What Are Your Chances of Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse?

[Kuciwalker]

60%

[Jon Miller]

A shotgun has been on my to buy list for a long time.

JM

[Dinner]

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[Jon Miller]

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JM

[Provost Harrison]

38% - There is a decided lack of firearms around here, but I may take note of the nearest TA barracks just in case

[Drake Tungsten]

A shotgun has been on my to buy list for a long time.

I wonder if firearms aren't overrated as a means of defending oneself from zombies. The resistance zombies have to all but headshots and the amount of ammo needed to fend off even a moderately large zombie horde would seem to make them impractical. Seems better to use your bat for the majority of zombie encounters, saving the firearms for emergencies. Shotguns are definitely the way to go when choosing a zombie-effective firearm, though.

[Jon Miller]

I loved Resident Evil 4.

JM
(I also plan on purchasing a pistol)

(I know that in Resident Evil 4 they weren't exactly zombies)

[Seeker]

What you need is a good flamethrower to deal with pesky zombie hordes.

[Dinner]

Flame throwers or weapons that cause blunt force trama would seem to be the prefered weapon. Since pain and bleeding don't bother zombies anything less then a .45 is worthless since you've got to totally mutalate body parts in order to render them disfunctional. Using a chain saw to hack off limbs would slow a zombie down while cutting off it's head would kill it. A flamethrower would be great at getting large numbers of zombies at once though it would take time for them to be burned to a crisp and until that happens you've got a bunch of moving burning zombies chasing after you.

The best move might just be to find a fortified place and lay low.

[Dinner]

God damn you Seeker!

X-FEAR!

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Oerdin
The best move might just be to find a fortified place and lay low.

The Zombie Survival guide suggests a prison. It's well fortified and the American ones have an arsenal on hand.

[Drake Tungsten]

Flamethrowers would work well, but they aren't easily obtained or useful in situations other than the (extremely unlikely) zombie apocalypse. Realistically, large caliber pistol/shotgun/baseball bat is probably the ideal zombie killing kit.

The Zombie Survival guide suggests a prison. It's well fortified and the American ones have an arsenal on hand.

What would you eat, though? That's why Walmart is the bomb: adequate supplies of food, weapons and other useful items (lumber, building supplies, possibly welders).

[DinoDoc]

The nearest prison to me is a farm.

[Kuciwalker]

Assuming I find out early on enough (I am the protagonist, after all), I just hop onto 66 and head west. Failing that I go over to Andrews AFB or the local jail (5 minutes drive away).

[Drake Tungsten]

Do you hunker down in a fortified building or attempt to escape into the countryside? You'll probably be much safer from zombies in the mountains, but your chances of starving to death would seem higher.