What do you think is happening around the world in We're Alive?

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

You have to remember that people in remote areas are more self sustainable. They're hunters, farmers and builders. Urbanites are more dependent on supplies because we don't need to have those skills. If we can't get it from Amazon.com, grocery stores or Target, we're pretty screwed.

As far as them having "less" experience.. flip that. They'll be more experienced at surviving period. They'll be more likely to own several fire arms or other weapons for hunting.

[Eviebae]

As far as them having "less" experience.. flip that. They'll be more experienced at surviving period. They'll be more likely to own several fire arms or other weapons for hunting.

What about gang members, or people from other countries where they've survived armed conflict?

We're just talking these zombies, right? You had waves of people washing over the city like an infected tsunami with no warning sirens. The news was less than helpful--saying it was just riots etc. That's what made it so difficult. You would basically just have what you were seeing and hearing to react to with no guidance as to the best response. Maybe the people in remote areas would respond correctly, maybe not.

Something that just occurred to me, you have less people in the country but you have more big meat animals like cows to munch on.

[Solanine]

Yeah, thats what I was saying about the people in conflicts in Afganistan. Bases of UN forces alive still? Taliban alive in their cave complexes .

[Solanine]

I live in a remote area of Scotland. There are a few people with survival training and who are mostly self sufficient but most people up here travel the 2-3 hours to get their food from Tesco. It's true that their are far more remote places than a small village in the highlands but still, people are far to used to modern life.

[Solanine]

So far in the series we have learned of at east four different groups of survivors (Michaels tower, Samantha's tower, the mallers and the colony) but who else is out there where are the military and where did the helicopters escort civilians to before the colony was formed? Please discuss.

[Eviebae]

We're probably going to make the rounds seeing what's going on as the series progresses running into any number of dystopias.

The thing that makes this podcast superior is the scenarios play out in different ways than the stereotypical neat wrap up hero's win type thing. I liked the dialog at the beginning too--very naturalistic, though it's getting less so.

You have the zombies, the survivors and the cause all making things interesting.

[Solanine]

Yeah, the latest arc with the colony has been too much talking not enough Burt. I'm no sure in what form we will come across the place that people were evacuated to but it will be cool. Possibly they come across the place all burned down and with bodies everywhere. Or they are greeted with fresh eggs and bacon. Either way it seems like a cool end point for the whole series.

[Eviebae]

I hope we learn a little more about what caused it.

[Solanine]

Would be good, I'm sure Kc will explain it some how. Really I'm more interested in what happens after, but it would be cool backgroung information to have.

[David Foley]

I believe, as you guys have already said, that the more urbanized and/or overpopulated areas of the world would have been almost immediately affected if (or when) the virus got their from its supposed epicenter of San Francisco, leaving the more remote outposts of the world untouched. However, in places of the world in which it is both urban and highly populated, do you think that they would be more inclined to spread out or resort to simply attacking the other zombies? We already know that they will eat each other, but do you think that they would be more likely to resort to cannibalism as their primary source of food, or would they spread out in search of easier prey?