Are You Ready?

[Spazz]

A Question i ask myself and many of my friends often is if they would really be ready for a "Zombie Apocalypse".
And for me i am totally ready.I have all kinds of ideas and strategies and other things that would do good
to help survive in case of an outbreak!

If There was an outbreak that just started what would you do to survive? What would be the first thing you did? or Reaction? (start off like this then let's build off that )

I'll start it off.

the first thing i would do is find a weapon. my weapon of choice that would be available would be my 12 gauge, and for melee i gotta have a katana or machete. Then once i have a weapon i will fortify my house or wherever i may be as much as possible. Since the outbreak would have just started i would have to wait it out as long as i could before adventuring out when shit hits the fan. since everyone and everything will be in complete chaos that would be the best chance of surviving in the long run. all i got for now

[scbubba]

A Question i ask myself and many of my friends often is if they would really be ready for a "Zombie Apocalypse".
And for me i am totally ready.I have all kinds of ideas and strategies and other things that would do good
to help survive in case of an outbreak!

If There was an outbreak that just started what would you do to survive? What would be the first thing you did? or Reaction? (start off like this then let's build off that )

I'll start it off.

the first thing i would do is find a weapon. my weapon of choice that would be available would be my 12 gauge, and for melee i gotta have a katana or machete. Then once i have a weapon i will fortify my house or wherever i may be as much as possible. Since the outbreak would have just started i would have to wait it out as long as i could before adventuring out when shit hits the fan. since everyone and everything will be in complete chaos that would be the best chance of surviving in the long run. all i got for now

Good question. I don't consider myself a "prepper" (at least not a hard core one) but there are some things that I do in general. Like have firearms readily accessible when possible (including when I'm out of the house as the law may allow) and usually knowing where the exit options are.

I agree with getting somewhere fortified. I live in the 'Burbs so the upside is that it may not be as populated when it all goes down but the downside is that I'll be farther away from stuff once I do have to adventure out looking for supplies etc. (once I finish of what my neighbors left me that is....)

Any of the preppers in the forums got thoughts on what to do when it all goes down?

[Spazz]

That's a good thing to do. Now that I think of it maybe I should not hold up my building or wherever I'm staying at for a period of time before searching and adventuring. It may be a better idea to looks for survivors and bring in people who may be an asset to surviving. because the more people the better chance of getting things done. Only one person can do so much on their own.

[Osiris]

My reaction when the zombies come.

[scbubba]

My reaction when the zombies come.

Purrr-fect, Mr Whiskers!

[YetAnotherBloodyCheek]

Hm, I think that the ability to adapt to various situations is more important than having a long term strategy. The basic question is what can you assume when Z-Day happens? Yeay, you have a gun, ammo enough food, a shelter. Sounds perfect, does it not? But what about the adrenaline pumping through your veins which inevitably causes you sleeplessness? The feeling of being alone out there. No matter how good you are prepared, no matter how mentally stable you are, surviving would simply depend on too many variables - or short: luck - that I would ever regard myself prepared for Z-Day.

[Spazz]

Hm, I think that the ability to adapt to various situations is more important than having a long term strategy. The basic question is what can you assume when Z-Day happens? Yeay, you have a gun, ammo enough food, a shelter. Sounds perfect, does it not? But what about the adrenaline pumping through your veins which inevitably causes you sleeplessness? The feeling of being alone out there. No matter how good you are prepared, no matter how mentally stable you are, surviving would simply depend on too many variables - or short: luck - that I would ever regard myself prepared for Z-Day.

yeah i guess your right i didn't think that much into depth about it.

[tskt4lent]

thats true but also you dont want to find to many people, because remember there is going to be no more food being made so you're going to have to find your food or grow it yourself. but it would be nice to have like 12 people around and that still seems like alot of people ? thats what i think

[Spazz]

thats true but also you dont want to find to many people, because remember there is going to be no more food being made so you're going to have to find your food or grow it yourself. but it would be nice to have like 12 people around and that still seems like alot of people ? thats what i think

too many people would be bad having to worry about a lot. and plus you gotta worry about rebellion because of course people will disagree with some of the things that you are doing. and as for food that's when you gotta kick it old school and go out and hunt for some food. find a cattle ranch or something like that. as far as animals becoming infected i'm not entirely sure if it's possible but i guess we wouldn't know but from what i have seen they seem to be immune or just there is no mention of animals turning.

[pinkstarmary]

I haven't really given it much thought. But if the Z-day does come I hope that I'm some what prepared. I live near some Lowes, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby (hey, they don't just have craft stuff in there). As for food, just like Spazz said, I'd have to kick it old school. I work near a Buddhist temple and they have some cows, I'd just have to learn how to smoke it to make it last longer. As for weapons, I'm not much of a shooter. I guess I'd get me some cans of hairspray and lighters and make some blow torches. Not only will they help with some of the zombies, they will also keep some people away too.. .. I'm not sure if I would go looking for survivors, I'm pretty much a loner. But I would help someone in need.