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@Unmarketable_Product: I agree with your list, but I'd add .308 Winchester (good for survival poaching) and 9mm (because it's the U.S. Military standard - I'm a .40S&W fan myself).
@gorehound:
Harley to big and unwieldy get yourself a good dual purpose bike in case(?) you have to go off road.
AK47 good, you can drop it in dirt and just wipe it off and it will still be reliable.
shot gun (my choice Mossberg stainless police magazine extension 6 in mag and 1 up the pipe)
MREs available everywhere on the web.
Does anyone want to join my team? I can identify most animal scat, am skilled at knitting (fishing nets? snares?), and possess a womb to repopulate with.
(Unless it's a nuclear holocaust, in which case, scratch that freakishly mutated last one.)
@Unmarketable_Product: We have an excellent plan! We'll invest your scraped together savings of whatever you can get from the ATM before the power grid slowly goes dark across the nation into seeds, gas masks retro-fitted with water filtration systems and machetes. We'll match your stated amount with whatever baubles we scavenge from the Smithstonian before the marauders arrive.
@SJ_Edwards: I'm going with Shaun. Yvonne/Daisy is slightly annoying and I want to keep my zombified best friend chained up out back to play Katamari Damacy with when the killing times are over.
@Memepunks: I'm with you on the whole post-apocalypse, man's-best-friend, thing .....
But I can't help thinking that that list is:
Wife died, doesn't have a girlfriend.
Wife died, doesn't have a girlfriend.
Had a girlfriend, but killed her, ate her
and fed her to his dog
...... Just saying.
@Memepunks: I considered the dog issue, but you'd have to prepare your dog, too, so it was too long an item to make the top 5. For example, my dog eats raw, so post-apocalypse, we kill a deer and eat the choicest meat, and my dog is perfectly happy eating heart, liver, etc. and gnawing on a leg. No waste, and she won't consume additional resources (well, water) in exchange for protection and alertness (and being a great buddy).
@Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon: I'm hoping to be one of the first turned into a mutant fleshing eating zombie, thus providing me with plenty of time to establish myself as Queen of the mutant fleshing eating zombies.
@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Well, I suppose if you can get in on the ground floor... In other words: that's not the apocalypse you are witnessing, it's opportunity knocking!
@RandomFrequentFlierDent: Indeed it does. In fact, that could be a whole viral stunt. Write up some pamphlets and get io9'ers to print a few out and randomly place them in doctors offices and counselling centres and highway rest stops... I'd just want to be able to see the looks on people's faces when they find them.
Edited by Anekanta - killed by a cacodemon at 11/26/09 7:54 PM
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No mention of a Bug-Out Bag? If the apocalypse involves your home town burning or sliding into the sea, you're going to have to get out of there fast.
Also, don't forget you can store a lot of water in your bathtub. If things look iffy and you can't or don't want to commit to fleeing to the countryside just yet, fill your tub and every container you have with water, just in case pressure drops.
Re: Team — There's no way to anticipate how the collapse of civilization will impact people. The people you pick now could go batshit insane or catatonic when the power goes out. Then they're liabilities, not help. I think it's better to form your team in the early days, when the stable ones have already proven they're stable.
@mrmonkey72: A doctor who's graduated from a medical school that's in an area that treats a lot of gun shot wounds and traumas. I'm thinking somebody who's had training at Wayne State University, Tulane University, University of Miami/Jackson Medical Center's Ryder Trauma Center, or Centro Medico San Juan might be a useful person to have around.
guns will be useless, ammo will fast run out then what good is it to you? if you need a weapon (and you will) youre far better with something that will last, a decent sword and a bow or crossbow would be a much better option for the long term, learn to make a few basic traps too, snares etc. hard wearing clothes and shoes and find a base to hold up in, preferably a detached building with shutters and if possible a decent fence or wall (ive already earmarked the abbatoir at the end of my road, its fortified in an almost worrying way)
food will soon get scarce so you cant be too picky, should one of your crew die be prepared to eat the corpse if there are no other options, and remember ALL flesh is edible, no matter how scabby the creature may seem, if its made of meat you can eat it, just be sure to cook it through and learn to dry or otherwise preserve what you have left over, the main rule is waste nothing. learn to acquire and purify your own water as best you can, there are plenty of ways to do it in all situations
The one thing I remember from Star Trek Voyager is that one good way to makeover a character is by burning her extremely combustable hair. I've got the waste-length hair, I am prepared to make fire!
