Perhaps cold environments would be good. While it doesn’t seem great for living conditions, the zombies may freeze in the cold and immobilize themselves.[/quote]
I like this idea since zombies typically seem to be cold blooded. Since zombies have certain advantages over humans we need to fully assess their performance under a variety of conditions to turn the tables. Colorado Springs would put us at altitude which would be a disadvantage. The usefulness of any wilderness area depends on the question of whether animals can become zombies. I feel much more confident about my ability to handle a couple of zombie humans than a horde of zombie squirrels. Damn zombie squirrel hordes.
If we had a fortress with layered defenses, we could try to hold them outside our outer ring, baiting more from surround areas by working o9ut outside and not showering, and conserve ammo until enough had built up outside the ring. At that point, we let them through that line of defense and proceed with a Khe Sanh type annihilation of everything on our perimeter.
[quote]Schwarzenegger wrote:
First we need to decide on how to kill zombies. I always thought it was destroying their brain, either by decapitation or shooting/stabing in the head. Is that what we’re going with?[/quote]
Yeah, that’s generally the thought. Although in some other cases (like in Resident Evil) you just need to injure the spine (with a shark kick to the back, or snap their neck for example).
The safest option would just be to smash their heads into bits.
They don’t need to swim. Oxygen is of no concern to them. They can just walk on the bottom of the ocean floor to the island…completely undetected. This brings the question, though, do sharks like zombie meat?[/quote]
I don’t think zombies would need to worry about sharks as much as all the little fish. My experience scallop diving is that if you damage the scallop at all when you pop it off the rock all the little fish come swarming in to devour it (in this case, you must quickly eat the muscle before the fish do. A salty mid-dive treat!)
In the movies Zombies are always falling apart. I think the little fish would swarm them until they were all gone.
well, if we can just herd them into a NYSC, or 24 hour fitness facility…
Have you ever been in one of those? They’ve already got zombies in there!
One thing I haven’t seen mentioned it that we need to make sure our fortress isn’t near any graveyards - or have we forgotten the lessons learned from Night of the Living Dead?
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Speaking of Night of the Living Dead. My six year old boy is obsessed with horror movies and always wants scarier and scarier. It gets tough to find ones that are both scary and decent for a little boy. I finally got tired of him pestering me for something even scarier and went out and got “Night of the Living Dead”. After all it scared the shit out of me when I was a little kid.
He watched a total of about eight minutes of it. The rest of the time he spent with his face buried in my chest. I think he was even covering his ears in parts. He still likes scary movies though. We even watched a couple of Goose Bumps last night. I knew the Sox were going to win anyway.
[quote]Schwarzenegger wrote:
First we need to decide on how to kill zombies. I always thought it was destroying their brain, either by decapitation or shooting/stabing in the head. Is that what we’re going with?[/quote]
I think the best way to kill or rid yourself of Zombies is to play a cd like “The Best of The Carpenters” or something by Abba. I’ve noticed in those video arcade games that zombies seem to prefer hard rock. You never hear Abba or Carpenters at those places. Zombies must hate that shit (I don’t blame them!)
So I get in the car this morning, turn on the radio… they’re talking about zombies! They spent the entire morning talking about stuff we talked about on here. It was bizarre.
[quote]Schwarzenegger wrote:
So I get in the car this morning, turn on the radio… they’re talking about zombies! They spent the entire morning talking about stuff we talked about on here. It was bizarre.[/quote]
Oh damn. I hope it doesn’t happen yet. I need to get jacked for the zombie invasion.
You have to plan ahead when running from the feds (think Bourne Identity type planning). You’ll never be able to stay ahead of them if you’re thinking on the fly. Have a couple of different IDs, multiple passports, bank accounts in other countries, etc. If you’re doing something that could get you in trouble, you should be planning ahead for this anyway.
Be multi-lingual and fluent. Have a regional dialect that matches your aliases. For example, if you have a German passport, you need to be able to speak Deutsche (go with Hamburg, since it’s an easier accent to learn than say, Bavarian). Likewise, don’t have a British passport and use an Aussie accent. Always be from a big city that you have done some research on in case you encounter anyone from there. You’d be surprised how quickly you can get screwed if your German customs agent is from Meerbusch and your alias is from Dusseldorf.
You can always fake your death in a fiery car crash. All you need is to find a cadaver that roughly matches your structure. Unless you have a panagraphic xray on file at the government (which I do), this will get you off the hook. If the govt does have your xrays on hand, you need to get a little dirty in your car crash scenario and basically destroy the jaw and eliminate some teeth before setting the car ablaze.
