Zombie Outbreak - where to hide?

[Ogrork the Mighty]

An office building is horrible. Far too many open places and once they're in, it's almost impossible to stop them.

I've always thought Costco (a bulk food wholesale outlet) is the best bet. Just make sure to seal up the entrances real good and you're sitting on a HUGE stockpile of food.

 

[The Cardinal]

here in Germany: the next castle - built for defense, often with restaurants and small tourist shops, maybe even a museum section with decent armor and weapons

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Islands? Zombies will simply walk there underwater. Not a good idea.

How will they know where to go? It doesn't know geography and can't sense humans from hundreds of miles away.

If a lone zombie is dropped into a desert, does it still move?

 

[Ghostwind]

http://www.yearofthezombie.co.uk/

Best zombie campaign setting ever.

 

[Firebeetle]

The prison idea is excellent. I actually looked up the closest prison, it's only a few miles from a Wal-Mart distribution center. : )

As a teacher, I'm going to go with the possibility of a modern school building, if built or remodeled in the last couple of years.

Schools have become very security minded (my elementary had a kidnapping attempt this very month) and are now built with one entrance to control and can be completely locked up. The glass is usually plexiglass (to keep kids from breaking them, every now and then one up and throws a chair or tries to make a run for it (I love my job)) There are stores of food and lots of reading material. There are some medical facilities but medicines are in short supply these days. Depending on the school you may have an enclosing fence of enough strength to allow you time outside. Not much in the was of furniture though.

If you can get power up, you can have a full kitchen, a security system, TV with lots of videos you haven't seen (all educational though) and even a possible AED.

Older school buildings would be a disaster though. Too many entrances, glass windows, terrible.

 

[TheLe]

There is also the issue of numbers. There are 300 million people in the US. How many bodies are there that could become zombies in a Romero style Rise? Maybe 3 million at any one time? That leaves a LOT of live humans. Even if taken by surprise I doubt there would be more than 6 million zombies within the first couple of days. And a few humans can take down a zombie without trouble. There is also the issue of firearms. There are a LOT of guns in the US. A LOT. There is also a lot of empty space. So lots of guns and lots of space to run too... I just don't see zombies being a real threat. I see a Shawn of the Dead type of reaction. Lots of panic for 24 - 48 hours and then all the zombies are dead or rounded up...

Humans are nasty opponents. Especially when pushed into a corner. We would survive...

My thoughts exactly. Humans can survive an outbreak of slow moving zombies. We'd be screwed with fast moving ones, but Romero style zombies would lose.

`Le

 

[William drake]

So, where's the best place to be during a zombie outbreak?

I think an Office Building is good since there are few staircases, and all the doors open outwards (zombies cannot pull), but food and water is going to be a problem.

My friend says a wholesale place like Sam's Club or BJ's, because there are lots of supplies, but for some reason that doesn't sound a secure to me.

~Le

Its not that easy.

First...what kind of Zombie are they? Resendent Evil? Day of the Dead? 28days? Land of the Dead? (Insert any other Zombie movie I've left out) there are many differences. Some are smart, some are dumb. Some can run, some can't. Answer this, and I think people will respond better.

 

[rgard]

So, where's the best place to be during a zombie outbreak?

~Le

The Monroeville Mall of course:

http://www.monroevillemall.com/shop/monroeville.nsf/index

 

[Evilhalfling]

Rechan got it right, in my opinion. A two or three story house with one staircase leading up to the floor above. If you destroy the stairs, zombies can't get to you, and you still have all the amenities houses offer, save for what's on the floors below, and until you lose electricity. Suicide steps are the best, because you can remove one at a time, all of them, put them back in, all at your convenience. Go far north during Oct-March, far south from April-Sept.

I would just try an hold out in my home - a 3 story building with decent bottled water supplies
Its at the edge of an urban area, mostly surrounded by fields. I have a good powersaw and know how to remove my single staircase. I figure I could lay low and last a week or two.
There are mountains nearby - but I am a day hiker and would be in more danger from crazy survivalists than from zombies up there.
I would have to hope that the plague was short in duration, as I have no guns and would get tired swinging my 6' metal fence post or backup a 16 oz hammer.

 

[F5]

Oh, duh. I forgot to mention - move North, or to anywhere else where it freezes for long periods of the year. Zombies don't have a metabolism (they are, after all, dead). So, no internal heat source - which means they'll freeze solid in the winter.

...just not to anywhere in the arctic that has long periods where the sun doesn't come up, because then the vampires can get you....