The Inevitable Zombie Apocalypse!

i read some people questioning about why zombies bite once then leave, yet will occasionally stay for the whole meal.  

this is dependant on the stage at which the zombies decomposition has reached. in the initial and most mobile stages of a zombies “life” span, they will carry out their main function, which is to spread their virus. which is done by biting living humans. if you were to infect a human and then eat all of them… well, the virus just wouldnt spread. so they only take one bite because that’s all they need.

the second part of this, where they eat all or alot of the body, comes once the body starts to decay badly. the body realises it needs to find a way to ‘heal’ (zombies dont know they cant) to do this they need energy. we humans get our energy by eating (food is fuel!) and so zombies will begin to actually ‘eat’ a person rather than infect, in an attempt to extend it’s own “lifespan” (survival instinct y’know) and stop itself from decaying. hope it helps everyone!

The zombies aren’t just going to up and leave, right? One of your main goals should be finding a place to hole up that can be easily defended, has ample supplies, and is large enough to keep everybody in your group from going stir crazy.

When it all comes down, I’m going to make my way not to a store, not to a mall, not to a house in the hills, but…

A Wal-Mart DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

Eff Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger. That’s where everybody else is going to go. But consider the distribution centers of any of these stores and you will find a goldmine.

The benefits:

1. It’s surrounded by a gigantic fence with razor wire. Yes, it’s not sturdy enough to keep out a horde of zombies, but this can be shored up with:

2. There are a couple of hundred storage containers lying around outside of it. In the coming days/months/years these can be used for a million different things. Building a wall. Building a maze. Sleeping compartments as your community of survivors grows. Traps. The possibilities are endless.

3. It is entirely easy to shut down to the outside. Huge metal bay doors, solid metal regular doors. This thing can be sealed up easily like a giant metal burrito.

4. It has power. There is a generator in that badboy. This can power:

5. Security cameras. Refrigeration. Lights. It can charge up walkie-talkies.

6. FOOD AND WATER. Oh, did I mention that it’s a distribution center? It’s loaded with food for the entire region. Gallons of water, bottles of it. All clean and uninfected. Canned food, dried food. refrigerated and frozen food (which should be eaten first, of course. It’ll go bad eventually.)

7. Medicine. Wal-Mart also supplies their pharmacy departments. Plenty of meds. This will be incredibly valuable as time goes on.

8. Guns. Oh, remember sporting goods? Yeah, they have shotguns, rifles, scopes, and a load of ammo.

9. Plants, automotive dept and a gigantic roof. Ah, the gardening department. What better place than a huge warehouse roof to set up a sustainable garden? Use tarps from the automotives to create greywater collection systems and you’re in business.

10. Comforts. Everybody has a bed. Everybody has blankets. Everyone has toys. These things keep people from going insane and it’s well worth not underestimating their value.

11. The roof. What an excellent place to stage a million actions. Keep armed guards up there at all times, in all directions. Keep spotters with them with binoculars. This can help you spot large groups of zombies or groups of desperate survivors.

12. Helping survivors. This is where the storage units I talked about earlier earn their keep some more. When new people come in, it is important to keep zombies or infected OUT. Use these crates as zombie-proof quarantine rooms before they are allowed into your community. After a few days you can rule out who has been bitten and who is clean. Additionally, some of your party may want to leave “care packages” for other survivors out there. Leave them with large signs near, so that they are easy for humans to find. Don’t worry about zombies finding them too, they can’t read. Well, hopefully. Inside the kit put some fresh water, bandages, a weapon or two, and a walkie talkie. Use it to lead them to safety.

That’s about all I have so far! I’m working up a larger more detailed version of this plan. Love the site!

1. Have a favorite meal, comfort is the single most important aspect of this plan.

2. Make final plans, whether you’re praying or napping, its important.

3. Load firearm.

4. Darkness.

No one deserves the zombie apocalypse,  end it and don’t deal. One less zombie if you don’t make it. This is not my personal plan though.

Seeing as we know about it in advance, I would build a network of tree houses, out of wood and metal, up in the trees next to my house as zombies can’t climb trees. I would build a drop down system both into and across the river incase of any clever zombies doing something baaad. I would spread this a widely as possible. I would cultivate the golf course across the river into as much farm land as possible to produce as much food as we can as well as getting hold of some farm animals for protein and horses as a means of emergency escape and transport. I would then get hold of as much supplies as possible and get as many people as I can to move in, raid petrol stations, stock up on a mixture of transport methods etc. When possible we would collect metal and begin to surround our area with thick, strong mental fences, allowing for gates in case of expasion, escape and connection to other settlements. We would aim to have a mixture of people with a mixture of skills, from doctors and teachers to farmers and engineers and we would of course have connection to the internet and as log ad electricity holds we would be close enough to a power source (my house) to use all of that. We live it out, kill as many as we can from our safe tree tops and save as many uninfected as possible.

Y’all are welcome to join me :D