. You may take over a shop or convenience store later.
6: Grab a physical copy of TWD. People of the future MUST play this game.
7: Head out. Your house will not withstand forever, and people WILL come to loot it. Make sure you've gotten everything of survival value.
8: Stay low and sneaky. Don't trust people. Zombies are attracted to noise. Do NOT run. You will attract attention to yourself.
9: Find a temporary shelter. At the end of the day, you will need a temporary shelter. Be sure you are ready for the cold night.
PRO TIP: Be sure to get clothes that will protect you from bites. Do not let a simple bite get in the way of you. Wear long sleeve shirts, long jeans, cover your face with a mask, and do0 not wear clothes that will distingush yourself to the outside world. Camouflage.
10: Continue to survive. May make more tips later. c:
Grab a siphon. Most likely, you have a car. If you can siphon gas out of other people's cars, or in gas stations, then you're set to go.
Then, be prepared to mod your car for bullet-proof glass and other various mods, and be ready to live in it.
If you can grow crops on the island and have a few big successful supply runs on the mainland you could live on the island for a long time before you need to go back to mainland for supplies. Depends on how much people you have on the island though I guess.
I live in the capital of my country, which is still small, a city with just under a million inhabitants. So I imagine it wouldn't be as bad as in the major metropolises. My house is in a small neighborhood on a rather large hill, so there wouldn't be many zombies in the local area. However it is in close proximity to three major malls and the center of the city. Just far enough to be off the grid, but close enough to present many opportunities to scavenge. So I reckon I'd hold out in my house as long as I can, team up with my neighbours maybe.
Once that fails, like maybe scavenging gets too dangerous, or the neighbourhood gets overrun, I'd grab my car, stuff it with as much food and supplies as I can (have left) and haul ass to my family's secluded lakehouse far out of the city and deep in the woods. With barely any human presence around it I very much doubt there would be any walkers around and the very few that might be would be easy to take care of. We already grow fruits and vegetables there, with some effort I could add crops to it, and that takes care of the food issue. Plus, the forest's full of things to eat. And as long as I can siphon enough gas, I can make regular trips to the small towns/villages up close to scavenge for supplies and maybe some tail?
Yeah, as long as I don't do something profoundly stupid, I reckon I'd be pretty fine.
My parents house is very large, it used to be my grandpa's, it used to be a supermarket, and when he got out of business he split the house into 2 for 2 families to live in, my grandpa's daughter and son, one being my mom, the other my uncle. So we would just break down the walls and make it 1 big house, so 2 families can protect eachother more easily. Gates protecting the place, they will need to get fortified and all, but it is naturally allready pretty defendable. So i would bring everything from my house to theirs, bunker up.
My dad isnt a smith or anything, but he's pretty handy and with the scrap metal he has around our house (he's not a hoarder, but he keeps way too much shit around), he can make us some metal protection for our arms first to prevent getting bitten easily. And maybe full suits of armor would also be nice. Since we can't really get acces to guns we will have to resort to close combat, so we will need as much protection as possible. We might be slow, but we will be inpenetrable.
Also, 2 guard dogs, but they might be more of a burden then an addition, they can be trained to be killers, although dogs don't usually go for the brains... It can still be trained, but if they bite a zombie, will they get infected? And how useful are dogs against zombies? My guess would be not very...
So yeah, basically got a great place to hole up in, guns will be a near impossibility in our country, so that may pose a problem, other then that we will be fine.
Edit: My folks also have a greenhouse, so it will be a nice place to farm some food.
Although, I'd likely just stay home. Seems easiest. Any walker who could negotiate my ridiculously steep driveway and rickety steps up to the house deserves a meal I say.
The St. John's electric fence has nothing on that. At least your defenses work in the rain. Hell, they'd probably work better in the rain.
Kind of the same here.
I'm an hour away from any major city,(by car, of course) in the middle of a desert.
I'll be mostly fine. The only enemy will be other people which aren't plentiful and the heat. Some zombies, too, but not much. Well... I can't trust my survival skills, but I'm not sure how long I'd last.
Probably no more than a week or even a day.
Okay,back on topic so I live in a small-medium sized town,and I live on the outskirts,I would gather everything up and me and my family would head out into the countryside and check out nearby farms and see if they will let us rest the night,then in the morning I would like to try and head into small villages to raid them for supplies,and I would also hope to find a friendly group along the way who we could join up with.
Though until then I would keep raiding small villages and farms if the inhabitants are deceased or zombies,when and if I found a group I would likely let someone else lead,unless we form a democracy,as I don't think I am good leader material.
Also,I live in Scotland where we have a bunch of islands to flee to,so if I can somehow even get to one that is inhabited for example Skye,I am sure it would be a good place to scavenge.
To be honest though I never really thought this through,I am really tired right now,I may come up with a real better plan later on today after a good long rest,so basically sorry for the shi**y survival plan.
Good idea. I'll get my fishing gear.
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Given the literal butthurt I received last week going to the letterbox after a downpour, I'm going to say yes.