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| zombie attack survival; are you ready? | |
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| Jeffrywith1e | Nov 25 2007, 03:02 PM Post #1 |
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| Nimrod | Nov 26 2007, 10:56 AM Post #2 |
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First: secure your house if at all possible. grab nails/screws and use boards from your garage, porch, railings, etc and Board UP your Windows & external doors. live on the roof only if you have to! Next: organize some weaponry. Spears would be perfect to use (not thrown), bows if ya got them, and whatever long hand-held weapons you can use. Try not to use any firearms (except maybe a .22) since the noise will bring more zombies. Next: have an escape plan to get out of the house. A ladder from the roof, or a quick escape from a basement window would work well if there is a distraction on the other side of your house. Next: gather supplies! Whatever vitamins, water from hot water heaters, salt from water softeners, ALL dried foodstuffs (flour, oats, ramen, mac & cheese), you can get your hands on GATHER IT ALL. [For prolonged sieges cut holes 'high up' in your external walls and pull your gutters into the house to collect rain sleet snow.] Gather your supplies, parcel them out to all folks in the house, arrange backpacks & camping gear so IF you have to run you can survive out in the wilderness. Finally: pick a very secure destination to retreat to, OR go to if it seems possible. Malls, water towers, parking ramps, drug stores, office buildings, caves, islands, etc are all good choices! Pick somewhere that has enough fresh water to use, and the possibility of surviving a winter. Stay QUIET & wait for winter... |
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| Nimrod | Oct 20 2008, 11:49 AM Post #3 |
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:::What you need to survive in an apocolyptic scenario::: ~Guns & Ammo~ This is the most important! ANYTHING you gather to survive will be taken from you, and your family, in a flash if you do not have guns to defend yourself. You NEED guns to defend your very life, and the lives of those you care for. You will need guns to hunt game. For food sources Carbs are FAR easier to get than protien/fat. LEARN TO SHOOT AND CARE FOR YOUR GUNS Reloading/Gunsmithing/Cleaning Kits - the reason to get these is obvious (and get PRIMERS/POWDER) .22 or .22mag rifle - this you will need to hunt small game (even a small deer with the .22mag!) and the rounds are very small and you can carry A LOT and they are cheap. Get a sling and a Scope, & you are set. The scope can also be used instead of binoculars. -and- .357 or .44mag revolver - this is more of a personal choice to be used to hunt larger game, and for fast quick personal defense. -and- 12ga or 20ga shotgun - try to pick one with a long barrell. This will be to hunt flying birds with shot, to bring down the largest game with slugs, and for home defense. If you run out of lead for making bullets you can fill the shells with just about anything for defense. ~Water~ Plan to 'hole up' in your house (explained below). You must buy materials, and plan for, having your gutters run into your house through your walls. In minnesota the average yearly precipitation landing on your roof should be enough to wash AND feed 24 people all year! Your plumbing in your house, the hot water heaters, bottled beverages, and the water in your softener setup combined should give you enough water for a month at least for your family. Kids wading pools, stopped up sinks/tubs, buckets, plastic storage bins, plastic bags, garbage bags, & empty bottles can ALL be used to store water. Bring your water to a full boil at least twice to sterilize it for drinking. This should be done weekly. Water filters on your faucets, water filter pitchers, cloth for straining, and even camping water filters can ALL be used as well. ~Clothing & Shelter~ Always have some rolls of duct tape handy, along with plastic sheets (or window plastic), to SEAL windows/doors/vents/walls in a hurry if there is a gas/dust/smoke/insect problem. Everyone should 'hole up' in their house IF THEY HAVE PREPARED. Examine all the windows, doors, & skylights in your home. Now figure the square footage of lumber you will need to cover ALL of them leaving 1-2' extra around the edges. On your property should be ALL the materials you need! Look at your kid's playsets, porches, decks, gazebos, sheds, tables, chairs, bookcases, furniture, shelves, counters, etc, etc, etc... Now you will begin to plan what will be 'screwed into place & where' to barricade your home. Find out where your studs are. Figure out how many 4+" screws you will need. PLAN PLAN PLAN Buy the screws, or know where you can salvage them from on your property. Always have your cordless drills