What's YOUR Zombie contingency plan?

Question

I was having a laugh with my friends over this. Apparently we all thought we were the only ones that thought about this.
What would you do if you woke up one morning to discover zombies are taking over? Have you ever thought about this? Would you be willing to take out a friend or family member that is walking dead? What's your plan?

I didn't notice that someone just asked this. I'm just curious if anyone else has put thought into this.

My old house was across the street from a cemetery....I would have been the first to know for sure!

Answer 1

To start with, the walking dead are going to be subject to decay and degeneration of muscular tissue no matter what is reanimating them. Only very recently dead will be able to move anywhere near top speed, and any corpse older than three weeks or so won't reanimate at all due to the advanced state of decomposition.
#1. Armor is a must-have, and anyone who says otherwise is a fool. I can do tumble rolls in my plate armor, run backwards at top speed (while fighting someone giving chase), and sleep in it if need be. Well-crafted armor cannot be torn apart by human strength, even if it is leather armor. If you don't believe me just try to rip apart a piece of 12 oz. cowhide with your bare hands. Remember that zombies are not superhumanly strong due to their decomposition - it's just that they attack en masse and usually latch onto soft flesh. Steel, aluminum, and chainmail are more than enough to stop them.
#2. Find an attic with a pull-up ladder. Zombies are also not agile, so they don't climb well. Retreat when need be into an attic, pull up the ladder and pullstring, and brace the ladder across the joists with a two by four. No zombie can reach you, and if they do figure out where you are and invade the house in increasing numbers, simply exit onto the outside roof thru a quickly made hole, jump down, shut the doors, and torch the place.
#3. Guns are ok in a pinch, but a good sharp sword is better. Axes and warhammers take too long to recover with if your swing misses, and can become lodged in the skull (in the case of hammers). A war spear only has one mode of attack - penetration - and must destroy skull and brain in one thrust, and then recover for another strike, and that's too slow. Plus, it has a minimum range - my Celtic spear is five feet long, so any zombie closer than that is inside my range and difficult to effectively attack. The japanese katana is actually the perfect design for decapitation, as its curved design keeps it from becoming stuck in bone as it slices thru the soft tissue of the neck.
#4. Remember that the head/brain is the target if you are trying to destroy a zombie, but taking an easier shot can work just as well - lop off hands as they reach for you, hamstring legs as they step forward, sever spines at the lower lumbar area if you can get behind them - a zombie with no hands cannot grab, a zombie with a crippled leg musculature cannot walk, and a zombie with a severed spine can do little of anything. Of course, a zombie without a head or viable brain cannot do anything at all.
#5. Keep on the move - never get surrounded - and change direction often. Even slow-movers will home in on your position or course eventually. Drink only bottled water, and only eat canned goods - you never know what might be carrying the source of "plague". Keep a good supply of antibiotics on hand, fever reducers, and a good first aid kit with emphasis on wound care and disinfection.
#6. Remember that if you can last just two weeks the danger level drops dramatically - after two weeks even the "newly dead" will have decomposed to the point where you can run rings around them, and any dead older than that will probably be literally falling apart. Never try to "blend in" with them - they can smell your sweat and blood, and hear your heartbeat. Everything about you screams "Fresh Meat! Buffet Table Open!" - and if you are right in amongst them then you are surrounded and easy prey.
Happy Hunting!

Answer 2

There is a cemetary up the street from where I live, they's probably be swarming in the street by the time I find out. My sister and I have a total of four swords(real swords, not counting foils and practice foils). So each person in the family would take one(two need to be sharpened). Then we would make our way to the car, hacking and slashing if we have to. We would use a cell phone to call our friends and warn/check up on them and possibly make plans. We'd drive to the police station, which is down the street and see if it is safe there. Then meet up with friends, together we are smart enough to think of something.

I'm not sure where would be safe. The police station maybe. I would have said the hospital, since they have generators, food and room, but people would be dying there. A hotel, like in Stephen King's "Cell". There is food, rooms, plenty of security and locks. Possibly the fire station, or a store. Ooh! The school! There are several, they are big and have food and are designed to keep students and teachers safe.

I would not take out a friend or family member, I'd just leave them behind, run away!

Heehee. I think my school needs a Zombie contingency plan. A special clip board with orange vest near the door. Just in case.

Answer 3

Yes. I will get the shotgun that we have in the house(already have the extra ammo). And head up to the attic which has tubs with food that isn't perishable and of course water. I will be hiding out for the most part but if the need comes I will go mobil. I got the inspiration from watching Romero movies. I always get ideas when watching horror films of "What I would do in that situation". It's a little weak but I think I can add some more to it.

Answer 4

I'd quickly find a copy of Shaun of the Dead because I've only seen the trailers for it, it looks like it may have some good Zombie Extermination Techniques.
Now, as long as all the other Zombie movies are true than it shouldn't be too difficult to outmanoeuvre a Zombie (they move like they're incredibly drunk). I think the main thing to remember is not to get cornered.
As for killing them? Aren't they already dead? You just have to remember that these things are Not your friends (or family members)

Answer 5

I have a room full of weapons (swrods, knives, spear, axes etc.) so I am pretty well prepared for just about anything, Zombies, vampire frogs, rabid door knocking jehovas witnesses, what ever. I have a route mapped out to get to an area that is easily defended, has a ready supply of water and food. So I am ready....

Answer 6

Honestly, I would purchase a two story concrete building with one door and a detachable stair case. Then purchase a massive amount of booze and high powered rifles with scopes and have a great time. If i needed amunition I would just get it and come back.

Answer 7

Start dirtying myself and learn how to do the zombie shuffle. If require, try to bite one of them to convince I'm one of them. Find the cause for the undead and go after it. Try and make a break for it.
Later, get worshipped as saviour of mankind and earn big bucks selling biographies.
If not, I guess i'll shuffle with them for real.

Answer 8

Screw that. Hey, they had their chance. I'd just make sure I had a lot of grenades and C4 to blast them all to smithereens. Last thing I need is competition from dead people. Go back where you came from you wet blankets.Sheesh!

Answer 9

I would make my way to the local gun store break in and stock up,same as the local food store. Then I would find a room where there was only one way in and out and make sure I was barricaded behind it.

Answer 10

I'd order in food and brush up on some George Romero.