I am originally from Blackpool, now I live in The USA, due to the fact I believe that the weapons available in this nation will leave me more prepared for a zombie uprising, when it happens, then in the UK. But I will refer to features in Blackpool that make a connecting Fortress possible.. and offcourse hear in the USA. In my writing, the red represents important, but diffiult situations that will arise.

• 1:A zombie cataclysm shall be unexpected, and sevearly brutal in all ways, loved ones will die, some you will have to kill again. Children will be amongst the living dead, dont believe it when you see mostly adults on these movies. Most children will be bitten by their parents, or guardians within the first few minutes of their parents uprising. Also being forever on the move within at least the first 8 days of the crisis will be important, so be prepared both psychologically, and physically. If your are not prepared psychologically though. Please put a bullet in your head, and save your friends, and family the job later. Not being physically ready, you can still have your use, and If you survive long enough, your body will catch up.

Now there is many situations that you could be in at the start, or should I say the climax of the outbreak. If you are wise, you will be ready enough at the climax of the outbreak, for you will keep an eye on the news, and know the signs. If you are not prepared, and in Blackpool, take these thoughts into mind when choosing on what approach to take.

• What weapons you could have at your disposal, and were you could attain these weapons.. I.E a bashing weapon like a baseball bat, or a crow bar will do better then a stabbing weapon like a knife, if you have a slicing weapon, such as a sword available. that is the more acceptable as it will be more easy to remove a head from a zombie torsoe, ect.
• Not being on the move sometimes is better then forever moving, remember that not only will your require rest, breaking down in a car or whatever your mode of transport is something that could be your death.. So though to keep on moving is good, If you can make a few stealthy bases, and move between them, that is a better idea.. Also create more bases at all times.. Until you do have the perfect area, I.E a oil derict. Or the tower.. As it is high, all you would need to do is turn the lifts off, and block the stairs..

1. Try and wait it out, the likely hood of it is the military will be able to get on top of such a crisis, if the people help. So get as much water as you can stored, and food (tap water will do only keep the essentials, and remember pets are now unimportant. so if its edible, eat it) Also move the family upstairs, and break your stairs, all of my zombie encounters have been with rather clumsy things. so dont worry to much about them jumping over a 4 foot gap on your stairs.
2. Keep a good exit plan at all times, and always stick to it. I know it sounds like a fire preperation plan, but being ready for the worst is always the best Idea.
3. Black out all windows, stop the zombies outside seeing, and stop them from finding you.
4. grow a small amount of crops. in the case you are blessed with a flat roof, get some soil. and start growing your own food supplie. and remebmer to stock up on tinned produce also.

1. Enough tinned food to last 5 weeks at all times. one meal a day will do, but in the case you are surrounded by many zombies, who know were you are, you will need to be sure to have that backup incase of getting fully trapped. I E In a panick room, or a basement. That extra food. and offcourse water, might give you a chance, in the hopes that the zombies get distracted by something, someone else..
2. Alcahol, not for pleasure, but for any non-bite, non zombie related wound. a zombies smell is attracted to blood, and offcouse the smell of living, rotting tissue.
3. A lighter, for obvious reasons
4. Rope
5. a generator would be ideal, though not required
6. barbed wire, for fortification purposes
7. and firecrackers.. though this will sound crazy, they are a good suicide tool in the case of a bitten subject, just light the end, and at the last second throw it into your mouth, it should at least sever your brainstem from the spine, immobilizing the victim, if he does come back.

Rememer Armour, many guides say now, that it will mearly slow you down.. this is not the case if you wear biker gear, since modern biker leather is usualy cevlar based, it would easly withstand a human bite, and a zombie bite, and as for face mas. just a simple paintball mask could be enough to stop a few teeth from penitrating, and spelling your doom.
so if you are able to get it, get new biker gear, if not, thick leather could still stop a few bites hear and there that means it could potentially save your soul.

Dont forget your local police stations, in a situation like this the community will probably meat at a church, ect, and the the police try and protect it from the outside, which means that the police station is potentially empty.. And in the case of the USA, or a big city, it will have a arsenal of some form somewear within the building, hell even in the evidence room.

Though this may hurt, will, if you get into a scavage, and fortify situation. For instance you are held up in a local military base, and you ventur out to get food, and other essentials.. do not allow, or go with any loved ones on a mission.. Though this sounds heartless
it will stop, for instance, young Jimmy not shooting his Dad and getting 2 turned, instead of one. And that is a risk a mission should not have with it. Infact attachments to anyone in my eyes is severly not advised, as it could couse problems that could mean the death of the entire group. But in the case that you are, have a suicide policy, and always go in fours.. say a mother, and son, and another families father and son, that way it will be easier to assure that the turned is eliminated before it can take any others with him.

Avoid all popular areas, such as malls and cinemas
Avoid pleasure parks
Avoid Islands, as you are trapped on each side, and zombies dont need air.
Avoid basements, one way in, no way out.
Avoid forests, and night travel




Remember graveyards, in all my experiences with crises, the zombies were coused by a non air born virus, and as the people in the graveyard are already dead, and they are mostly empty, you should be safer there, then say in a town center, or a built up neighbor hood.
Remember in the case of blackpool, you have a tower to take, a small military base, 3 peirs, and oil dericts, they are all perfect fortifications. nock down part of a peir and make it so you cross on thin beams of wood that are movable, stop the zombies getting to you, save amo, and time building a uneeded wall, as for the tower, just be sure to block the stairs, and the lifts.. and remember this is only thesible to take in the case you have a helicopter, and driver, in that case it is a perfect communication point due to its hight, giving you a ability to flash signals to plains, and boats. the oil dericts will mean you have a boat, so you could contact boats anyway.. And if you can make a chain of all of them, making the tower as your main communications center.. it isnt to hard to purge blackpool from there in.. take town center by blocking off the streets by ramming cars, and bus' accross the way, and make some buses into miniture moving fortress, your will be onset to having a chance to create a society. as you will then have all of the the fish in the sea life center to eat.. lol. remember that also, you have a zoo, and a elephant will feed 10 people for about 2 months.. also remember, that releasing the lions and tigers, though dangerous, migh help kil a few of the walkin dead..
in the case of the hippoes, leave well alone, they are too dangerous.


These are mearly a few hints and wise ideas that i found useful during Oakland in 1998, were we were overan by 300 zombies, and the government did get on top.. so be warned. so far our government has kept it under tabs, but the day the media finds out about any of the 200 recorded insidences to date, and starts sympothising with these zombies, attract zombie protection agenceis, and so forth then we will be wiped out. and only your skills, God, and preperation can keep you alive... be ready. be alive.