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Swanny777
Swanny777
My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 13 2008, 1:57 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 13 2008, 1:57 AM EST
My Survival Plan:
I plan on having a few different steps that are the following:
1. Find any friends and family that I can, making sure no one is infected.
2. Round up all available supplies, including guns, food, nightsticks, rope, clothing, cards, radio, knives, wood, etc.
3. Head to the forests with my group. I live in Iowa, and as such there are plenty of forests around. I may or may not go to my father's friend's cabin and barn in an isolated area.
4. We build structures above reaching level (about 10 feet) above the ground. Using temporary base camps with constant vigilance on the ground to protect us during construction. The building shall occur deep inside of forests, at least 10 miles from the nearest town or city.
5. We grow accustomed to our new shelter, and live off of the land as much as possible. We make different expeditions into different towns and cities, preferably towns, to find supplies and other survivors (making sure no one is infected and killing anyone that is).
6. We grow.
7. After a few years, and enough supplies, we retake a town. We, of course, keep a few people in our woodland shelter. We then proceed to wall of the town as best as possible.
8. We defend the town as our wall grows. We build farmland (once again very abundant in Iowa) and create everything that we need to be self sufficient.
9. We begin to take in other survivors, still making certain that no one is infected. Our town grows, in population and ability to survive. We can continue to make careful expeditions to other towns, avoiding cities, to search for more survivors and the growing need for more and more supplies.
10. We survive as best as we can, using the forest as a last resort fallback for a potential restart.
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Kroal
Kroal
1. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 13 2008, 9:37 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 13 2008, 9:37 AM EST
Your plan makes sense, it's a good idea to try to advance to take on the city with all the other survivors. if there is an outbreak i might do the same (i live in Quebec, Canada and there is also a lot of forest) Thanks for the tips! 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    

Lindrak
2. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 19 2008, 6:44 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 19 2008, 6:44 PM EST
personally, I would do alot of the things you say such as collecting supplies, but then i would move to a very small town (population must be less than 1000) and try and kill all the zombies and when we are sure there are none left we would barricade the town completely, vehicles blocking the roads at first but then a wall around the perimeter of the town. we would also begin farming and taking in survivors but we would have a strick procedure with allowing people to enter, they would have to strip (this is necesary) and be checked for any obvious signs of zombification, then we would send a doctor or something to check them and then they would be allowed to enter the town. we would do this 1 at a time, even with large groups and probably set up an area incase they are on the run so they would be isolated from the town and zombies.eventually as our supplies and fortifications grow, we would set out to other citys, collecting supplies and survivors and setting up safehouses with a system to enter that a zombie couldn't work out but would be easy for a human. we would leave some supplies and directions to us. eventually we would set up fallback points and possible make tunnels away from the town. 1  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
left4deadfreek
left4deadfreek
3. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 19 2008, 6:49 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 19 2008, 6:49 PM EST
"My Survival Plan:
I plan on having a few different steps that are the following:
1. Find any friends and family that I can, making sure no one is infected.
2. Round up all available supplies, including guns, food, nightsticks, rope, clothing, cards, radio, knives, wood, etc.
3. Head to the forests with my group. I live in Iowa, and as such there are plenty of forests around. I may or may not go to my father's friend's cabin and barn in an isolated area.
4. We build structures above reaching level (about 10 feet) above the ground. Using temporary base camps with constant vigilance on the ground to protect us during construction. The building shall occur deep inside of forests, at least 10 miles from the nearest town or city.
5. We grow accustomed to our new shelter, and live off of the land as much as possible. We make different expeditions into different towns and cities, preferably towns, to find supplies and other survivors (making sure no one is infected and killing anyone that is).
6. We grow.
7. After a few years, and enough supplies, we retake a town. We, of course, keep a few people in our woodland shelter. We then proceed to wall of the town as best as possible.
8. We defend the town as our wall grows. We build farmland (once again very abundant in Iowa) and create everything that we need to be self sufficient.
9. We begin to take in other survivors, still making certain that no one is infected. Our town grows, in population and ability to survive. We can continue to make careful expeditions to other towns, avoiding cities, to search for more survivors and the growing need for more and more supplies.
