What started my zombie fixation:

Seeing the 1990 Night remake and playing Resident Evil: Code Veronica.

World War Z, The Walking Dead.

Favorite zombie movies:

Dawn of the Dead (the original), Slither, Shaun of the Dead, Dance of the Dead (wow, that's a lot of "... of the Dead" movies in one list).

Favorite quote in any zombie movie: "When there's no more room in hell..." you know the rest.

My “handle” should you look for you on the radio waves or web:

KevinR1990.

My location:

I am currently living in eastern Morris County, New Jersey. I live in Parsippany and go to school at Drew University in Madison. I will be moving to Merritt Island, Florida after graduation.

Mainly in my immediate area.

I will plan on fortifying my home if I am caught at home, retreating to the upper and middle floors and cutting off the stairs to the ground floor. My home is a split-level, with even the middle floor inaccessible due to a combination of height and shrubbery. The kitchen and its pantry are located on the middle floor, part of my home's "safe zone".

If I am at school, I will go to Drew University's McLendon Hall, a six-story, energy-efficient dorm with geothermal heating and a built-in convenience store. It is located on some of the highest and most isolated ground on campus, within short walking distance of the cafeteria, the public safety building and the bookstore, which also sells snack food, drinks and personal items. In addition, the Students for Sustainable Food club (which I am a part of) operates a small garden that can be expanded, growing fresh food for consumption on campus. At least some non-perishable food, drinks, basic first aid items (aspirin, bandages, disinfectant, etc.) and ingredients should be scavengable from the campus.

At my house, I have my car and my bicycle. At school, there will be multiple bicycles available as part of the school's public bicycle program, though some of these may be taken in the Panic.

My mother, who is a registered nurse, and my brother, who is training to become a mechanic.

I intend to acquire a hand-crank-powered two-way radio for communication with other survivors. In addition, I will occasionally leave behind notes like "Kevin is still alive".

If I am at school, then it will have to be determined if the transmitter for WMNJ-FM (the student radio station) is still functional, as WMNJ went online-only last year. Getting it back up and running will be a priority.

If I am at home, food will come from searching houses and the two nearby convenience stores initially, and later from small-scale farming/gardening and hunting deer and small animals. Water will come from Lake Parsippany and the Jersey City Reservoir, both of which are a few miles from my house.

At school, water can be sourced from the Madison municipal supply, the water tower (less than a mile from the campus), and from the Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge, the source of New Jersey's Passaic River. Food can be scavenged from the campus and from the town of Madison, and can be grown at the student garden.

My ideal long range weapon is a hunting rifle, preferably a .30-30 Marlin. Melee weapons of choice are the crowbar I have under my desk, the machete in my BOB, and the shovel in my car's trunk.

Absolutely, as long as they're not crazy bandits.

Contents of my bug-out bag (a leather doctor's bag, ~25-30 pounds):

• Homemade first aid kit
• Box of adhesive bandages (80 count)
  
• Bar of soap
• Bottle of aspirin (100 count)
• Tube of antibiotic ointment (half an ounce, expires March 2013)
  
• Bottle of hydrogen peroxide solution (one pint)
• Black polyester beanie
• Leather work gloves
• 3.5'' folding knife
• 18-inch machete (needs sharpening)
• 7-in-1 camp utensils (fork, corkscrew, can opener, bottle opener, spoon, knife, awl)
• Box of Cascadian Farm granola bars (6 count)
• Four 15.25 oz. cans of Del Monte canned fruit (expires July-August 2013)
• One can of Goya chick peas (expires March 2016)
• One can of Goya black beans (expires March 2016) (BLAZING SADDLES!)
• One can of Amy's minestrone soup (expires January 2013)
• Two 23.7 oz. bottles of water
• 4-in-1 multi tool (compass, whistle, thermometer, magnifying glass)
• Roll of duct tape
• 200 feet of nylon twine
• Pliers
• Water-resistant flashlight
• Windproof lighter
• Box of matches (300 count)
• Cardboard kindling
• Toothbrush
• Toothpaste
• Dental floss
• Carpenter's hammer
• Deck of playing cards

Other items:

• Water-resistant G-Shock digital watch with alarm (timer and stopwatch functions stopped working a long time ago)
• iPhone 4 with protective cover and alarm clock, calendar, compass, camera, flashlight and translator. Signal-dependent functions (i.e. moderate-high likelihood of failing during the Panic) include phone, text messaging, GPS, weather, email and news from CNN, NPR, BBC and CBC.
• Car charger for my iPhone
  
• Steel crowbar (about two feet long) by my desk
• Shovel (about three feet long) in my car's trunk
• Tire iron in my car's trunk
• Map of New Jersey in my car's glove box
• Can of Sabre red pepper spray (expires June 2015)
• Pocket first aid kit with adhesive bandages, alcohol wipes and antibiotic ointment in back pocket
  
• "Swiss card" with 7 tools (blade, scissors, file, tweezers, toothpick, probe, centimeter ruler) in pocket first aid kit
  
• 24 oz. stainless steel water bottle
• Two half-gallon jugs of clean water

Vehicles:

• 2004 Honda Accord four-door sedan, silver, ~91,000 miles
• Equipment: 240 hp V-6 engine, front-wheel drive with traction control, automatic transmission, GPS, AM/FM/satellite radio, sunroof for escape
• Damage/repair history: minor repairs to the front after a fender-bender and a deer strike, right front and rear wheels replaced due to striking a curb, GPS system broke and had to be repaired (and took one month to repair - best not to rely on it)
• Average fuel economy: low 20s in predominantly city driving, high 20s in predominantly highway driving, uses regular fuel

• 21-speed bicycle
• 2009 Infiniti G35x four-door sedan, black, ~57,000 miles (last time I checked)
• Equipment: 300 hp V-6 engine, all-wheel drive, automatic transmission, GPS, AM/FM/satellite radio, sunroof for escape
• Damage/repair history: repairs to the underside after an accident
• Average fuel economy: about 19 mpg, uses premium fuel
• Note: likely to be unavailable, as it belongs to my mother