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jdswong jdswong |
Home Depot
Sep 17 2008, 8:10 PM EDT I actually work at a Home Depot, and have thought about such things myself. I work graveyard freight - the weekend being my main work time. There are only 2 people in my store on the weekend nights, so it gets kinda lonely sometimes, and I spent most of the summer doing the outside garden work, so your mind tends to wander to some pretty strange things out there all by yourself. I have often though that, if the world decided to come to a screaming blood-soaked halt via monster rising (zombies or vampires or any other such beasties), that being at work would be a great place. There are garden tools that would be formidable in hand to hand. If you had time, you could board up the entrances with concrete bags (use them like sand bags, only much heavier to move), the emergency exits don't have handles on the outsides, so that would help keep nasties out. There are three main entrances to my store, so that does lead to some problems, but if you piled up heavy materials in front of them, you'd have a good chance of holding off an assault by less than clever attacks for some time. There are four forklifts in my store, so you'd have no problem moving stuff around. As long as you got some propane canisters from out back, that is. The vending machines would supply some food for awhile. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a handgun somewhere in the store, but I wouldn't know for sure (I am not privy to such things, nor do I believe it is any sort of good idea since it is against policy, but people do keep things like that around in odd places). Anyway, it would make an excellent hold out spot. And there is water for the sprinkler system, the mains, the outside irrigation - there is lots of water if it wasn't contaminated or cut off too quickly. All depends on how you go about it. And how many people you are trying to keep safe. 8 out of 8 found this valuable. Do you? |
 SkipNChurch |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 17 2008, 9:15 PM EDT Good call jdswong... Out of the huge man-made caverns that would be of use to survivors, I would consider your thoughts *on a damn good line of thunkin' ". Add an ability for extending your range, firearms, burning chemicals, and food, your store scenario is worthwhile of thought and further discussions. Welcome to the Zombie Survival Wiki, good place to hang out. *EOM* 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
 brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 17 2008, 10:09 PM EDT i work at the depot too, and while it would be easy to fortify the building there are still a few issues. 1. yeah there is candy and chips and sodas, but its only really enough for one or two people to hold out for a month max, depending on how large your store is. 2. Home Depot store policy strictly prohibits firearms, knives that they don't supply, or any other weapons the exception of of pepper sprays. 3. propane for the reach the hilos is generally kept outside. 4. stores have a major lack or roof access (its a lil ass ladder that goes waaayyy up) 5. the stores generally have very limited backup power. personally if you solved the food problem i think it would be a fantastic hold out though, you could back trucks right up to the loading bay to bring supplies in, you would just need a way to get the driver out. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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jdswong jdswong |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 18 2008, 12:31 AM EDT Thanks SkipNChurch Brandon a boyer - good points. The food would be a problem, yeah. I am mostly there with just one other guy, so that was as far as I thought. But things would run out quick with more than that. And you'd get pretty plugged up on all that salt and sugar. Yeah, I know policy, but I wouldn't be surprised to find a firearm. Maybe just the weirdos I work around (haha). Yeah, our propane is out side, about 30 feet from the back door or so. It'd be a risk, so you'd need to get to it and get them in quick. Besides, only two of our four are LP, the other two are electric (which would be a problem if the power went out for long). I've been on our roof, one night. Yeah, it is quite a ladder. But just the same, I'd find that a great bottleneck for a clumsy attack, you could hold off even a determined unarmed foe at that ladder for quite awhile. And the roof is a decent sniping post, especially with the drain down spout holes. Our backup power is based on natural gas, and we've had a number of power outs this summer. I think I could live on it as long as it lasted. As long as nobody got to it. It is in a weak chain link enclosure, not very secure in a real emergency. The loading dock would be good, it isn't easy to climb up to, and so would be good to defend and easy to offload survivors. So now all we need is an air drop of supplies, and we can survive awhile just fine. As long as the bad guys are z and not armed humans. Then we'd be screwed. But if they are armed, I'd rather not be in a public building anyway. But that is a whole other story. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
 Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 18 2008, 1:11 AM EDT Home improvement, hardware, and lumber stores are really STRONG on the materials, but generally very weak on the FOOD (and to a lesser extent on water). GREAT places to raid for materials, hard to beat, but for more than 48 hours they will become a liability, rather than an asset. IF YOU DO GET CAUGHT IN ONE: Tunnel out. Go get that pick axe and chip your way through the floor. Yes, it will be hard, MUCH harder than a home because the foundation is reinforced (much heavier load), but you gotta get out of there before you starve to death. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
 DaveBall |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 23 2008, 3:58 PM EDT I thought about the Menards (same as home depot but more misc.). The one in Battle Creek has a Miejer's, Gordons, and a gas station in front of it on a short road. There is also a Wally World, Dunhams sporting goods, Target, 3 gas stations, and a mall within 1/2 mile. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Home Depot
Sep 23 2008, 4:33 PM EDT you'd be better off in a menards, they actually carry food and other supplies. if the meijer's was connected to the menards you'd have a cakewalk. Do you find this valuable? |
 madmortagain |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 6 2008, 8:26 PM EDT your best bet is a costco. they carry lots of food and drinks of all kinds. they are also easy to fortify, the entrances are giant metal garage doors. they have a ton of almost all the supplies you would need. they dont have any firearms though. Do you find this valuable? |
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Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 6 2008, 9:56 PM EDT "your best bet is a costco. they carry lots of food and drinks of all kinds. they are also easy to fortify, the entrances are giant metal garage doors. they have a ton of almost all the supplies you would need. they dont have any firearms though."Ya, but the foodstores are fairly limited versus the larger supplies. Again, great place to raid, but I don’t think I’d wanna try to hole up there… Do you find this valuable? |
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brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 6 2008, 10:16 PM EDT The depot in auburn hills MI is in a primo location its on a large raised hill with steep ramps for entrances to the plaza, there is also a gas station and a costco in the same plaza my only concern would be the back side of the plaza with the overhang but i'm sure with all the cool toys in the depot there i'd be able to whip something out. the walls are high enough to defend against raider vehicles, and its 1/4 mile away from 1-75. the buildings are even close enough together to build some sort of bridge. Do you find this valuable? |
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burningsun burningsun |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 7 2008, 1:07 AM EDT if your talking zombies home depot fairs better than costco. a swarming mass of undead bodies relentlessly pushing on a steel shutter would eventully weaken and destroy it wihout proper support. with all the raw material at homedepot you could build yourself support plus an additional "fort" inside the building in case the shutter did break. Do you find this valuable? |
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Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 7 2008, 1:41 AM EDT "if your talking zombies home depot fairs better than costco. a swarming mass of undead bodies relentlessly pushing on a steel shutter would eventully weaken and destroy it wihout proper support."If you DO find yourself forced to take refuge in a Costco, and you DON’T reinforce the doors with all that crap lying around, you DESERVE to die for being too stupid to live. ¿2Øر tons of tools, electronics SHELVES, etc and you actually DIDN’T reinforce the doors? Fuck. You. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 7 2008, 1:44 AM EDT gentlemen, i wasn't saying i'd pick one or the other, i'd take over the entire plaza. Do you find this valuable? |
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Andering_J_REDDSON |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 7 2008, 2:00 AM EDT ¿Can you HOLD the entire plaza? If so, more power to you. Do you find this valuable? |
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brandon_a_boyer |
RE: Home Depot
Oct 7 2008, 2:19 AM EDT against zombies, yes. Raiders are another story though. The depot has welders inside and enough raw material to make a very sturdy bridge across, and if i really wanted to i could build one hell of a fence. We even carry materials for electric fences now. Do you find this valuable? |