10. We survive as best as we can, using the forest as a last resort fallback for a potential restart.
"
That sounds like a good idea, if you can somehow round up at least 200 survivors to "grow" into a large enough force (without doing incest or producing mentally deficient children due to replicated genes) to retake a town of at least 1,000 people, in the most rural conditions. Your plan is very long term, and if it is to be successful, I doubt you would live to see it either go down in flames or produce a haven for all that survived.
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left4deadfreek
left4deadfreek
4. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 19 2008, 6:52 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 19 2008, 6:52 PM EST
I hope that you would quarantine them first, rather than making them strip once they arrive. You should instead immediately give them food and medical aid in a secure, clean environment so they don't die of malnutrition or heatstroke that could have developed on the way, tied down of course for security reasons as you wait out a period of time to see if any cuts resulted in infection. 2  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    
Whiskey_williams
Whiskey_williams
5. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 19 2008, 7:33 PM EST | Post edited: Dec 19 2008, 7:33 PM EST
"I hope that you would quarantine them first, rather than making them strip once they arrive. You should instead immediately give them food and medical aid in a secure, clean environment so they don't die of malnutrition or heatstroke that could have developed on the way, tied down of course for security reasons as you wait out a period of time to see if any cuts resulted in infection."
yeah good thought. In my plane I have a seperate rooftop near our main roof specifically for quarantined people. If they turn, they take the plunge, if not, they join our "Army of Zombie Killers". I could probably get my plan done with around 30 people to start with, but would eventually take on survivors. The main people I would need would be workers to do the construction. I have a fireteam for supplies, a fireteam for construction and construction supply runs, a fireteam for security of both survivors living with us AND the fireteams as they head out each day. I'd also have the women divided up into 2 teams to make the living area comfortable for people, and to figure out a way to grow our own food from the rooftops. Not to be sexist, I just want to keep them off the ground, away from zombies. I'd also have an alternate assault fireteam on standby while the other supply teams were out and about so incase we got in over our heads, they could come bail us out. As I took on more people, I would evenly divide them between the backup fireteam, security team, and construction team. If I began to take on enough people to have a good sized little army, I may venture out and capture a small town or secluded area and restart the process. The town my plan is for is surrounded by tiny towns that would be easy to take.
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Swanny777
Swanny777
6. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 27 2008, 2:28 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 27 2008, 2:28 AM EST
"That sounds like a good idea, if you can somehow round up at least 200 survivors to "grow" into a large enough force (without doing incest or producing mentally deficient children due to replicated genes) to retake a town of at least 1,000 people, in the most rural conditions. Your plan is very long term, and if it is to be successful, I doubt you would live to see it either go down in flames or produce a haven for all that survived."
I don't need to be around when the plan comes to fruitation, I will be saving lives with it. Collecting enough survivors shouldn't be a problem, I live just outside a medium sized town. Feeding them won't be fun, but we will find a way with hunting, gathering, and raiding.
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The_Chef
7. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Dec 29 2008, 3:29 AM EST | Post edited: Dec 29 2008, 3:29 AM EST
I hate to be the helping hand the the Angel of Death but that plan is awefully optimistic. To be able to organize that well, set up that fast, defend and maintain is highly unlikely. Think of the popluation of the US, Canada and Mexico. After a couple months of an end game outbreak where you would have to retake a town after living like ewoks in trees the shear number of zombies fafing around with be impossible to deal with while trying to retake a town, keep the town, build a wall and start crops. Probably only a single digit to maybe the lower tens percentage of the civilian population would make it after the first 6 months. Think about what sort of number of potential zombies wandering about North America that would mean. The only choice would be to secure a strong hold in the begining or stay on the move looking for one someone else secured. After the infection really digs in there won't be any securing or establishing anymore, just keeping what you have and raiding for more. 1  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

Lindrak
8. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 1 2009, 5:19 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 1 2009, 5:19 PM EST
II would have a seperate building such as a warehouse for quarentining survivors, after they have had food and drink they would go through into another room at be checked by someone qualified for any bites or scratces. Then they would go along a secure path to another secure living area. If, after one week they are not zombified they would be allowed to come to normal living areas and be assigned jobs. such security is necessary because if a zombie was going around witihout peoples knowledge it could infect a fair few, which in turn could infect people exponentially. 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
surivalist
surivalist
9. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 25 2009, 8:14 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 25 2009, 8:14 PM EST
dude sweet plan i was wondering if you wanted to join my zombie fighting group 1  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
Dolphie193
Dolphie193
10. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 31 2009, 5:19 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 31 2009, 5:19 PM EST
"My Survival Plan:
I plan on having a few different steps that are the following:
