What you might need:
If you read the Zombies post you are already good to go, just forget the treadmills. Basically get some land, high ground is best, farm tools, knives, hunting bows/crossbows, seed supply, wood (lots of wood),extra nonperishable foods, fencing or wall material (obviously not electric), some animals [goats, dogs, horse(s)], guns, ammo, and access to fresh water (hand pump well).
Prep:
Okay you remember that farm I had you start in case of zombies? Well that's exactly what I want you to do now. The land should, as I said, be on high ground and just outside the town you live in. Build a fence/wall around this land. Start a garden. Plant all different kinds of seeds. Get some fruit trees, and lot's of vegetables. Learn to take care of your animals. Get a goat you can milk, you will have to learn to like goat milk. Basically make sure you can live without having to go to McDonald's. You can also build more bows and arrows. Don't know how? Google it!
Power out:
So the power goes out. DUNDUNDUN!!! Now just like if zombies are attacking go collect you friends. "But it would be chaos out there! People would be going crazy!"... I know some of you are thinking this, but really? There should be a little buffer time before people start killing each other. You're going to want your friends around later (and you don't really want them to be stuck in the middle of the chaos just because you were too wimpy to go outside). You wont be able to use a buss, so build an armored wagon or something. you can pull this with the horse I told you to get earlier. Or you could just go on foot. when you get back to your farm/fort get a watch set up. Make sure you know if any one is coming and be ready to help or fight them when they do. Get your farm going for reals, you have too live off of it. You can use some of you spare food supply to get started, but the sooner you are living off your farm the better. Start a chain of command. Make sure everybody knows who to take orders from and give orders to. The last thing you want is your own team fighting against you. Write a constitution that everyone has to follow. If there are no rules who knows what desperate people will do?
Train for battle. Make sure everyone has a weapon, and they know how to use it. When Zombies attack you can count on them being slow and dumb. Humans on the other hand, can be much more effective. You can probably count on fewer numbers though. Most people would see your fort and not bother. If they're hungry they'll raid a Foodmaxx or something. Make your fort look like it would be hard to attack and you will have a lot less trouble. Sooooo, I don't know, you can get a flag, put barbed wire on top your fence/wall. Maybe you could paint your faces crazy colors. Or you could go with the professional look; uniforms, patrols, cool hats. Do whatever you can to keep people away. The less fighting the better. Don't use your guns unless your enemy has them or you really need them. You will eventually run out of ammo. try to make it so they run out first ("they" being the rest of the world).
See if you can find other groups like yourself. Team up with them. I'm not saying leave your fort, but make sure you have a good relationship with them. You could help them and they could help you. Maybe they have some types of food you don't. Maybe they need weapons. You could trade with them. If their fort is destroyed offer to take in survivors. Send out rescue parties to help any other people. Be nice.
But also be firm. With new arrivals you may need to make sure you don't let in rotten apples. they could ruin your system. Create a court system, punish law breakers, don't tolerate criminals. They will destroy you, and like I said you don't want conflict from the inside.
Stay alive until the power comes back on. And if it doesn't... stinks for you HA!
So basically do the same as if it was a Zombie Apocalypse except the enemy will be smarter and faster...ish
Power out:
So the power goes out. DUNDUNDUN!!! Now just like if zombies are attacking go collect you friends. "But it would be chaos out there! People would be going crazy!"... I know some of you are thinking this, but really? There should be a little buffer time before people start killing each other. You're going to want your friends around later (and you don't really want them to be stuck in the middle of the chaos just because you were too wimpy to go outside). You wont be able to use a buss, so build an armored wagon or something. you can pull this with the horse I told you to get earlier. Or you could just go on foot. when you get back to your farm/fort get a watch set up. Make sure you know if any one is coming and be ready to help or fight them when they do. Get your farm going for reals, you have too live off of it. You can use some of you spare food supply to get started, but the sooner you are living off your farm the better. Start a chain of command. Make sure everybody knows who to take orders from and give orders to. The last thing you want is your own team fighting against you. Write a constitution that everyone has to follow. If there are no rules who knows what desperate people will do?
Train for battle. Make sure everyone has a weapon, and they know how to use it. When Zombies attack you can count on them being slow and dumb. Humans on the other hand, can be much more effective. You can probably count on fewer numbers though. Most people would see your fort and not bother. If they're hungry they'll raid a Foodmaxx or something. Make your fort look like it would be hard to attack and you will have a lot less trouble. Sooooo, I don't know, you can get a flag, put barbed wire on top your fence/wall. Maybe you could paint your faces crazy colors. Or you could go with the professional look; uniforms, patrols, cool hats. Do whatever you can to keep people away. The less fighting the better. Don't use your guns unless your enemy has them or you really need them. You will eventually run out of ammo. try to make it so they run out first ("they" being the rest of the world).
See if you can find other groups like yourself. Team up with them. I'm not saying leave your fort, but make sure you have a good relationship with them. You could help them and they could help you. Maybe they have some types of food you don't. Maybe they need weapons. You could trade with them. If their fort is destroyed offer to take in survivors. Send out rescue parties to help any other people. Be nice.
But also be firm. With new arrivals you may need to make sure you don't let in rotten apples. they could ruin your system. Create a court system, punish law breakers, don't tolerate criminals. They will destroy you, and like I said you don't want conflict from the inside.
Stay alive until the power comes back on. And if it doesn't... stinks for you HA!
So basically do the same as if it was a Zombie Apocalypse except the enemy will be smarter and faster...ish
The most difficult part of some sort of global apocalypse would be pretending I'm not excited.
ReplyDeleteWould you rather live in a the zombie world or in the world where all the electricity is out?
I'm happy about the buffer time before people start killing each other. I've always wondered about that and I feel better.
ReplyDeleteZombies are slow and stupid, but there's nothing to stop them from trying to kill you. And people who go crazy when the power is out, I think, would have more sense then to bother a fort such as this. So they have their pros and cons, but I would probably prefer Zombies. When I see a zombie I see a dead person that just wants to eat my brains. I can kill that any day. But when I see a electricity starved person from the town I live in trying to kill me, so that he can take my food, I don't know How easy it would be to fight back without hesitation. I'd rather kill dead things than people I see in the grocery store.
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