If Zombies roamed the earth, what would you do?
Okay, I must be a total nerd, because my husband and I had an hour long discussion about this earlier today:
What would you do if something happened like in Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead?
If Zombies roamed the earth, where would you go, what would you do?
What do you think would be a more realistic way that the military and government would handle such a situation?
The answer is sort of reliant on what circumstances you could manage.
If, for instance, I got out of the house with nothing but my car keys, I would drive away in a panic, much as Ana did.
If I didn't crash into a tree like she did, I would get as far out of the city as possible as quickly as possible. If the "situation" had spread beyond the distance I could get in the car, I would go as far as I could on foot until I felt safe.
And where would that be?
Obviously, just about any fortification would be vulnerable, as the legions of the dead would mass against it, taking no account for their own well-being as the defenders slew them relentlessly with firearm and flame. I like the idea of the isolated island as a place to "hole up" until the crisis was over. It wouldn't be long at all before the government stepped in, probably with air strikes, wiping out all traces of the zombies with little or no regard for potential civilian casualties.
If, like in the movie, we were trapped in a mall, I would (once we overpowered the a-hole security guard) start rationing off our supplies. We could be stuck in there for months, with NO electricity or plumbing (I think the edge of the roof would be the new toilet facility).
I would tell the gun store guy across the street to use his cache of weapons and ammo to spend his days taking out as many zombies as possible. I would also use a bow and arrow from the sporting goods or hobby store (or just build one, or use a spear) to try and get a line over to his building. That way, we could exchange food, ammo, supplies, whatever.
I would have used any and all flammables (which couldn't otherwise be used productively) to torch zombies in the parking lot (leaving us a safety perimeter, of course--don't wanna catch our building on fire!).
I would have had Ana check everyone for cuts and bites before we did anything else, and would immediately isolate anyone we suspected of being infected (apparently, one can go for quite awhile without showing signs of infection, if the pregnant woman is any indication).
Finally, I would have been on those walkie-talkies every day trying to communicate with the outside world. I would have read hobby books from the bookstore on how to build my own radio, solar panels, building generators, warfare tactics, etc. You could probably start a garden on that roof! Come on, it's a mall! MacGyver could have gotten them out of there with a piece of string and a chewed piece of bubble gum! You have endless supplies! Use 'em!
Maybe I spend way too much time thinking about what I'd do during the zombie invasion.
Re: If Zombies roamed the earth, what would you do?
Originally posted by Striel
Okay, I must be a total nerd, because my husband and I had an hour long discussion about this earlier today:What would you do if something happened like in Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead?
If Zombies roamed the earth, where would you go, what would you do?
What do you think would be a more realistic way that the military and government would handle such a situation?
striel, as was suggested to me. Go buy the book "The Zombie Survival Guide" by max brooks .. its in the humor section .. but it is totally a straight forward survival guide against the dead. Awesome read
Originally posted by Cinemaddiction
LMFAO! I was going to use that in my sig line, but I saw you already did somewhat.Ahh..good one, that was classic. 😎
thats awsome, I would be honored if you used my Zombie technique in your sig. Im only using it as a spacer and will change it after i learn more about the game in my sig
Here's a better question if the slow, shuffling zombies from Romero's movies started to pop out of cemeteries how would you react. I think this would be a different situation because the way most zombies are potrayed these days come from some type of virus. Plus you know some islands out there like the florida keys would at least have a cemetery so it won't be so easy to just look for an island to live in. And people who died even if they weren't bitten by a zombie became a zombie themselves. What would you do, is there any islands out there with no people on it at all if there was I would just live there and live off of seafood and cocnuts.
i would sport some riot gear with chain mail over top, with huge ass mother f*cking hockey gloves (freddy style) and ii would beat the shit out of every zombie that walked my way. then when that got boring i whould gernade the bitches. then when that got boring i would find myself some automatic machine guns and blow them up!
all while sipping my gin and juice!
Originally posted by amlap
i would sport some riot gear with chain mail over top, with huge ass mother f*cking hockey gloves (freddy style) and ii would beat the shit out of every zombie that walked my way. then when that got boring i whould gernade the bitches. then when that got boring i would find myself some automatic machine guns and blow them up!all while sipping my gin and juice!
And you actually believe that they won't catch up to youe and eat you. This is why people get eaten in those old movie with the slow zombies in it. They are so arrogant that they don't run and take huge risks by running towards the zombies with a baseball bat or something. 💃
I believe I would do just as many people in the movies do.........
Join up with the large group of rednecks and play target practice with them...........there is much strength in numbers. With a lot of people you could set quite a perimeter, giving the group the chance to move freely wherever they wished. I believe an airport or army base would be the best place........got to love those fences (ala Day of the Dead)......
Spend your days with your barrel poked through the holes in the chain link taking them out one by one........and hope others around the world are doing the same.
Originally posted by Evil Dead
I believe I would do just as many people in the movies do.........Join up with the large group of rednecks and play target practice with them...........there is much strength in numbers. With a lot of people you could set quite a perimeter, giving the group the chance to move freely wherever they wished. I believe an airport or army base would be the best place........got to love those fences (ala Day of the Dead)......
Spend your days with your barrel poked through the holes in the chain link taking them out one by one........and hope others around the world are doing the same.
What if you run out of ammo. Then you just become one big buffet. It would be like sharks attacking a school of fish. Every direction you would try to run to there would be zombies shuffling to get you. Teir bound to atleast cath a couple of your group. 💃