While Trying to survive in post Zombie break out apocalyptic world, it’s just as important to choose the right clothing as it is weaponry. To survive as long as you possibly can, you’ll need protection. Protection from Zombies, weather, and insects that can carry the virus. The best way to dress for protection is to look at what bikers wear. Leather and jean material is the key. I would suggest Black leather water proof work/ tactical boots with steel toes, a leather jacket with ventilation , tank top or t-shirt , leather cloves, jean pants or tactile military issue pants, with or without leather chaps. The leather will make it extremely difficult for a walker to bite or scratch you, I mean have you ever tried to bite through leather? It’s also incredibly easy to clean and get any infected blood off of. Leather and jean material are also great for keeping you warm when it’s cold and concealing your body odor. At night it will make you virtually impossible to see. I suggest layers, that way if you get to hot you can always remove layers down to maybe a tank top and blue jeans.
Survival is key during an apocalyptic scenario. Don’t attempt to migrate south during the cold months, that’s what other humans and the undead will attempt, which will increase your chances of infection. Instead stay put or move north. By moving or staying in colder climates you’ll increase your chances of survival because you’ll decrease your chances of being killed by other humans for your supplies as well as decrease the likeliness of running into anymore walkers. Why, you may ask. Simply put, The undead will begin moving south as the climate begins to shift as part of their brain’s programming to survive. If there are any Zombies left as things start to freeze, they too will begin to freeze. Their blood and flesh will stiffen and before long they’ll be incapable of moving. Their brains will eventually freeze shutting down any and all electrical impulses which keep them animated. By this time they become target practice until Spring. It’s unknown if their brains will reboot once the temperature warms, which is why it’s much more important to destroy as many zombies as you can during the cold months. Also during the cold months, it frees up many much needed supplies for you to scavenge, because there will be little to no one left to scavenge against you. Just remember, if this is the rout you choose, try to stay warm. Collect as much wood as you can for fires but don’t let your base get to warm otherwise any walker in the area will try to move toward the heat like flies to a light.
Set traps and try to lead walkers away from your base. Anytime you come across an individual zombie, don’t kill it. Instead, try to rig something up to wear you can control it’s body like an animal catcher, take it somewhere away from your base and tie it up by way of noose around the neck and raise it off the ground. When other walkers come by they’ll feed off it and so on following a trail of individual zombies you’ve left hanging away from your base. Using Duct tape, you can set up a web around your base. This may not stop a large number of walkers, but it will stop a couple at a time and slow the rest down. You can do the same thing with netting or wires. If you can dig a ditch around your base and let it fill with water. Once it fills with water, hook up a power source such as power lines etc. and drop them in there. This will electrify the water and hopefully once the undead walk through there, it will short circuit any brain power they still have. String up a make shift trap which is made up of spikes or any sharp object (ie forks, knives, etc.) and raise it high enough off the ground, once this is accomplished set it up to where you can either release the trap from inside the base/ nest or a herd of walkers can set it off themselves. Other traps you can set up are pits, trip chords tied to spear guns, or my favorite which would require chains strong enough to hold a car above the main entrance to your base to where you can either release it from inside or set it to where a herd of walkers can release it dropping the car on top of them. You can also flood the downstairs of the base to the edge of the second floor so that if enough walkers are trying to get into your base, the moment they break even the smallest hole into the base all of the water will explode from the base and with a few well placed vehicles, it could crush them under it’s weight. Now keep in mind these are extravagant traps that would require a large group of people to pull off. There are much similar traps you can use to protect your base, but these are probably my favorite.
When scavenging for supplies, get as much as you can in a short amount of time. The first thing you will need is food and water. Try to get food that has a long shelf life ie. Chips, crackers, canned food, cereal etc. Second, you’re going to need pharmaceuticals. You’ll need pain killers, inhalers, antacid, insulin, pepto, cough medicine, aspirin, gauze, antiseptics, antibiotics, tweezers and blood pressure medicine. Third, you’ll need flash lights and batteries along with candles, matches, lighters, etc. Fourth, Weapons. Remember almost anything can be used as a weapon in your fight against zombies. If it’s metal, plastic or wood it can be weaponized. Try thinking outside of the box… see those bungee chords they could be used to make sling shots or trip chords. See those canes, the can be sharpened to a point or put nails through the end of them. See those plastic action figures… you can melt those down and make blades or arrow heads out of them. See that roll of duct tape… yeah you’ll need it. Rope, belts, knives, guns, bullets, scissors, gas cans, oil, tools, anything and everything you or your vehicle can carry.
Remember guys and girls… As the Mythbusters have proven… Duct tape is your best friend any situation… grab as much as you can!
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