THE WALKING DEAD.......CHANNEL 5

[Carraghs Gem 1,699]

Oh id have a pollytunnel, but it woukdnt be veg if grow lol

In the area im living every, tom, dick, harry and their mother has a plant or 2

[skycat 6,174]

No I haven't: I'll look it up: One of my favourite at the moment is Richard Herley's The Refuge. Very well written and seen from the perspective of a man who has survived the initial post-apocalyptic years on his own and is then 'forced' to help a community. Brilliant read.

[scothunter 12,609]

I read that book years ago lol trash can man , the baddie was called flak

[lurchergrrl 1,441]

No I haven't: I'll look it up: One of my favourite at the moment is Richard Herley's The Refuge. Very well written and seen from the perspective of a man who has survived the initial post-apocalyptic years on his own and is then 'forced' to help a community. Brilliant read.

 

I might try that book - it's got good reviews.

[JohnGalway 1,043]

I could have my house secured in less than 2hrs I recon just by taking dog run apart and putting the panels bolted to the wall covering doors/windows, got a bit of veg growing in garden, lurchers and snares for hunting, put a few traps down for zombies using a goat in a pen as bait and I could borrow a shotgun in double quick time as well as a jcb for digging pitts to trap zombies, think even after secureing the house itself id be sleeping in the loft at night

All very well securing your house, but how would you survive long term? Food, water etc: we'd be like the prey we hunted, constantly alert and looking for danger everywhere we went: I don't think that most modern civilised societies would stand the strain of living like that. People aren't used to being as wary as a fox wherever they go. The 'living' population would be down to about 1% in very little time at all, and I think that any group that did survive would have to remain fairly small or its needs would overwhelm the numbers of people very quickly.

 

I love post-apocalyptic fiction: can't get enough of it. How would we really behave, and which would the long term survivors be: the ones with the 'kill a stranger before they kill you' attitude? Or the ones that are trying to recreate a type of society, with all the rules needed by larger societies? One thing's for sure: even in a small group there would be no room for anti-social behaviour, nor for go-it-alone types.

Its great fun to think about how you'd survive a zombie apocalypse, ideally you'd hole up in a place with a high wall around at least 2 acres, couple of goats to provide milk, few hens and a polytunnel and plenty of veg, fuel ie: turf/timber

Hunting dogs and snares, about 4/5 able bodied people 3to protect compound, 2 to go out hunting/scavenging resourses, several guns with a lot of ammo for hourdes and human raiders, swords, machetes etc, garden tools, vehicle and access to fuel. Walkie talkies etc

 

I'd be a bit different here. All that needs to be stored should be stored securely inside a protected area. Once you start adding people, two acres isn't room enough to swing a cat. So I'd have "the farm" surrounding the protected area, whether that's a house, building, natural feature of the terrain. Have the most valuable or most easily stolen assets located closest to the protected area, then ratiate outwards with less valuable assets.

 

Storing clean drinking water, food, medical supplies, fuel, ammunition stockpile (whether that be rocks, rounds, or anything in between), vehicles, tools, etc would then take up a lot less space. Take a look back in history, that's what was done with forts, castles etc. One feature I particularly love in Ireland are promontory forts, most are in ruin but the idea can be extended to any peninsula or other suitable location. Though that's a rather more long term thing than a shit hitting the fan moment. For a quick fix a large building with an upstairs and a flat roof would be useful. Clean out the ground floor of anything that could potentially burn, destroy the stairs/lifts, and put in controlled access to the first floor. That way there'd be a bit of safety in being above ground level, and lots of storage + living room. The roof can be used as a look out platform, and depending on it's strength some small amount of gardening and rainwater harvesting can be done there.

 

The biggest problem with such a situation are other people, not walkers. People are wankers at the best of times, so imagine how they'd act then.

 

Survivalist sites are particularly good for info and ideas. And also the Mormons! (Church of Latter day Saints) Part of their life is storing food and being pretty smart and self sufficent.

 

Yes, I do think about this shit too much

Edited July 3, 2012 by JohnGalway

[Carraghs Gem 1,699]

When the zombie apocalypse comes john i'll move in with you john

[Lab 10,979]

4 pages of sincere talk on the killing of zombies and not once has someone said they'd slip there bullx...this site is going way downhill.............