1. Find any friends and family that I can, making sure no one is infected."
That is what id do- but have you considered if they were growing at an alarming rate and were right on your doorstep?
OR would u waste the zombies first (if u can)?
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Dolphie193
Dolphie193
11. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 31 2009, 5:20 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 31 2009, 5:20 PM EST
Oh, and what i would do is phone my friends and explain the situation! 6  out of 6 found this valuable. Do you?    
Swanny777
Swanny777
12. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Feb 2 2009, 10:37 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 2 2009, 10:37 PM EST
Another thing needs to be mentioned. I feel that, in the early stages, a town may be saved. My household has a plethora of firearms, I may be able to rally some of my townsfolk to take out the outbreak at the start; perhaps before some know what is going on. I would need to catch things in the early stages of a Class 1 Outbreak, or maybe a Class 2, but it may be doable. Later, I could take many more people with me to a woodland survival. 6  out of 6 found this valuable. Do you?    
Dolphie193
Dolphie193
13. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Feb 3 2009, 1:27 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 3 2009, 1:27 PM EST
I agree, Swanny777, in the early stages is the best time to wipe these things out...Class 1 and 2 outbreaks id have me and maybe a friend (just in case, these things can be VERY sneaky)! class 3 things would be getting VERY bad- maybe only a few ppl left
Class 4...maybe total world domination MAYBE!
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AZDF-Kev
AZDF-Kev
14. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Feb 8 2009, 11:40 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 8 2009, 11:40 PM EST
well has any one thought about what happen's when ya best bud get's bit ?
because ya bringing ya freind with is good because they wont steal from you or wont ditch you with the 1 thousand hungry zeds
but when he/she gets bit, you know u have to kill em
but will u have the guts to kill your best friend ?
and what if there are crying and begging not to die ?
what if you cant pull the trigger ??

you cant let a zed go walking, one zed =10 zeds
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DirttyTeeth
DirttyTeeth
15. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Feb 8 2009, 11:54 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 8 2009, 11:54 PM EST
You guys are awfully optimistic thinking nothing will go wrong with your plan, and whiskey williams what if the woman want to fight will you let them??????? 0  out of 4 found this valuable. Do you?    

wasr762
16. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Feb 15 2009, 9:54 PM EST | Post edited: Feb 15 2009, 9:54 PM EST
well, id make a roaming colony. i have a bag with 200 rounds AK ammo 100 rounds 45 and id just leave and start gathering people. if it elevated to a phase 3 i would start to barricade a large building. phase 4 then governments would just blow the world up. the end. no plan for that 0  out of 2 found this valuable. Do you?    

masterrench
17. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 7 2010, 10:03 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 7 2010, 10:03 PM EST
my plan Phase 1 waiting in the house: when hearing about the outbreak i first would rally up as many friends and family i can checking them for infection and such. (i live out in the country in Wisconsin between a small village about 3 miles away and medium sized town about 5 miles away.) we would go back to my house and set up a hold inside my house (one story with a basement and garage) we would barricade the doors with these big wooden shelves we keep in the basement to keep boxes on along with wooden boards and poles. the only door that would be kept un barricaded (but still locked) would be the door to my 1 car garage with a pick up truck in it) the garage door can only be opened manually by lifting it up (so no electrical problems when escaping) the truck would be stock piled with a box of food and have a few gallons of extra gas in the back. (my dad being a contractor and working with metals and wood allot) we would enhance with truck with metal bars over the windows and attach my dads plow to the front (give me your thoughts on this would this be better to repel zombies in front of the truck or worse?). back to the house we would board up any windows. the basement would not be used and would be boarded up (worst place to be is underground when zombies attack because there is no escape). we then would wait like 2 weeks not letting anyone in or out of the house. we would keep quiet and stay dark by keeping the windows covered and using candle light. if a zombie were to get in we would only use blunt or sharp objects to kill it (no guns even though we have 1 shot gun and 2 rifles with us) as to make no noise. for melee weapons we have a machete, a meat cleaver, and a hatchet (not a large amount of weapons. we also have large knives and other common house hold items) we also have 2 bows and around 30 arrows. that's the end of my plan phase one please point out any lethal mistakes i would make.