charged! Only use nails to quickly hold the lumber in place since SCREWS ARE MUCH STRONGER. I have even pondered what metal sheets (signs, garbage cans, etc) are in the neighborhood that I can screw onto the inside of my barricades. Buy at least one camping tent! This can be used in your home to keep out pests, help keep you warm in winter, it can be used outside for obvious reasons, AND you could even have your lookout sleep in it on the roof. Always have tarps, sheets, ropes, cords, and plastic laying around that could be used as quick shelters. LEARN HOW TO SEW! Clothing should be no big deal since almost everyone has more than they need. Just have two full outfits for winter camping that can be shed in layers as it gets warmer. BIGGER is always better! Learn how to tan hides! ~Warmth/Shade~ Shade. Make sure you always know where you can get some cool shade (basement?) if you have to. Warmth. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE LOTS OF CANDELS, MATCHES, & LIGHTERS. If you want to get crazy buy a very small cast iron franklin wood burning stove. Remember to get the FULLY INSULATED chimney sections that you can assemble quickly to get the smoke out of your house. Remember that you will be competing for wood with your neigbors so see GUNS above. I have a very small, light, single-burner camping stove that burns kerosene, white gas, diesel, gasoline, and even oil. I try to not let my vehicles get below half full for gas, and with the gasoline in all my equipment I should have enough warmth for several winters. Always have an extra full container of propane laying around. Remember that you could always pull your grill inside to use one burner at the lowest setting for added warmth when it is coldest. You could cut a hole in the top of your cooking stove for smoke to go out your vent, so you could even have a small wood fire right in your kitchen. Warmth. In minnesota this should never be taken too lightly. Pick a basement room in your house with the least windows, towards the center of the house if possible, and turn it into your bedroom. Put rugs/carpeting as deep as possible across your floor, lay down at least one mattress, and set up your tent on top of the mattress in the center of the room. If you have chosen a large enough tent all of your family should be able to comfortably sleep together in it. With blankets & sleeping bags & body heat you should be perfectly fine down to 30 degrees F. For colder temps put a steel cooking pot in the center of the tent and light a candle in it. This should keep you warm down to 10 degrees F. A Candle could also be used to boil water for drinking, cooking, humidity, etc. For when it is even colder, or for cooking a main meal, use the grill or a camping stove or just burn something. ~Food~ Start buying far more food than you need. ESPECIALLY the non-perishable food items. Look at the expiration dates on ALL your food. Figure out how often you eat these food items. NOW buy extra food such that your eating schedule will have you eating food just before it should expire. THEREFORE you have built up a food surplus to help get you through a crisis!!! Always keep your water softener FULL of salt. This salt could be used for MANY purposes for many years. Study your families consumption of vitamins, and purchase a massive surplus such that each month you might be finishing some expired vitamins. VITAMINS will be one of the hardest things to get in a survival scenario. (Personally I try to stock up on a surplus of instant coffee & tea, also) I buy the cheapest, largest, bags of dried rice. I pour the rice into a garbage bag with some salt. I put this bag into another (trying to remove all the air). and finally this all goes into a sealable bucket. I figure my family will have enough food reserves for 5-6 months including what is in the freezer, fridge, & cupboards. Look around your area and figure out where the fruit trees, crops, and berry bushes are. In my yard I have 2 apple trees, 2 cherry trees, and we are surrounded by cornfields. Learn how to fish. Netting fish is the easiest. Learn how to hunt. Learn how to trap and set snares (with piano wire) for small game. I plan to live trap some rabbits, and lock them in my gazebo. These I can feed from my fruit trees, and let them breed... like rabbits! If you want to really be prepared plant some berrie bushes around (in MN Blueberry, Raspberry, & Rosehips are best), and you could even start a garden with carrots, rhubbarb, onions, & Potatoes. You will want a roll of chicken wire around to make a cage for critters, could be used to net fish, protect a garden, plug a window, or make a rabbit hutch. Always remember to throw some rice into water each morning. Even WITHOUT heat the rice should soften up to be eaten. Between growing, hunting, gathering, fishing, trapping, snaring, & scavenging your family should do OK with enough