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AthenaSurrenders -> Would you survive the zombie apocolypse? (11/13/2012 11:11:07 AM)
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I believe my brother-in-law is preparing for the dead rising. He and his wife have a plan involving going to a certain place in the desert with tents and guns and supplies, in case of 'emergency'. They're both very fit physically and if anyone could do it, I think they probably could. They mountain climb, explore caves, swim, cycle, run and shoot.
It made me think: would you survive?
I would not. While my basic health and fitness might be passable, that's all I have going for me. Being English I have no access to guns and although I'm not too bad a shot I'd have no idea how to clean or maintain one even if I could get hold of it. Around the house I'd only have kitchen knives which are a bit close range for zombie combat.
Our fairly big car would be hard to maneuver if the roads were blocked and we don't have bikes. It's a fairly high-population area so we probably couldn't hole up here for long (though we'd have a couple of weeks worth of food and such).
I don't have any outdoorsy skills - I wouldn't know how to start a fire or catch a rabbit or identify edible mushrooms.
In a zombie movie I'd be dead before the opening credits. My husband too - even if he survived a while he's diabetic so when he ran out of drugs he'd be gone. Plus we have a baby who would slow us down.
My best hope would be to get into a survivor's camp when hopefully they might trade protection for my general usefulness. I'm pretty sure I could do a reasonable job of cooking, mending things, nursing injuries etc. But I'm not a skilled doctor or mechanic and I doubt my English degree would be much use, so if food is scarce I might not make the cut.
So yeh, I'm gonna be a zombie. Who's with me?
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