My family is a three person, one dog family. I plan on going to auto maintenance garage and use any remaining cars to barricade the building. I will have a few other people and dogs with us too. That gives me around 13 people and 5 dogs. Any unusable pats will be dumped in front of weak points in fortifications. Two entrances one in front and one in back, the back being a heavy metal door. The font is the main garage door with some welded metal on it. The really bad thing about this is that the garage is right off the main highway so there will be alot of survivor encounters, some may be unwelcome, and where there are survivors, there are zombies so...... yeah.

At the age of 14 I am a teenager, yes. But my plan does not include a katana, a mythical helicopter and the ability to pick up a weapon and automatically know how to clean, reload and fire it. I highly recommend that we plan for things we have, not things we WANT. I do not plan on looting a gun or surplus store. That is a great way to die. The Vietnam veteran owner is likely waiting behind the counter, ready to shoot the first thing that moves. While a machete may work, it may take multiple hacks for a teenager with an average build. I recommend that you purchase something that was designed for combat (example = ASP rod). Get a job as soon as you are able, you can purchase equipment. Playing Left 4 Dead may give you ideas, but it will also fill your head with delusions of grandeur. Plus I wouldn't want to use a meele weapon, or rather the need to use one. If Zack is a ways off, shoot him, if he is a long ways off don't bother. And on the topic of melee weapons, if there are more than one or two Zachs, then don't go charging in like you have a PCP induced death-wish.