water, vitamins, & salt. Learn how to 'Can' goods, salt meat, make jerky, and dry/preserve foodstuffs! ~Waste~ Dig a very deep hole far 'out back'. Leave all your waste in a waste bucket you will pour out into the hole. ~Running~ Plan to run away. If it appears like anyone is even thinking about burning your house down just run away. ALWAYS plan for running away. Plan the escape routes out of your house. Plan the stealthy, & quick, ways to move through, and out of, your area. Have a compass, maps, & binoculars handy. Plan, prepare, and think about: 1) getting out of your house FAST, 2) Leaving your area quickly & stealthily, 3) Where to hide in your house, yard, neighborhood, & area, 4) Where do you eventually want to get to, & 5) where to head to in your first day of running. LIVE OUT OF YOUR BACKPACK. I know you will be holed up in your house. But live out of your backpacks anyhow. You want to be able to run out of your house in less than 5 minutes with everything you need to survive indefinitely, day or night, rain or shine, winter or summer. Have bicycles, wheelbarrows, or strollers handy to move your kids FAST! ~Etc~ Always have lengths of surgical tubing around for tournquets, slingshots, snorkel, & even syphoning gas! Do not feed anyone but your spouse & kids - Anyone can prepare like you have, and feeding them means your kids have a greater chance of dying. If you care for, trust, or find someone useful feel free to let them share your shelter & resources, BUT they MUST feed themselves. Form groups in your area/neighborhood to watch each other & help each other. And learn to communicate through signs & sounds. If your have walky talkys give one to a close neighbor, BUT turn it off to save power. Flash a light to let your neighbor know to turn it on. Keep a shortwave radio handy. Figure out how to fire-harden a spear, & make bows/arrows. Stockpile batteries, and keep around a bunch of flashlights. Learn to hand-to-hand fight with fists, knives, clubs - learn how to attack or defend against wild animals. A few cans of mace around can help against any wild animal. Have whistles around to help in communications. Mirrors are great for 'flash communicating', and helping magnify a light source. Have books around on what local plants, herbs, & crops can be eaten & how to prepare them. FINS can help you move around in water VERY quickly. Have some lifevests around. LEARN TO SWIM :::What to Own::: GUNS, AMMO, & KITS, Wading Pool, Gutters, Duct Tape, Buckets, Garbage cans, & Tarps, Sleeping Bags, Tent(s), Screws, Cordless drill (extra battery?), Hammer, saw, screw driver, axe, hatchet, etc, Warm Clothes, Camping Stove, Gasoline & extra Propane Tank (if you have a grill) Candles (at least 100) hundreds of MATCHES, and AT LEAST 40 Lighters (can add flint & steel if you are a freak) MEDICAL KIT Piano Wire, Chicken Wire, & Surgical Tubing. SEWING KIT CAMPING GEAR Backpacking Backpack Rice & Beans Vitamins & Medicine Fish Netting, & fishing gear :::Last Thoughts::: SERIOUSLY! If you have some minimal camping gear, all you really NEED to do is stockpile very cheap bags of rice! Survive & sacrifice for your kids survival (hope they return the favor) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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| JoshFormerRoomie | Oct 21 2008, 07:18 AM Post #4 |
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Didn't these damned, dirty zombies involve themselves in a pub crawl in Minneapolis over the weekend? |
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| Nimrod | Oct 29 2008, 09:36 AM Post #5 |
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More real survival shyte! http://www.silverbearcafe.com/private/10.08/tshtf1.html |
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| Nimrod | Oct 31 2008, 04:17 PM Post #6 |
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The above was a disturbing account of what happened in Argentina, and what one Argentinan is doing to plan for survival... "Editor's note: the article that follows is a very sobering account of the effect that the collapse of the Argentine economy (1999 - 2002) had on its citizens, as seen through the eyes of one of them. The economic collapse wiped out the middle class and raised the level of poverty to 57.5%" "After all these years I learned that even though the person that lives out in the country is safer when it comes to small time robberies, that same person is more exposed to extremely violent home robberies. Criminals know that they are isolated and their feeling of invulnerability is boosted. When they assault a country home or farm, they will usually stay there for hours or days torturing the owners. I heard it all: women and children getting raped, people tied to the beds and tortured with electricity, beatings, burned with acetylene torches." |
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