With Halloween just around the corner, and growing interest in the undead, I thought it would be fun to do a Zombie Apocalypse Survival Guide.
When a Zombie Apocalypse occurs, many of us want to be ready so that we can survive as long as possible. I've put together several tips to help you survive.
When the outbreak occurs, you'll want to stay calm. Don't run out and scavenge right away, wait until things have calmed down and walkers aren't flooding the streets.
Set up a base, preferably a two story building to which you can remove the stair case and use a rope ladder to go up and down on. board the windows... sure the fastest way would be to use a hammer and nails, however the safest and securest way would be to use screws and a screw driver because they're alot harder to push out. Grab branches and anything else you can use to turn into defense steaks (place them at an angle pointed out a maximum of 5 feet high. Set a perimeter using gasoline, gun powder, or anything else that's flammable and can catch fire quickly. Make sure you have an escape route from the upstairs to the outside in case the base gets taken. Strategically place molotov cocktails that you can light on your way out.
Wait a minimum of 2-3 days... scavenge for supplies... get stocked up... guns, knives, food, rope, wire, lots and lots of sharp objects, generator, welder and cutting torch, air compressor, Water clothes and Toilet paper. Now you're probably wondering How in the hell are welders, cutting torches, air compressors, and generators necessities.... well you'll need a generator for power, an air compressor to keep the tires on your veh. aired up especially in the winter since air becomes more compact in the cold, The welder and cutting torch is for making weapons and putting make shift armor on your vehs.... you may also want to find a bus, RV or semi to convert into a Zombie crushing machine... plus it would be great to get all of your group safely across Zombie Zones.
At your base, set up zip lines and a couple of look out nests. Run the zip lines which would need to be made of high strength metal wires and a metal slider to zip from nest to nest (look out posts)or from nest to base so as there's no need to endanger yourself by climbing down and heading across the ground to base or another nest.
When modifying vehicles for Zombie Warfare, weld spikes onto the hood and onto a snow plow which should be secured to the vehicle you've chosen. Place chain link fencing and bars around the windows of the vehicles and weld them to the body, that way if a group of zombies is able to break through the windows they aren't going to get to you. If you're converting a bus, cut a slide hole across both sides of the bus the length of the bus thick enough to fit a chain saw through so that you can easily cut any zombies who try to take over your bus.
First stop you should make during a Zombie Apocalypse should be either A. Walmart B. Farm & Fleet and/ or C. The Mall. each of these places will have almost everything you could possibly need to survive a long period of time.
If your base gets overtaken, blow it up and then find a new base. Places you'll want for your base depending on the size of your group... Prisons, police depts, Hospitals, The Mall, Farm, a store like Wal-mart or Farm & Fleet, Fire dept, Court House etc. each of these places have excess of everything you would need to survive and plenty of hiding places.
Remember, in the event of a Zombie Apocalypse almost anything can be used as a weapon. If you're a Landscaper like I am, everything you own can be used as a weapon. Axe, nails, sledge hammer, baseball bat, etc etc etc. if you have a grinder, you can take metal poles and pipes sharpen 1 end and there you have a hole punch for something's head. Also, look around... do you have a car that you can't fit everyone into? Take the rims off, use your cutting torch to cut it in half. use the welder to weld a cross bar to hold the two halves a nice distance apart then weld another bar to the cross bar as a handle... weld a long spike to the top... add handle grips... sharpen the edges of the rims and thus you have an awesome home made battle axe.
Remember in an age of Zombies ammo is rare and precious, so use home made weapons as much as possible, plus gun shots can attract more zombies. If using a bow and arrows, reuse your arrows don't leave any behind. As soon as you're able to after killing zombies, make sure to sterilize your weapons you wouldn't want to accidentally cut yourself or someone else with zombie blood on them. Being a former Tattooist, I know a thing or 2 about sterilization. Alcohol, bleach, boiling water, and anti bacterial soap for starters (use all of these during 1 cleaning session you can never be to safe) then stick the blade pointed end into a fire, hold there for 3 minutes. Once sterilization is complete resharpen.
Of course I've probably left out a few things, but those can wait til next time anyway... these are the most important.
If you follow these instructions, then congratulations you will be one of the few survivors of the Zombie Apocalypse. And remember don't get drunk or stoned, you'll want to keep your head clear. Good Luck! And remember the worse thing you can do is PANIC!