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ViolentKisses |
"'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 7:56 AM EDT
Fa la la la la, la la la la.Ok with that out of the way... Thought it would be fun to discuss in a little more detail the advantages and disadvantage of the seasons on a zombie apocalypse. Feel free to contribute where you are and describe your seasons. Then discuss how this benefits or places humans at a disadvantage. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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ViolentKisses |
1. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 8:08 AM EDT
I live in Ohio and this means cold winters teens, 20's, and 30's + snow."Typically speaking, this year I hope has been a fluke, I hope." Anyways we wear thick heavy winter coats here during the winters and I believe should Z-day strike in the middle of winter, something as simple as a winter coat will drastically reduce the number of superficial bites and scratches that could lead to infection and zombify you otherwise. That is one benefit of winter in Ohio i'll post more later. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
=jesse= |
2. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 10:35 AM EDT
I'm in Colorado. We tend to get all four seasons in one season. During the winter, it drops to single digits and we get a good amount of snow. The deeper into the mountains you go, the more snow you get. Pro for us since it'll likely freeze zeds and act as a natural barrier. Con for us in that we will have to battle snow and ice for months.Warmer months are nice, but fire is a danger. We just had a gigantic fire yesterday in the mountains and had to fly in firefighters from AZ. Single digit humidity, dry brush, and high winds make for a perfect environment. Pro- it'll toast those zeds right up. Con- it'll toast us right along with it. 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
Steinhammer |
3. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 10:53 AM EDT
Here in Norway winter can be pretty harsh,wich i consider a advantage rather than a disadvantage. I dont see for example ''ragers''(as seen in 28dl) surviving long. and undead would at least slow down considerably when their limbs freeze. Having served in a Jaeger troop (aswell as grown up here) im well used to cold and snow.Spring,summer and fall is ussually wet afairs with alot of rainy days, which would help the fresh water supply situation. Do you find this valuable? |
vampirejediknight |
4. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 11:57 AM EDT
The south has four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Christmas. Fortuneately, it can get quite cold in our breif winter (at least in my town). I love it personally, but I'm about the only one. It's already getting hot here some days, particularly in the afternoon (I'm almost always cold in the morning) Anyway, this time of year, I myself have horrible allergies, which would put me at a disadvantage in any situation. However, that can be remedied with generic dollar-store pills that would not exactly be the big-time looting target in a zomie apocalypse. However, that and all other information about weather in my hometown is irrelevant, as I plan to "shake the dust of this crummy little town off my feet" immediately before or after the panic and head to my first-choice hideout in the NC mountains. It would take between six and eight hours, and could be made on a full tank. There, it is higher altitude, so a little cooler and more of a winter, but still pretty hot and buggy in the summer. There would be a little snow in winter, a perfect fall (in my opinion, a little cold for some), and a fairly mild spring, with some fluctuations. I will think more and post more on this later. Good topic. Do you find this valuable? |
JunkCollector |
5. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 12:39 PM EDT
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Here in the lower central area of Michigan (I 69 @ Tekonsha exit 1/4 mile East, and 1/4 mile South), we get close to the same weather as you get ViolentKisses, except lake Michigan blocks a lot of the severe weather by pushing it a little south. Spring - I love spring its not hot and not cold. This season allows me to plant my garden, do yard work, and a lot of house hold auctions to buy good stuff, and unregistered rifles and shot guns cheap. Summer - Is the worse of the seasons for me, I don't do well with heat, when the temp. gets above 80 my body just wants to shut down, I can't take the heat. But the FISHING is good, real good. The biggest draw back is that during the summer I like to sleep all day and do stuff all night when it's cooler. Fall - Still great fishing, hunting, my garden is fully harvested and every thing is eaten or canned, and the temp. lowers down to where I enjoy it 70 F or lower. Winter - Is my favorite season, hunting, snowmobiling, skiing, skating, sledding, snow shoeing, and still fishing (ice). 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
FrankLeeDeRainged |
6. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 2:01 PM EDT
I've brought this up before but I keep noticing people with plans to bug-out to sea. Plans that fail to take account of the seasons, which you might get away with if you are based it the tropics but a six-months-of-the-year-fail anywhere that has winter.It is of course possible to launch into the teeth of a screaming equinocial gale. You could manage it without much trouble in some substantial ship you happen to have around. Likewise you might have years of experience in some rescue service and can lay your hands on a smaller but very well found boat. But unless you are an experienced Grand Banks long liner or coast guard boatswain you are probably better of chancing it with the zombies. Do you find this valuable? |
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Steinhammer |
7. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 2:11 PM EDT
"I've brought this up before but I keep noticing people with plans to bug-out to sea. Plans that fail to take account of the seasons, which you might get away with if you are based it the tropics but a six-months-of-the-year-fail anywhere that has winter.Well chancing it on the atlantic or any major ocean is risky. But my plan to bug out on my sailboat(will trade up in size after shtf) still stands ,The geography here makes it very plausible, with several uninhabitad and resource filled islands in a fjord that offers shelter from the worst currents and winds. In similar circumstances i think its safer than fortressing *Sorry about going of topic.* Do you find this valuable? |
IrishHitman |
8. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
Ireland is very mild in general, with only very brief periods of extreme weather.
