If all hell broke loose right now, what would you do?

[Chelsea C.]

Nope, they just aren't allowed to serve in the military. It has to do with their doctrine of separation. Worldly government and all that.

There is always the county jail, or juvy hall up the road. Those are probably both better than a Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. My lesson for today is that, if there were a zombie apocalypse, I'd likely be lunch for my zombie neighbors.

Chances are you wouldn't have any other choice but to be lunch for the zombies because Kingdom Halls accommodated A LOT of congregations (at different time slots). so there probably wouldn't even be room. Chances are, JWs will be there first.

[Teethingbiscuit]

Not to mention being blind. Without windows or better than that tactical lookouts there is little to be known on what is going on even 6" away... that may desired. Hear no zombie, see no zombie.
Teeth

[Pandora]

I would find a lab and do experiments on the zombies! At the beach side home! possibly Alcatraz? Stock up on food, Ammo, gas, generators, tow trucks, and MOVIES!

[Eviebae]

Given a choice, hiding is better than fighting. Fighting means being seen and being a target. Plus, you don't want to get close enough to get infected. But, what you want is choice. Weapons of different range and capability and lots of booby traps and get-a-ways.

Speaking of which, what about multiple escape routes? I keep wondering why the survivors don't have escape plans--and booby traps---and ways to close off parts of the buildings. I'm torn on the issue because more than one way out = more than one way in. But, having multiple ways out or multiple safe rooms would be good too.

Heck, you know what I wonder? Why isn't anyone doing mass kills of the Zombies? Luring masses of them into one area and destroying them from a distance...although they may just all starve to death first.

[HaveCrowBarWillTravel]

Eviebae,
Lack of ammo, lack of training with the weapons they have and lack of will to go on the offense. Who wants to be a hero?
I'd only fight when I had to. I'd most def prepare for a bug out though.
Getting infected isn't too great a worry if you're properly dressed. Shoot, you could go out in a full leather bikers outfit with helmet and bust zombie ass without worry. You might have tunnel vision with the helmet on, but it's only an example.
You just don't want to get stuck simply fighting. Stick and move.

[Funny Muffins]

At this point, your already dead.
I might be the dude polishing his skulls to heavy gloss in the corner..


Luring them away from your buddies anywhere would be key.
Dropping blood on a distant location would be the easiest way to distract these sharks, take a sealed glass container and place it on the end of a pull string on the back side of an adjacent building, pull that stuff and BAM no more infected monsters hammering at your front door for a while.
Then you just rig up a Molotov/pipe bomb or two in the same fashion...
HA!

As for the tower, yea they are not taking advantage of any traps or anything aside from a trip wire and an elevated position.
Wouldn't it be fun to let them get onto the 10 floor hallway then figure out a way to drop then to the first?!
Yeah, I thought so too!

XD

PS.
Shouldn't this thread be located in OFF TOPIC?

[Chogidog]

After reading both Max Brooks books, especially the Zombie Survival Guide, my son and I had a little contest to see which of us could find the best building in town to secure and defend.
Guess what.. There aren't any in my town.
Everything has big ol' glass windows or a ton of doors.
The best thing we've got going for us is a little known, but well stocked gun shop about 10 houses down.
After that, maybe lowes to get a chainsaw and cut out the stairs to my 2nd story apt.
Not a lot of options for me here lol

[ObamaCat]

There's a perfect group of apartment buildings near the lake in town where I live. They have a good view of the surrounding area, have some good security measures, and are on the aforementioned lake which would be a great source of water (unless the virus can spread through water, then I'm screwed). That or a pimped out Costco.

As for guns, living in Canada hinders my immediate access to them, but I think I would just raid a local hunting store on the way over to the apartment buildings.

[Jesse Daniels]

ready, set outbreak!

If the outbreak happens now while I'm at work I'm staying here. I work in an office suite area that runs above and below the main shopping center. It is a converted bomb shelter that has 3 entrances. One entrance is a fire door with no ability to open from the outside, the other door is another heavy steel fire exit, and the last is two sets of double doors that are shatter proof and electronically lock at night. Once inside (which I already am) you have free access to the roof. From the roof you can easily make it to the otherside of the plaza where there is a supermarket prime for the picking. In the plaza there is a drug store, a dollar store, and 2 clothing stores as well as a dental office that may contain plenty of supplies. Behind the building is a technical school which has a machine shop for repairs, or creating a custom zombie proof mobile. 3 gas stations are all within sight of the roof top allowing for someone to cover from a distance. So i'm well set down here.

If the outbreak happens at home I'm running to the local gas station. The gas station has an apartment building on the upperfloor that can only be entered after going up a flight of wooden steps. Since the building already has one of those ladders you can throw out the windows I would remove the wooden steps making it impossible for anyone to get upstairs. Now the gas station is in a prime location since the back yard is a fresh water resevoir allowing for plenty of fresh drinking water. Within 2 blocks you have 2 gas stations, a pharmacy, and 2 supermarkets. Since the town population is only something like 14,000 I would expect very little infected after the outbreak since they will most likely head south to a better feeding ground.

[Decomposed Ass2Ass]

Get all the food in my house upstairs then barricade the staircase and just see how long me and my family can last with what we got. Either that or immediately die lol, I prefer the first