Nyktimos said:
It'd be a right bugger if the one last human woman was someone really unlovable. Imagine if it was Paris Hilton or someone like that.
Well that'd be fine. Because then I would soon be the -only- last person on earth, and I could live happily despite my solitude because I finally got to kill Paris Hilton.
And I'd mount her mummified skull on a tall oaken staff, and perform dark rituals every night, and become immortal for my sacrifice to the Dark Ones. >_>
Freya said:
Hay...whats your Zombie plan?
My zombie plan, Freya, is somewhat contingent upon my furthered employment because I still need to stock up on some things. But it starts with a stockpile of MREs and water tablets, and several weapons: A hip-sling shotgun, a full-auto AR-15, backup pistol, and as many molotov cocktails as I can carry. Also, a steel baseball bat. I believe this to be the most effective against the zombie menace. I would divide my supplies in to four stores: Here in my house, in an emergency pack, in my vehicle, and on the roof of the adjacent fire station which we will get to. Unique to my house would mostly be food...and on the roof, food and ammo and a length of extra rope. My car would have food, ammo, fuel, a small tent and some other things, and my pack would have all needed survival supplies so that it's always with me. I would have a duplicate pack also in my vehicle.
My appartment is second story and the only entrance is on my deck, at the top of a flight of stairs. I plan to hide out here as long as possible, in stealth and secrecy, with the stairs completely filled with debris and junk and boarded off at the top, and then the two front windows boarded up. The door will be left unboarded, but I will have a four-beam drop bar system in place to secure it so I can still get outside if I need to.
I have a good vantage point from the deck to fight from, in addition to easy roof access, so if the zombies find me out I can fight them off from a safe distance. I think I could even manage to fight them back somewhat if they got through my barricades. From here it depends on the level of sentient intelligence they retain; do they acknowledge -what- a house is, and determine a reason to enter it? Or do they only react to evident signs of life, such as movement or a sound? Luckily my area has a low-moderate population density; so I think I'll have time to make these observations.
If I'm over-run, I'll have an emergency pack ready to leave asap with food, basic survival gear, clothing etc. I have two options: From my roof I can make it to the stupid tree in my yard, whose branches overhang the fire station which is a flat roof with no other access. Easily defensible, and I could probably flee to other roofs from there with a rope and grappling hook. So now I'm on the rooftops, and can disappear.
Other than that, I would have my car fully stocked with additional supplies and ammo, extra gas cans, and a jerry can of diesel to help make more molotovs. I estimate I could be to my car in the span of six seconds; it's right at the sidewalk, and I could exit a bedroom window and slide down the roof outside and be within fifteen feet of it. I think I'll have some noisemakers set up down the street and in my back yard that I could trip either by pull-string or remote; hopefully this will distract the horde, and I can throw a couple of molotovs in the street to the north to create a partial barrier to additional hordes while I get in my vehicle and haul balls.
In this situation I could flee in to the mountains, or head further north to Priest Lake; it's highly probable that they would not be infected, although it depends on the time of year as they are a tourist hotspot. At any rate, they have an even lower population density than we do here, and since there is only one road to get there (not counting bike trails, which are a minimal consideration), and almost impassable terrain besides that, I think if I went there and showed I could contribute, we could form a significant defensible zone there. I'm a good worker, I can shoot, and I do possess some emergency medical knowledge and supplies...so hopefully they would accept me.
I could also sneak back in to Priest River at night and steal a plane if I wanted...we have several small aircraft at our airport here, as long as the owners haven't already taken them. My parents also have a home located in a remote area, which is just off the highway to Priest Lake; I would probably check in there and evaluate their precautions. Somehow I get the impression that they haven't thought this out, but they do have significant stocks of survival supplies. If they are ill-prepared I could grab my little sister and take her with me; if they're all zombified, god forbid, I would evaluate the feasibility of clearing the premises and possibly taking some supplies. I don't think I would stay there...there's only one way out by vehicle, and it's too much for one man to defend.
So that's my plan. I'd essentially try to wait out the infection and keep an ear on the radio frequencies. If somehow they are not dying off (which I don't anticipate), then I am lucky enough to live in an area chock full of gun owners for additional ammo and there are plenty of sources of fuel for my vehicle. I actually think there's a good chance of there being other survivors here; I would have to evaluate the possibility of banding together or staying secluded from them, because it's possible they would eventually want to steal my supplies, or even kill me and each other if rations started running low.
