DepressedRacoon's potentially feasible plan. *updated*Submitted by DepressedRacoon on Sun, 07/25/2010 - 21:10 |
It is 17 and two-thirds miles as the crow flies from my bedroom to Burrow Mump, and just under 21 miles by road. Whilst I would usually advocate not driving, I live one row of houses from the countryside, and only on the edge of a small town (estimated under 10,000 population).
A panoramic view. *warning Semi-long load*- It's also the worst side, the other side of the church is just farmful to the horizon, a small stream and a clmup of trees, hanging over a cliff at the bottom of which is a mechanics and a couple of houses.
The roads on the way there pass through two even smaller towns (avoidable by darting down farm tracks) a village and that's pretty much it. Burrow Mump is a National Trust property, meaning free access for anyone; but because of the sparsity of the population (check the wikipedia pictures. There's a pub, a few houses and that's it) this shouldn't be a problem. At the time of Zombpocalypse discovery (either announcement on the news or me getting incredibly suspicious).
I will grab my brother's Air Rifle and all the ammo we have about the house (several thousand pellets at least). I will also grab the pump for it (the wonders of air powered weaponry, infinite shots if we get 20 mins for him to pump it back up), a few spare clothes, (for varying weathers), all the tinned food from the house, my brother's knives, and all the bottles I can find (emptied and refilled with water), a saw or two, a chisel, whatever's left in the petrol can in the shed, all the seeds in the shed, my tent, my brother's tent, all the matches and lighters from in the house (smoking parent=bonus), shoe polish (it says to on the YZP wiki. Could someone explain why it'd help?), basic first aid kit, all the salt, all the containers, pots and pans I can reach, and anything else I deem useful at the time.
*edit* + Towels, pillows, hammers, OS map of the area, spade, my brother's chainsaw (if it's fixed by then), my potato plant [Seamus], spare shoes, sleeping bags, blankets, The Zombie Survival Guide [kept next to my door, just in case].
I would gather everyone who I trusted to work (most everyone) and have everyone do the above. These peope include my family (up to Grandparents- only live a couple of streets away), my friends (from a few houses down to the other side of town), their families, and anyone who shows up and listens to my insane rambling. We would then put everything in the car/cars and head off to Burrow Mump.
Now, atop this steep and difficult to climb hill, there is a ruined church. This will be the basis for a defensible building, more for ease of building (as it is already 4 strong stone walls and a small tower- all gutted inside) than for any sacreligious notions or image. To one side is a small village *edit*- about 500 people, pretty much just a pub and a few houses (check the wikipedia pictures to see how abandoned it is. They don't give a proper sense of scale though, OH LOOK! A LINK TO SOME PICS!). These will be used to begin building a semi-permanent shelter. I will begin by cutting down the trees on the lee side of the hill, as they are tall and strong, and also block a fair sized wedge of land.
Over the next few weeks, I will raid all I can from the surrounding houses (everyone who doesn't flee is welcome to join me, if they don't want to, or won't let me take their stuff, onto the next house I go) and begin to build the church into a survivable home. When the bottled water is done, there is the small stream I mentioned. I do not have any purifying tablets etc, but I would boil the water in the pans, although I do trust the stream, it's short and doesn't pass near to any sources of pollution (except sheep). These sheep would be kept on the hill (there is already a small group of sheep and goats that are), and the surrounding fields will be used for growing anything- they should already by planted (so long as the Zombpocalypse doesn't strike in Autumn or a heavy winter). Those fields that are not planted will be used to keep livestock- there's a couple of fields of sheep already, and about a half-mile down the road is a laaarge herd of cattle, who would (hopefully- my friend lives/works on a cattle-farm, but I have no experience with cows) be driven closer to the hill and kept in a nearby field. There's also an absolute ton of Rabbits in the area. I have some experience hunting rabbits, but my brother is rather good at it. I am willing and able to skin, gut and joint rabbits, and will probably be fine on bigger animals too. I don't think Cows would be very easy though...
I would never stray beyond the horizon from the tower, and would accept any incomers who would submit to a 24 hour quarantine.
I'll check this every now and again for feedback (it is now my main plan, being much more feasible than Flee to Takutea.
I forgot to vote. There you go!
I like it, especially the "not straying beyond sight of the tower" part. Good advice.
As for the Quarantine, I'm sure you know this, but just in case others reading this do not, make the quarantine as long as the dormant period of the virus is. 24 hours is a good period, but it might be long, or shorter, who knows?
Good job.
"Hour 23: Reanimation"
Everything I say, I take from the Zombie Survival Guide. But yes, viruses can remain dormant for many years.
But even a weeks quarantine is often unfeasible, we have to keep people fed, keep the place secure, keep guards watching them... the expense of keeping someone out of work (especially in a small, vulnerable community) can outweigh the benefits.
How about 24 hour full quarantine, then a week of other people watching them whilst they work and they spend their nights in a specially built cell?
