Do you have a zombie plan? [realistically]
After reading the shotgun zombie thread, i had an hankering to start this up.
"Why do I need a Zombie Plan? That shit's not ever going to happen!" Is what I hear a lot. The Beauty of having a Zombie Plan is not to prepare only against a Zombie invasion, but to prepare against any disaster where wide spread anarchy dominates and normal commerce ends. i.e. nuclear holocoust, plague, alien invasion or robots hostile takeover.
Alot of Zombie Enthusiests, from what I gather, know that the real danger isn't really the zombies. It's your fellow man. Despairation, fear and self preservation will almost always make any person into the greatest threat.
You can barricade yourself, you can arm yourself and you can make it impossible for a (dumb) zombie getting to you; but can you always defend your self from your fellow man with fully functioning higher cognition?
Remember, when making a plan for an unknown event you will probally want to prepare for the worst. Assume the worst. Smart, fast, strong zombies. How smart? lets assume they can use door knobs, elevators and can figure out if the doors, windows are too well barricaded that the walls of the general modern home are very cheaply made and can probally come down with lots of well placed, strong kicks.
What I'd like to see here... keep it realistic, but this is really jsut for fun.
What's your weapon of choice? I know it's been discussed in the shotgun thread, but lets keep it realistic. What would you be able to get access to in your current situation? Keep in mind, other people will probally be thinking the same thing you are and you will be competing against your fellow man for any type of weapon that are sold in stores. Guns need ammunition and melee weapons need your energy to use.
What's your bodily protection? Everyone immediately talks about their weapons, but what do you do to protect yourself. Weapons of every sort have a chance to produce a splatter of blood regardless of the zombie having a pumping heart or not. Would you want to wear a mask to protect your orfices? Would leather overwear help prevent bites?
Where would you barricade yourself? basement, 1st or 2nd lvl of a house, a business location?
Would you want to move yourself once in a while? After food, munitions run out or if there's a sudden influx of people/zombies/raiders. What type of area would you go to? Populated, non-populated, big city, small city?
Big group of people or small group of people?
Ok, I've spent too much time on this. these are all suggestive topics to discuss. I'd like to see other people's plans, debates, etc.
go go go.