I initially read "magnificent blogging skills" as "magnificent boggling skills" and thought, goddamn it, I am AWESOME at boggle - Apocalypse can't change that!
11/27/09
I agree completely.
Under no circumstances should any of you buy any firearms. If you own any, get rid of them right away. They'll just weigh you down.
Do not buy any ammo. See above.
Do not learn to use firearms. By no means ever take any tactical shooting courses.
Guns are useless, and will do more harm than good. They're dangerous. BTW, bows and arrows (especially compound bows) are dangerous too.
Stick to clubs and baseball bats.
And while you're at it, tape a map to your front door listing where you keep your canned food and other useful supplies.
It will save me some time.
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I'm a fan of the AK. Its a classic, but you really think you're going to find a lot of 7.62 ammo lying around the US?
.22, .40, .45, and .223/5.56 are generally the most prolific.
Of course, you can't beat the durability of the AK so its a trade off I suppose.
11/27/09
11/28/09
Harley to big and unwieldy get yourself a good dual purpose bike in case(?) you have to go off road.
AK47 good, you can drop it in dirt and just wipe it off and it will still be reliable.
shot gun (my choice Mossberg stainless police magazine extension 6 in mag and 1 up the pipe)
MREs available everywhere on the web.
11/28/09
ammo available on line dirt cheap
11/26/09
(Unless it's a nuclear holocaust, in which case, scratch that freakishly mutated last one.)
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@SJ_Edwards: I'm going with Shaun. Yvonne/Daisy is slightly annoying and I want to keep my zombified best friend chained up out back to play Katamari Damacy with when the killing times are over.
11/28/09
I'll take you darlin. got an extra piece for you too, and I'll teach you to use it.
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Mad Max had his trusty Blue Heeler. Wil Smith had the German Shepard in I am Legend, and there was Blood in A Boy and His Dog.
And lets not forget that slow zombies don't go after dogs.
I'd say in lieu of a real team, a loyal clever canine is the perfect post holocaust companion.
11/27/09
But I can't help thinking that that list is:
Wife died, doesn't have a girlfriend.
Wife died, doesn't have a girlfriend.
Had a girlfriend, but killed her, ate her
and fed her to his dog
...... Just saying.
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"So You've Been Turned Into a Mutant Flesh Eating Zombie"
I think it has a nice ring to it.
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11/30/09
Definately approve of that, and ill even distribute
11/26/09
Also, don't forget you can store a lot of water in your bathtub. If things look iffy and you can't or don't want to commit to fleeing to the countryside just yet, fill your tub and every container you have with water, just in case pressure drops.
Re: Team — There's no way to anticipate how the collapse of civilization will impact people. The people you pick now could go batshit insane or catatonic when the power goes out. Then they're liabilities, not help. I think it's better to form your team in the early days, when the stable ones have already proven they're stable.
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11/28/09
ny, ny it's a wonderful town
the bronx is up
the bowery's down
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food will soon get scarce so you cant be too picky, should one of your crew die be prepared to eat the corpse if there are no other options, and remember ALL flesh is edible, no matter how scabby the creature may seem, if its made of meat you can eat it, just be sure to cook it through and learn to dry or otherwise preserve what you have left over, the main rule is waste nothing. learn to acquire and purify your own water as best you can, there are plenty of ways to do it in all situations
can you tell ive thought about this a lot
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Ah, but, I have a reloading set for just about any rifle caliber
11/26/09
The manager of the Kansas City Cabelos is going to be king - shit they've got a lot of guns.
11/26/09
The one thing I remember from Star Trek Voyager is that one good way to makeover a character is by burning her extremely combustable hair. I've got the waste-length hair, I am prepared to make fire!
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It will confirm everything that was written by this article's author.
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