I'm not even going to try and lie about, I'm a total zombie nerd. An avid watcher of the Walking Dead. So the possibility of a zombie apocalypse is something that I (and the rest of my family) are totally prepared for. My plan has three sections to it detailing what to do at each point in outbreak.
I. Rumors spread.
Clips from YouTube capturing zombie attacks are featured on everything from the local news to celebrity gossip shows. The time has come for me to embrace my Estill county redneck roots.
1. STOCKPILE TIME! Start by buying canned food, rice, pasta, peanut butter, BOTTLED WATER (possible the most important), and other nonperishable food items. Small first aid kits, batteries, matches, and flashlight would also be advantageous Shop at normal grocery stores (make sure you clear the shelves there) and at stores that sell in bulk. Go to every single one in town. Too much is not enough. The key to this is not waiting till the last minute when people begin panicking and there are more zombies, but to begin buying once you see the first clip. And at this point you have a better chance of getting more of the good stuff (this girl wants to live out the rest of the zombie apocalypse eating Spaghetti O's and not canned peas). THOSE WHO HESITATE DIE FIRST.
2. Clean all your guns and make sure they are in proper working order. If you don't own any, you need to buy at least two (like a shotgun and pistol would be best). Order ammo online, there is still time since the world hasn't gone to pot yet. But still go to stores to buy it so you can immediately have it on you. Also weapons that are quite and don't need ammo are an absolute necessity. Knifes, machetes, cross bow, and meat clever are all important too. Just make sure to sharpen you knives. Just remember the rule about weapons is THE MORE THE MERRIER!
3. Now you must prepare to become mobile at any given moment. Begin packing backpacks for each family member with water, a few cans of food, a small first aid kit, and some sort of weapon (and ammo if needed). Keep these backpacks beside the door that's nearest to your car (for me that's the garage door). For the rest of stockpile, keep half in your get away car and the other in your basement or most internal room (think where you would go incase of a tornado). Leading up to the world totally going to pot, make sure you don't drive the get away car and keep its gas tank full.
4. Now to make a safe room. The place mentioned in section 3, needs to become where you will ride out the first wave. Board up the windows and install industrial locks on the inside of the door. Along with the stock pile, keep flashlights, batteries and a weather radio in there.
You are officially prepared.
II. The world around us begins to crumble.
The infection has infiltrated your city and the military has given up. Anarchy ensues. But don't worry, your prepared.
1.The first wave. By this I didn't mean zombies, I meant pillagers. At this point people are more deadly than the still small but ever growing zombie population. They are scared and unprepared. Board up all your windows and all doors except the one closest your get away car. They will try to raid you house. Stay in the safe room as much as possible, especially at night. Don't let children out of the safe room because they WILL die first if you aren't careful.
2. It is now a kill or be killed world, so I think you can guess what you need to do for this step.
3. Try to find or get in contact with family members and close friends. Add them to your group of sane survivors. Just make sure they can contribute to the stock pile.
4. Now you and your group must sit and quietly wait. Wait for there not to be any sound outside. Wait for the pillagers to leave or kill each other. Just make sure there is now one outside your house to complete this step.
Good work, your survived the crazies.
III. The first day of the rest of your life.
Now is the time to pack up your loved ones and supplies and put them in the get away car. The coast is clear, time to leave the safe room.
1. Time to move on. Now you must head out to the country. The roads and such will have zombies hoards and crash cars all over the place, so it's important that you drive slowly and know several alternate routes. Have a good idea of where you are going before you pack up and leave. Like I would go to my grandparents farm in Estill county, where my Mamaw has an insane amount of canned vegetables from her garden (as in she has a whole room devoted to storing them) and my Papaw has a wide variety of guns and ammo (yep they are pretty hardcore).
2. Once you reach you farm destination, clear the land of zombies. Send out parties of people to kill small groups of zombies. Dig large holes in a hundred foot radius around the farm house to stop and trap zombies. Make sure the holes are at least ten feet deep. Build bridges that are two people wide across each of the holes (WITH RAILING). Leave a large chunk of land in between two of the hole to park the run/get away cars on. Once these holes fill up with zombies, shoot them and burn the bodies to make room for more (or you could pull a governor and just throw in people you don't like, not that I would do that). Build fences in a seventy five foot radius around the house, just incase the zombies get out of the holes make it across the bridges.
3. Start going on runs once every two weeks to replenish your stock pile and to bring TRUSTWORTHY people back to your camp (example: children that have somehow survived on their own and people who are hiding in stores without weapons or people you actually know). You should also get plants and seeds on the runs if possible.
4. Become farmer Rick. Dig a garden inside the fence and start planting. You will need to be able to live off that land because there is only a small amount of food left in stores.
5. Just stay put and survive. You have a nice little set up, you can make it now if you've made it this far. Thrive where you, make the best of it. Just don't do something stupid and mess up everything.
You are now one of the survivors.
"Just Survive Somehow"
JSS indeed
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