How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse, Part I
Surviving the Initial Outbreak is Key!
The first part of surviving an outbreak is having your pre-outbreak preparations. You hear a scream and there's your next door neighbor munching on your granny's brains-quick, what do you do? Everyone says they'd be prepared, but really, are you? There's no guarantee that the infestation will start on one coast and work to another. You may have a couple days of warning, or you may wake up and have to immediately fight for your life.
There are several things to consider for your pre outbreak preparation. For one, do you have a basic survival kit and zombie killing weapons close by? A kit should include a fire arm you're familiar with, extra ammunition, and a non fire arm weapon. A machete is the best choice (military second hand, NOT cheap Wal Mart), though a hatchet or buck knife is also good, and easy to carry without slowing you down. You want a basic first aid kit, some jerky, matches, maps. Everything you have should fit in a tight fitting knap sack that isn't too heavy. You may have to rough it.
Second, have a plan. Know where you are going to go. Forget the myths about zombies walking under water. They don't have the coordination to swim, and the gases in dead bodies would force their bodies to float. An island is the best place, but don't just think oceans.
There are tons of great isolated lakes in places like Alaska, or Ontario, Canada. Find one, preferably with a lodge that requires boat or float plane to get in, and even more preferable, on an island. Thirty miles away from the nearest road is great, being thirty miles from the nearest road and on an island is optimal. Having a lodge or old fishing camp allows basic cover in the harsh winters. Have friends, only the closest ones you trust, know where this place is, and how to get there avoiding major cities.
Which brings to the next point: a small well armed group has a better chance than you going solo. Choose your closest like minded friends, the ones who have a chance. We all like big fat party animal Johnny, but at 350 and with only bright Hawaiian t-shirts it's just not a good idea to include him. All of you should have a plan of where to meet and where to go if an outbreak takes place-both with advanced warning, but also where the survivors can rendezvous briefly during a sudden outbreak to get out of immediate danger, and then proceed together.
With all plans in place, always pay attention to any weird news. Don't be like too much of America: so obsessed with MTV and American Idol that you miss all your signs. The initial outbreak will give you a short time to act before it grows exponentially. Acting early is crucial.
Location can be everything. If you're in a small Iowa town where everyone is heavily armed, it's even possible that the earliest stages of the zombie attack is repelled outright. If you're in a city, move. Seriously, if you're in New York City or Los Angeles, do you think there's any chance of you living? Really? Stay out of the cities. Don't even take the interstates on the outside of them if you're heading for safety.
If the explosion is sudden and you're stuck in a city, grab the nearest weapons, figure out the quickest way out that avoids most heavily populated areas, and get the heck out. Even going through the abandoned "dangerous" part of town can be good in this situation if it gets you through less populated areas to the river. Grab a boat, any boat, even a canoe, and use the water to stay out of zombie hands and make your way out of the city.
If you have a quality vehicle, like a hummer (military, not yuppie douche bag wannabe civilian version) that's ideal, but a van is good if it's a conversion van, to maximize space, but make sure to weld cages over the windows and secure the vehicle in case it's unavoidable to break through a group of zombies.
During the initial outbreak, if it's low level and you have the van and your friends, be sure to fill the gas tanks, and use extra. It's much better to fill the van out via funnel on a back gravel road than to find a town overrun by zombies. Constant gun fire around a gas pump with the approaching undead is never a good idea.
Above all else, the Boy Scout motto sums up surviving the initial outbreak: Be Prepared. If you are prepared, you are more likely to "get lucky" and survive. Being armed, having a small group of trustworthy friends, and getting out of a populated area early are all essential to survival. Let's not beat around the bushes: you have to be at least a little lucky, but if you can survive the initial outbreak, your chances of finding a place to survive go up exponentially.
That's the first part of surviving a zombie attack, surviving the initial outbreak. Part two will be what to do if you survive, but are surrounded and need to find a way to break out.
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Post a CommentUm... just a tip... Ontario, Canada is NOT isolated... true, there are northern regions of the province that are only accessible by plane, however,most of the province is covered with cities and towns... Toronto is an example of an area with a very dense population and should be avoided during an Apocalypse!!
use a gun or a blunt object, or run.
weapons to use: shotgun,pistol,sniper,machine gun,or any other thing that could kill them.
Shotguns..probably not the best idea for a primairy weapon.
Your best bet is to look for a good .308 or good bolt action.
As far as melee weapons go, utility utility utility. Crowbars are excellent, as they provide both penetration and utility.
As far as mental preparedness, you can expect to see many survivors with PTSD. This might actually serve as an almost evolutionairy imparitive. Those who are the most alert are going to be the most alive.
Training with your weapons of choice is imparitive. Be familiar. Make the weapon an extention of you. If ti is a gun, log hours at your local shooting range. if it is a weapon like a sword, knife or crowbar, design a mock up with comperable weight and size, and practice with it, become familiar with all the nuances of the weapon, how to maintain it whether blunt, bladed, fired, or shot (like a bow-and-arrow), you need to know the weapon as well as you know yourself.
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zombies are real i been in 1 it was me my bro dad mom uncle step dad and my cosin we brought aid kit alots of guns shelter and food and alots more i survived thank goodess my whole family survived
if you really think about it it would be extremely easy for a zombie apocalypse to occur. mad cow disease right. we eat hamburgers right? what are hamburgers made out of? what if one of those hamburgers isnt cooked enough nd that cow was infected guess what you would most likely think of it as food poisoning and ignore it. but guess what? its not you r now a rotting corpse coming to eat us.
ok first, you do not want to use a firearm, use a long blade (sword, chainsaw, etc.) or use a weapon u can swing in a fluid motion that will cause severe or crippling damage. never stay in one place for longer then 1-2 days. when you found a surviver check them, look for open wounds that means strip them to there bare ass. when using a firearm make sure the reload time is under 5sec. make sure you have plenty of ammo to use in the long run. when and if you run out of food look for canned food, or non meat, i know meat is delic, but i would rather survive then being infected. when eating or getting ready to eat food, use something to cut the food open if it looks strange DO NOT EAT IT. burn it asap, or get rid of it. if cut or if you start seeping blood put bandage on it and wrap it in duct tape or something that will secure it from the blood getting out. if you are traveling with a female, make sure to stay on the mood when they are having there... period. check yourself everyday for b
In the event of a zombie outbreak there will be a chain of deaths. Police officers will be first to go, then hospital staff, and after that is irrelevent. Police force would try to taze a zombie and slap handcuffs on it, they would get bit whilst transporting the zombie to the police station. A doctor would have to come look at the wounds on the infected person(s) body and would thus get bit. Then the cycle repeats until the police officers become the zombies and roam the streets. Be prepared to defend yourself for at most fourty eight hours. The government of the country you reside in (Especially the US, the UK, and all other western nations) would take the problem into their capable hands. A squad of men with assault weapons would come to vanquish the undead. Be sure to alert the military to your location with bright banners. Either this would happen, or a bomber carrying 100,000 tons of bombs would come to flatten your city, in which case you die anyway.
man, pump shotgun and steel doors. booyah
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