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FrankLeeDeRainged |
9. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 3:27 PM EDT
" i think its safer than fortressing."http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Winv_4bxJEg Be sure an let me know how that works out for you ; ) _ Do you find this valuable? |
Vito12 |
10. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 3:32 PM EDT
i am in johannesburg south africa, where we only have two seasons - spring and summer. lows down to 0 defrees celsius, highs in summer average 26 celsius, sometimes 32 (about 80 - 85 fahrenheit). autumn (fall for those of you who speak american) will start in about 3 or 4 weeks time, for about two months; followed by two months of spring, and then back into summer. problem with that is ideal temperatures for incubation of any viral pathogen otherwise perfect weather, i think i wore a jersey (sweater i.e short-sleeve weather) last about three years ago. last time we had winter is probably about eight or nine years ago. Do you find this valuable? |
Oakspar77777 |
11. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 5:34 PM EDT
Like vampirejediknight, I'm in the south, where some years we do not get winter (this year), though I might be a tad up from him, as we do get snow most years and have seen a foot of it on more than one occasion (not just the blizzard of '93).Our hot, humid summers will be a drag - as they suck the energy out of you. There are normally a week or two in summer where it is too hot to work most of the day (early morning or late evening only). Like most of the south, we have a nice long growing season, but we always risk drought in the Fall and depend on tropical systems to relieve us (hurricanes, tropical storms, etc - to push in rain from the coast or swing it up from the gulf). Zed would pretty much be a 12 month afair for us, but it never gets cold enough kill so long as you are dry and have enough blankets (we usually only have 4-5 days a year where the high temp is below freezing). If you have watched The Walking Dead, you have seen what summers in the south look like (they film in south Georgia during the summer, which is why they are always sweating buckets). Do you find this valuable? |
SovietPrince |
12. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
DISADVANTAGE:Florida is knownw for its wonderful YEAR -ROUND HEAT WAVES so its safe to say rotting flesh will smell even worse. ANd if its transmittable via blood, we're f*cked.. because of mosquitos..lol Do you find this valuable? |
RainofMails |
13. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 8:47 PM EDT
Not necessarily. HIV is transmittable via blood but not by mosquitoes. Heat will also kill ragers and rot corpses. Do you find this valuable? |
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ViolentKisses |
14. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
Good point I really hadn't considered how cold weather could be a disadvantage to the rager type zombie.What is your definition of cold in Norway? Likely colder than in Ohio most of the time XD. Do you find this valuable? |
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ViolentKisses |
15. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 10:35 PM EDT
Americans use Autumn and Fall interchangeably :)So not much clothing advantage where you are. It would seem because your winters only reach freezing and not below, zombies would have an advantage. Longer lifespans thanks to the cold, but not cold enough to freeze. :) Do you find this valuable? |
The_Anomoly |
16. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 27 2012, 10:44 PM EDT
"Americans use Autumn and Fall interchangeably :)Lifespans for a zombies, isn't that an oxymoron, lol. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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Vito12 |
17. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 30 2012, 5:35 AM EDT
this morning we had this decades mist, lolseriously, johannesburg doesn't have weather as such, my joke with my brother in england is i'll stick with two months of winter (when we do get that bad, which is never) and 20 days of rain. i think that when night lows drop below about 8 celsius, is that about thirty fahrenheit, it can be uncomfortable without blankets, and homeless people are known to die. otherwise no, it never gets cold enough to affect any zombies as i (personally) postulate that they may be. i don;t worry so much about the graves suddenly opening up, but more a pathogen (possibly mutant / possibly weaponized) that affects any part of the nervous system Do you find this valuable? |
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Steinhammer |
18. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Mar 30 2012, 7:37 AM EDT
"Good point I really hadn't considered how cold weather could be a disadvantage to the rager type zombie.Personally when working outside as i do year round i dont consider it cold before hitting -10 to -15 degrees celcius. clothing is key. im located far south in Norway, around the capital area. Down here its common with -20 > -30 C in the winter, tnough this winter was unnusually mild with -17c i think as the coldest. Though in effective degrees - its alot more due to being right by the sea. In the north its dark half the year and tempratures can reach as low as -40 to -50 c at the coldest. Do you find this valuable? |
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ViolentKisses |
19. RE: "'Tis the Season" to benefit humans
Apr 5 2012, 7:30 AM EDT
Wow with -40 to -50 c it makes me think of a certain 1960's American quote."zombies now, zombies tomorrow, zombies forever" Yeah I changed segregation to zombies wanna fight about it? XD... Do you find this valuable? |
