Could I survive a zombie apocalypse?

Hello all

I watched a video today that got me thinking if I could survive a zombie apocalypse, or at least something that would create such a situation, and I would say that yes, I could. Before I start though, here's the video.

Now, as weird as it may sounds, I do play out this sort of scenario in my head relatively often, which is one of the stranger things I will probably ever write on this blog, but I like to be prepared....so if there is an apocalyptic event that causes zombies, or zombie-like creatures, then I am prepared.

I've been obsessed with zombies since I was about 11. My brother had introduced my to Resident Evil and I became hooked. The Resident Evil franchise, George A Romero's "Of the Dead" franchise (ignoring "Survival of the Dead" because that was shit"), too many shitty £20 to make films on the horror channel and anything else zombie related, I watched/played, I was obsessed. Obviously through all this you start to learn what could best be described as "tactics"

Now let me break this down even further. Obviously, as there have never been any zombies (not as far as I know of, I can only go with what's in the movies and on TV) but generally the acceptance seems to be that here are two types of zombies.

The first type are the zombies that move at the same speed as normal humans. These mother fuckers are a scary prospect because you can't outrun them and unless you're on constant alert, you're done for. In some movies, such as Return of the Living Dead, they can even think, plan out attacks, and do various other things that normal humans can do, which would make these types of zombies very dangerous indeed.

The other, and more commonly seen is the type in The Walking Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, etc, i/e the slow, groaning sort that you could probably easily get past in small numbers but become an issue if they are in a larger group (such as in Night of the Living Dead). These zombies can be seemingly easily be defeated without too much thought. This situation is the main one I'm going to talk about because if zombies do become a reality then their rotting limbs, joints and ligaments mean that normal movement is nigh on impossible.

Now, in the above video there are several things that aren't readily available to the average person in England, such as guns, however, I am fortunate in that I know exactly where there is a shop that sells guns and it's located not too far from my old house, assuming I could make it there, I would be fine. Alternatively you couldn't necessarily need a gun, just some heavy duty blunt objects, such as shovels, axes, pitchforks, etc, something that would provide enough force to penetrate a human skull.

With regards to the place where you are living, I am fortunate in that I currently live in a house with four levels (cellar, ground floor, first floor and attic) and all but one (the cellar) has a way out, so I'd be pretty sorted there. Food wouldn't be much of a problem at first as I live just around the corner from the CO-OP, and there are two big supermarkets within a ten minute walk, meaning that if I am careful then I am laughing......that is at least until either the food runs out or goes out of date.

Fortunately, Newark is quite small, so the nearest road out is only a 10 minute walk away from me, if for some reason I couldn't survive in Newark, I'd travel to Nottingham. Nottingham's a big city that I know reasonably well, I know good places to hide that are relatively safe, and there are even more food outlets in Nottingham. Getting there would be relatively simple as luckily for most of the road there you can see for miles in each direction, meaning that you could easily avoid any potential dangers.

The only problem with a place like Nottingham is that there are a fuck of a lot of people there and whilst there are plenty of places with numerous ways out, there are also a lot of places where you can easily get trapped in a corner, but fortunately knowing where the are means that I probably wouldn't get trapped there in such situations.

But the quality I have that makes me safe in a zombie apocalypse is my ability to be calculatingly cold when it comes to other people. It takes a LOT to get me to like other people, so if it got to the point where I could cause someone else to be eaten rather than myself, I'm going to take that opportunity. Fuck them.

If this sort of situation ever comes about, I am sorted. Assuming I don't get caught by whatever causes people to become zombies, I suspect I would survive for some time. Granted, there is a high chance that it won't, but if when the time comes you want to survive, come and find me

There are no point in this blog really, but that video just put me in the mood to write something like this.

Anyway, until next time.