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masterrench
18. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 7 2010, 10:18 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 7 2010, 10:18 PM EST
phase 2 leaving the safe hold: when we run low on our supplies (not the emergency supplies kept in the truck) we would send a small recon team out in the middle of the day (depending on the zombies if they can run fast or if they are slow ones we would either send them on foot or in the truck but assuming they are fast we send them in the truck) they would have a cell phone and walky talky. armed each with a melee weapon and 2 of them with guns one shot gun and one rifle (keeping 1 gun back with the survivors at the safe hold.) they would go into the small town of cottage grove about 3 miles away from my house and check for survivors and supplies. they would check all the gas stations and if they find one without signs of people they would go in and take everything they can carry and get out keeping one person with a gun outside and one with a gun inside ready to shoot anything. if they get the food and make it back they we would stockpile and send another team (based on the size of our entire group) of 3-4 people armed armed same as last time to go to the ACE hardware store in the same town and pick up some barricading supplies ( metal bars wood nails and tools along with batteries and fuel) they would also pick up anything that would prove as a weapon. then they would come back to the safehouse we would begin creating a metal cage on the back of the pick up truck once finished we would stock all our fuel weapons and food in the truck having two people up front the driver and passenger (passenger armed with a shot gun with 15 shells and a hatchet). and the others in the back in the metal cage with the two rifles and the bows and other weapons.) we would leave the safe house and move into cottage grove looking for survivors (checking there body for cuts or wounds and if we find any we would tie them up for a two or three days feeding and giving them water and see if the wound becomes infected) once we find enough survivors (10-15) we would go back to the safe house Do you find this valuable?    
Conmiro
Conmiro
19. RE: My Zombie Survival Plan
Jan 7 2010, 10:18 PM EST | Post edited: Jan 7 2010, 10:18 PM EST
"my plan Phase 1 waiting in the house: when hearing about the outbreak i first would rally up as many friends and family i can checking them for infection and such. (i live out in the country in Wisconsin between a small village about 3 miles away and medium sized town about 5 miles away.) we would go back to my house and set up a hold inside my house (one story with a basement and garage) we would barricade the doors with these big wooden shelves we keep in the basement to keep boxes on along with wooden boards and poles. the only door that would be kept un barricaded (but still locked) would be the door to my 1 car garage with a pick up truck in it) the garage door can only be opened manually by lifting it up (so no electrical problems when escaping) the truck would be stock piled with a box of food and have a few gallons of extra gas in the back. (my dad being a contractor and working with metals and wood allot) we would enhance with truck with metal bars over the windows and attach my dads plow to the front (give me your thoughts on this would this be better to repel zombies in front of the truck or worse?). back to the house we would board up any windows. the basement would not be used and would be boarded up (worst place to be is underground when zombies attack because there is no escape). we then would wait like 2 weeks not letting anyone in or out of the house. we would keep quiet and stay dark by keeping the windows covered and using candle light. if a zombie were to get in we would only use blunt or sharp objects to kill it (no guns even though we have 1 shot gun and 2 rifles with us) as to make no noise. for melee weapons we have a machete, a meat cleaver, and a hatchet (not a large amount of weapons. we also have large knives and other common house hold items) we also have 2 bows and around 30 arrows. that's the end of my plan phase one please point out any lethal mistakes i would make.
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