It’s a tricky business, staying ahead of the feds. But it can be done. Obviously, the egregiousness of your violations will determine the manpower and resources they put into catching you. The worse you’ve done, the harder it will be to get away.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
You have to plan ahead when running from the feds (think Bourne Identity type planning). You’ll never be able to stay ahead of them if you’re thinking on the fly. Have a couple of different IDs, multiple passports, bank accounts in other countries, etc. If you’re doing something that could get you in trouble, you should be planning ahead for this anyway.
Be multi-lingual and fluent. Have a regional dialect that matches your aliases. For example, if you have a German passport, you need to be able to speak Deutsche (go with Hamburg, since it’s an easier accent to learn than say, Bavarian). Likewise, don’t have a British passport and use an Aussie accent. Always be from a big city that you have done some research on in case you encounter anyone from there. You’d be surprised how quickly you can get screwed if your German customs agent is from Meerbusch and your alias is from Dusseldorf.
You can always fake your death in a fiery car crash. All you need is to find a cadaver that roughly matches your structure. Unless you have a panagraphic xray on file at the government (which I do), this will get you off the hook. If the govt does have your xrays on hand, you need to get a little dirty in your car crash scenario and basically destroy the jaw and eliminate some teeth before setting the car ablaze.
It’s a tricky business, staying ahead of the feds. But it can be done. Obviously, the egregiousness of your violations will determine the manpower and resources they put into catching you. The worse you’ve done, the harder it will be to get away.
DB[/quote]
The car crash is good though, but you’d have to completely mangle the body, teeth included. Even then they’d be able to match the body’s DNA with your own, from say hairs at your last place of residence. It would impossible to fake your death anymore.
You’d have to do something like knowingly board a large passenger ship, and then sink it in the ocean or a large body of water. It would help to have a rescue crew covertly positioned to rescue just you. Many bodies will be missing, and they’d probably assume you were included. There is no other way to convincingly fake your death and not require a body.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
It’s a tricky business, staying ahead of the feds. But it can be done. Obviously, the egregiousness of your violations will determine the manpower and resources they put into catching you. The worse you’ve done, the harder it will be to get away.
DB[/quote]
That’s true, but Whitey Bulger managed. If someone can do what he did and get away, then really nothing is impossible.
[quote]Jerkwad wrote:
dollarbill44 wrote:
It’s a tricky business, staying ahead of the feds. But it can be done. Obviously, the egregiousness of your violations will determine the manpower and resources they put into catching you. The worse you’ve done, the harder it will be to get away.
DB
That’s true, but Whitey Bulger managed. If someone can do what he did and get away, then really nothing is impossible.[/quote]
Of course he’s got connections and money. I’d be willing to bet if one of us got on the FBI most wanted list that we wouldn’t have the resources to hide.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
You can always fake your death in a fiery car crash. All you need is to find a cadaver that roughly matches your structure. Unless you have a panagraphic xray on file at the government (which I do), this will get you off the hook. If the govt does have your xrays on hand, you need to get a little dirty in your car crash scenario and basically destroy the jaw and eliminate some teeth before setting the car ablaze.[/quote]
Even a fiery car crash that leaves only bone fragments might not be enough to cover your tracks. Read the story of Madison Rutherford.
I’m not sure if this was mentioned already but it has been determined that the only reliable tool for fighting zombies indefinitely is a lightsaber.
Never run out of ammo
Never dulls
It burns through the flesh, so it will never get stuck in a zombie torso
Small and lightweight when not out so its easy to run with
[quote]Schwarzenegger wrote:
So I get in the car this morning, turn on the radio… they’re talking about zombies! They spent the entire morning talking about stuff we talked about on here. It was bizarre.[/quote]
Even more creepy, on the day before 9/11 I had a half-hour long conversation with an ex of mine about the WTC bombing in 1993 and how they could have done a better job.
I swore I’d get a call from Big Brother the next day. No such luck. Even as a potential suspect, I suck.
[quote]lazyaxus11 wrote:
I’m not sure if this was mentioned already but it has been determined that the only reliable tool for fighting zombies indefinitely is a lightsaber.
Never run out of ammo
Never dulls
It burns through the flesh, so it will never get stuck in a zombie torso
Small and lightweight when not out so its easy to run with
Seeing as how a zombie outbreak may happen at any moment, but light sabers are theoretically impossible, and at least currently not available, it would have to be a different weapon.
A mix is good. A nice sword or machete is a must, in case you run out of ammo. I’d probably go with some kind of high-powered pistol too, as that can be an accessory weapon. And of course an automatic for those tough situations. Maybe some grenades to clear a path if necessary. It seems like you’d have to take a ton of stuff just to have all the bases covered.
For just one weapon, definitely a nice ninja sword.
Of course variety is key with weapons, but that makes getting around harder. A sword and a grindstone is a decent choice for a weapon, but the number one weapon, IMO, would be a car!