[Carraghs Gem 1,699]

1 thing this thread proves im not the only mental one on thl

 

Pfff lab... Everyone knows that coursing zombies is illegal as the bull x gets eaten 9/10

 

[The one 8,577]

Never mind the bull x why no a 22 rimmy, silencer and a few thousand rounds ?.

[paulus 26]

Never mind the bull x why no a 22 rimmy, silencer and a few thousand rounds ?.

my thoughts that, but which round would be better for zombies :laugh:

[Carraghs Gem 1,699]

Did anyone see this? Its a quite funny b movie.. Well its funny if you dont take it serious

[marshman 7,758]

Never mind slipping a bull x surely there'd be zombie chavs with zombie bull x . Now thats scary ! Scabby drooling mouths walking with a slight limp . And thats before the chavs become zombies lol

[forest of dean redneck 12,017]

I could have my house secured in less than 2hrs I recon just by taking dog run apart and putting the panels bolted to the wall covering doors/windows, got a bit of veg growing in garden, lurchers and snares for hunting, put a few traps down for zombies using a goat in a pen as bait and I could borrow a shotgun in double quick time as well as a jcb for digging pitts to trap zombies, think even after secureing the house itself id be sleeping in the loft at night

All very well securing your house, but how would you survive long term? Food, water etc: we'd be like the prey we hunted, constantly alert and looking for danger everywhere we went: I don't think that most modern civilised societies would stand the strain of living like that. People aren't used to being as wary as a fox wherever they go. The 'living' population would be down to about 1% in very little time at all, and I think that any group that did survive would have to remain fairly small or its needs would overwhelm the numbers of people very quickly.

 

I love post-apocalyptic fiction: can't get enough of it. How would we really behave, and which would the long term survivors be: the ones with the 'kill a stranger before they kill you' attitude? Or the ones that are trying to recreate a type of society, with all the rules needed by larger societies? One thing's for sure: even in a small group there would be no room for anti-social behaviour, nor for go-it-alone types.

Its great fun to think about how you'd survive a zombie apocalypse, ideally you'd hole up in a place with a high wall around at least 2 acres, couple of goats to provide milk, few hens and a polytunnel and plenty of veg, fuel ie: turf/timber

Hunting dogs and snares, about 4/5 able bodied people 3to protect compound, 2 to go out hunting/scavenging resourses, several guns with a lot of ammo for hourdes and human raiders, swords, machetes etc, garden tools, vehicle and access to fuel. Walkie talkies etc

 

I'd be a bit different here. All that needs to be stored should be stored securely inside a protected area. Once you start adding people, two acres isn't room enough to swing a cat. So I'd have "the farm" surrounding the protected area, whether that's a house, building, natural feature of the terrain. Have the most valuable or most easily stolen assets located closest to the protected area, then ratiate outwards with less valuable assets.

 

Storing clean drinking water, food, medical supplies, fuel, ammunition stockpile (whether that be rocks, rounds, or anything in between), vehicles, tools, etc would then take up a lot less space. Take a look back in history, that's what was done with forts, castles etc. One feature I particularly love in Ireland are promontory forts, most are in ruin but the idea can be extended to any peninsula or other suitable location. Though that's a rather more long term thing than a shit hitting the fan moment. For a quick fix a large building with an upstairs and a flat roof would be useful. Clean out the ground floor of anything that could potentially burn, destroy the stairs/lifts, and put in controlled access to the first floor. That way there'd be a bit of safety in being above ground level, and lots of storage + living room. The roof can be used as a look out platform, and depending on it's strength some small amount of gardening and rainwater harvesting can be done there.

 

The biggest problem with such a situation are other people, not walkers. People are wankers at the best of times, so imagine how they'd act then.

 

Survivalist sites are particularly good for info and ideas. And also the Mormons! (Church of Latter day Saints) Part of their life is storing food and being pretty smart and self sufficent.

 

Yes, I do think about this shit too much

nice axe get up and personal

i reckon turn your house into a bastle,

rip stairs out and use rope ladders out of first floor windows and live upstairs,

now where did i put them 2 crossbows i bought off here

Edited July 3, 2012 by forest of dean redneck

[scothunter 12,609]

Just take over a police station, that be secure enough. Oh and you can have a ball in the evidence room lol

[Lab 10,979]

Just take over a police station, that be secure enough. Oh and you can have a ball in the evidence room lol

You'll be alright mate....just let the Zombie in the front door and tell him to put Beau in the kitchen for you.....he'll have its f*****g head off quick smart............. .