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Paranoids/ neurotics: how many of you have made plans in case of a zombie attack?

I have made plans as well as thought out exit strategies and hideouts in my town in case zombies (both slow and fast), dinosaurs (in case they escape from a very highly secretive lab where scientists have managed to clone them), electronics/robots gone too smart attack. oh and aliens im still parano-ing over.

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1. i actually have.
2. I got a cootie shot last week...
3. If you take the time to read all this, I give you credit. It was a lot of fun to write, it's HILARIOUS, and I hope you'll email me and comment on it. That's a tough one... There are a few things to think about. There are key ideas, then there are plans. The key ideas are the most important. They are- -arm myself -group myself -defend myself -barricade myself -support myself -relocate myself and if all else fails... -kill myself I couldn't do all of these... some are more important, some are far-off ideas. Let's talk one at a time. ARM MYSELF: First thing's first. Nothing's going to happen if I can't get a zombie off of me. If I'm in a hurry, grab the largest, swingable thing I can find and ship off. If I've got time, I'd locate a bat, a 2x4, and if at all possible, a gun. I could find a bat in my house, but nothing much else. Weapon-wise, generally there are: -light weapons (bottles, pieces of metal) -middle-weight weapons (baseball bats, 2x4s, metal rods) -heavy weapons (briefcases, TV's) -shanks (cut hangers, kitchen knives) -Firearms (guns, guns, guns) light weapons are good for a quick escape. heavy weapons are for bigger zombies, or if I'm in a tight spot. Shanks are ok, but you'd need a good one. Firearms are variant, pistols won't do much good, shotguns help, machine-guns are the best. As for me, 2 or 3 middle-weight weapons will let me survive longer than anything else. A hard swing will knock a zombie on it's ass, and I can hit it while it's down, or run. I'd grab whatever I could find, and if I found something better, I'd lose the old weapon and carry the new one. Like a twisted Role-playing game, only real. GROUP MYSELF: Hugely important!! If Left 4 Dead, Shaun of the Dead, and 28 days later have taught me anything, it's that Teamwork is the key for every situation... especially a zombie invasion. With teammates, -I've got less zombies on me -I've got more room to carry things -I've got a reason to stay sane and not kill myself Teamwork is hugely important. As horrible as this sounds, I don't mean it that way... but there are less zombies on me. The same number of zombies are coming, but this way I don't have to focus on killing all of them. The teammates will kill their fair share, and if they don't, they're not extremely useful. Sure, a lawyer might help if I wanted to sue the zombies for ruining my car, but if he can't hold a gun, we won't be able to get to the courthouse. heheheh, that was kind of funny. DEFEND MYSELF: Ok, I'm out of my house. I've got 3 people behind me. We've got nothing on us except a few weapons, maybe a candy bar. speaking of which, I'm hungry, I'll be right back. Ok, I'm back. Where was I? Oh, right. surrounded by zombies, outside my house, holding a baseball bat. What to do? I need to find a place somewhere to hide with my fellow survivors. Now, as any travel agent would tell you, Location, Location, Location! The best place to hide would: -have one and only one entrance available to the zombies -have a roof, unreachable by zombies -Be big -Have running water -Various supplies (I'll cover that later) -etc. How would I get there? It really depends. I can't drive yet, but if I was being chased by zombies and I was hiding in a car, a guarantee my genius mind would scream at me that I could figure it out on my own. The best place possible would most likely be a superstore, like a Walmart or a Target. Either way, if there's one door and 4 walls, it'll do. BARRICADE MYSELF: Now, whatever building we're in, it's no good to me, unless it keeps zombies out. If The Mist has taught us anything, it's that a glass door, while better than an empty space, will not keep out a horde of hungry, brain-dead zombies. Or, crazy monsters. Either way, stephen king is a loony. Back to the Zombies! To keep out the zombies, we'd need a barricade. Not just any barricade, though. This barricade would: -need to allow some way of enter/exit, through difficult procedure -need to have various sized holes -be strong -be secure -Have spikes, if possible -Fire would be a nice touch. Nah, too difficult. Here's the thing... We'd want to lock ourselves in, but if anything ever happened and we'd need to get out, We would be stuck if we couldn't. If we needed supplies, or heard a survivor outside, we would need to remove the barricade to get through... that's why we would use a special barricade. Of course, the second we get to the location, we'd make a simple barricade to fend off the zombies, but eventually, once we were settled into our fortress, we'd develop a more elaborate barricade.
4. Well gl2director, that's quite a write-up. But my situation is much easier! I can drive so I'd get my tail down to the National Guard Armory two miles from my house! I think that with the firepower/manpower I'd have, we could manage an excursion or two to the Walmart or grocery store.