This question was asked anonymously on my Formspring, but it deserves a full answer…
In the event of zombie outbreak – what’s the plan?
Okay, so my current place of residence, the lovely seaside town of Nairn, is awesome in a zombie outbreak. It’s got a reasonable enough population to handle a mass outbreak and is isolated from any major cities by a fair stretch of fields or ocean.
If a zombie outbreak started, it would probably infect the major cities before hitting the Highlands, and that might alter the order of events a bit, but when it reached my plan would go like this…
- Grab weapons. There’s a butchers nearby, and quite often construction work, and if they’re worth their salt they’ll have massive knives and chains in the butchers and lots of heavy construction equipment on the street. And hopefully chainsaws, because everyone needs chainsaws.
- My house is down an alley, so it’s reasonably easy to barricade off. If possible I’d detonate an arch at it’s top to block things off with rubble, but off not I’d resort to a good old-fashioned ‘thrown anything in a huge pile’ barricade. Maybe start with the chicken coop, or grab some of the many abandoned sofas that end up by the river.
- It’s also off the High Street, so if we’re assuming the High Street is overrun by zombies and unusable without a bit of risk (and the Streetscape is probably still ongoing, so if you didn’t grab one of those huge drills then all those big gaping holes won’t be helping) then I can probably just sideways through the back alleys and into the back doors of shops to loot supplies.
- Now armed with weapons, food, and other survival supplies (hopefully an electric generator!) I’d have to completely secure the rest of the alley, then the house, then block off the entire ground floor and hole up in the loft.
- Should the undead still make their way through, there’s still a nice opportunity for escape out of the loft onto the roof, and from there onto other roofs and eventually to the ground, and maybe even to a vehicle.
So basically my plan revolves around defending, defending, defending and hoping for rescue. Which isn’t the best plan if rescue never happens, but I guess I’m an optimist? I know a few people with more exciting offensive strategies who’ll hopefully stop by with a comment.
Do you see any flaws in my plan?
If your hometown was suddenly overrun with zombies, what would you do?
Leave a comment and tell us!
Presuming were talking slow zombies.
1) Weapons –
Depends on time of day but in general the butchers is my first post of call. As Emma said, butchers = Cleaver. We have a “outdoors” shop at the bottom of the brae which would be my next stop.
2) Fortification –
Depending on the bank carpark's zombie population our bathroom window opens out onto said carpark and my first step would be closing the large gates there to secure an escape route. Next step is to take the comforts like the spare bed and chairs for guests suing them ads a baracade to block off the front of the lane. Eventually they may find a side entrance to the ally from the other and this is when window baracades would take efect.
3) Supplies –
Ashers and co-op would be a good place to start as they are closest to our house and stacked full of noms. Take the fresh food first esp meat and bread (As much of which should be stored in freezers) fruit and veg should be taken and what is not eaten should be disected for seeds. Once those were gone the next step would be stocking up on tined and pickled goods.
4) Hold up and gather supplies –
Generator of some kind
Survivors with skills
Vehicle, the bigger the better and I know where to get the key's to most trucks in Nairn.
Closest/Safest is most likely near the industrial estate.
Good call on the bank carpark gates and outdoors stores. I'd go more for stores with long-life foods, but that's just me. Fruit would be a bit of a waste imo, just wouldn't last long enough unless it's canned or already frozen.