Even if 24 hours isn't long enough to see a person actually turn into a zombie, they'd at least start to show symptoms... right??
Firstly, the people you are taking with you. You said you plan to take your family, which is understandable. You have also said you are willing to allow friends to bring their families and anyone else who will listen to you. Exactly how big is this ruined church? Will it accomodate all the people you wish to take with you?
Also, a chainsaw?! Are you not forgetting something? Chainsaws are loud and would easily attract the attention of zombies for miles around. Also, if you intend to use it as a weapon against the zombies, it won't do any good. It will very quickly become clogged up with zombie guts. Also, it would probably send zombie guts flying everywhere and if it hit anyone in the face, you'll have to kill them too. You'd end up a pretty lonely person.
A third point - why take luxuries such as towels and pillows? Even if you travel by car, shouldn't the space these things take up be saved for those all important supplies such as food?
Finally, yes I have also stolen your title thingy and I'm not afraid of u :P
all i can say is yeah letting any1 who comes join you? can u grow that amount of food
also trees? yes being in a place thats dark with loads of little... hidding places... smart
alsoo i thort u said cars would b loud and draw zombies in?
just mentioning =Þ
You do realise by stealing his word, you dont seem cool, just really faggy?
I'm reading this and I dont see a bunch of cool kids, I see a bunch of greasy teenage idiots.
Just saying.
Down Prophet. They did raise some important points.
The church is roughly 12 metres by 6 metres, with the tower being about 4x4. I did say that I would be bringing two tents and expecting everyone else to bring roughly the same gear as me.
I did not forget that a chainsaw is loud, heavy or difficult to use. But the sightlines from the church are amazing, you can see for miles, so I'll take the risk over cutting down the tree by hand.
Towels= keep you dry, keep moral up. Also double as extra insulation.
Pillows are from a purely moral point of view, much comfier than a pile of clothes.
And it's not a dark place with lots of hiding places... it's a gutted church, pretty much just 4 partially ruined walls and no ceiling. But it's a start and it's on top of a massive hill that you can see from for miles.
And I did say that about cars. But I also said in like the FIRST LINES OF MY PLAN, that I live so close to the edge of town that I wouldn't need to deal with the traffic, and I wouldn't be using the car after getting to the hill, just drain the fuel (if I can), and use it for fires and the chainsaw if I use it.
Hope that helps clear up your misconceptions guys. Thank you for your concern for my life.
And I only use "Ahem." Because I'm a Lord, so I need to be polite, but it's also very passive-agressive, so n00bs get scared of me. So STFU n00boes and GTFO my word.
You're a Lord?? Sorry for stealing your word >.< Perhaps if i knew that yesterday I wouldn't have been so rude and stolen it...
That and the fact I'm a little on the crazy side, even without the presence of zombies, so small things like stealing words amuse me ^.^
Sorry
That's okay. You are forgiven peasant.
How dare you call me a peasant?? Okay, you crossed it out but it still mean! Peasent to me meants poor n I'm not poor! :(
Peasant means common person, or normal person.
You are not noble, have no peerage or title (I assume, since you were impressed by my Lordship), so you are a peasant.
I think I read somewhere that your brother bought you the title?
As far as I'm concernet title's are meaningless unless you've earned them or were born with them
Legally, if you own a plot of land in the scottish highlands, you can apply for a lordship. He bought the land, and it came with the title.
It's legitimate, so *blows a raspberry*
You did not just blow a rasberry at me! You can't do that, you're a Lord! Aren't Lords meant to be polite??? Rasberries are RUDE.
Well, I could have gotten my *bleep* out, waved it around and slapped you in the *bleep* with it.
Then jumped on your corpse and shouted "*bleep* all *bleeps* who try to *bleep* with me! *Bleep!*"
But I didn't.
Now that was just uncalled for.
But I totes didn't do it! It was just an example to show you how polite I was being.
You still thought about doin it...
Stop whinging.
Get a spine.
dnt talk to my gf like that u look like a fkin faggot in ur pic so u get a spine n dnt talk sht to ppl on forums try it irl
Alright.
How about I rephrase my original comment?
"Both of you shut up.
Both of you stop whinging.
Both of you get a spine."
All he was doing was joking around and shes taken it as offensive.
You're what, 14?
Don't go threatening me or calling me a faggot.
You want me to say it "irl"?
Buy a plane ticket to Australia, I'll say it to your face and then hand your ass to you.
Good plan but you say the population is under 10,000? And don't you live in a village type area? won't that mean lot's of people are crammed together (geologically)? More people are more zombies.
That 10,000 is my town. And I'm (as I said) about a row of houses and a few hundred metres of road from the edge of it.
And a village type area = few people, spread out. So Zombie contagen rate would be slooooow. Also, it's the countryside, everyone on the non-town side of me has shotguns.
Also, geologically? Do you mean Geographically? Rocks have nothing to do with it. =3
Also, you stole my subject "Ahem." Prepare to die.





