He has some interesting - and unexpected - thoughts.It has been a week since the Zombie invasion started. You’ve defended yourself and your home against the infected but you find that you are running out of supplies, and your trips into the neighboring abandoned homes to find food and water are getting more and more dangerous. You heard an emergency broadcast on the radio stating that there was a camp of survivors at a town about 30 miles away. With no signs of life anywhere nearby and no sight nor word of an incoming rescue, you decide to grab everything you can, throw it in your vehicle; and make for the survivor camp.
You grab your zombie gun of choice, all the food and water, and load it in the truck.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Long term Zombie storage
No, the question isn't how to keep them with that "New Zombie Smell'. JP muses on what happens after the Zombiepocalypse has been running for a week or two:
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I'm curious, which thoughts were unexpected?
After some more thought, I think a baseball bat might be pretty effective. Especially a long aluminum one. I've never heard the sound that an aluminum bat makes when rocking a zombie skull, but I'm sure its pretty cool. Tonk!
Borepatch - thanks for the link. JP - useful Zombie post.
BP!
Well I managed a work-around at the office to access BlogSpot, but imagine my dismay that i can't get into my own blog!!!
I'm glad to see that all is well in BP Land and I sure do miss mucking about with you all.
Well, got to be quick before the net cops peg me!
Best regards,
Albert A Rasch
Naginata. No question.
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"The naginata is a weapon that was used extensively in feudal Japan. Described by some as simply "a sword on the end of a long pole", the naginata was actually a sophisticated weapon which required considerable skill and stamina to use effectively in battle. It consisted of a curved blade, 1 to 2 feet in length, mounted onto an oak shaft that was usually 5 to 9 feet long. Attached to the butt end of the shaft was a sharp end-cap, or ishizuki, which was used to pierce between the plates of an attacker´s armour.
Although the exact origin of the naginata is not known, one theory states that the naginata evolved from a simple farming tool used for chopping. In the early part of the third century BC, farmers attached sharp stones to the end of long wooden shafts. Later, metal was used in place of the stones.
Despite the uncertainty surrounding its origin, it is a well-known fact that the naginata was being fully utilized in battle by the 10th century. Cavalry battles had become more important by this time, and it was difficult to repel mounted warriors simply by means of the bow, arrow, and sword. The naginata proved to be a superb weapon for close-up fighting; it´s sweeping arcs of destruction were used to cut a horse´s legs and kill its rider once the horse fell to the ground. Off the battlefield, the naginata was also used by women as a means of protecting themselves and their children while the men were away in battle or working in the fields. Because of the size and reach of the weapon, a woman could keep an attacker at a safe distance."
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Sounds like just thing for one or two zombies where a single bite or scratch may mean infection.
JP, the Machete bit was a bit surprising to me. I like the thrust of your thought experiment a lot, though.
LSP, all thanks goes to JP.
Albert, welcome! I wish you continued success in your evasion techniques. ;-)
ASM826, well thought out, and it seems to me to be squarely in line with JP's thought experiment.
When I play out these scenarios in my head - I try to think of it as realistically as possible. (How realistic can you be thinking about the zombiepocalypse anyway!??)
But using realism as a bit of a guideline, I tend to give myself only the gear I have accessible to me at the time of my in-head-wargaming. Sometimes I will afford myself gear that I do not yet have but plan to acquire in the near future.
That said, a decent machete is in my near future. So its what I picked.
Sure, a katana would be nice. Or maybe that Claymoor that Mel Gibson threw around in Braveheart, but - nothing like that on the horizon for me.
On the other hand - I might change my thoughts of acquiring a machete to something a little longer. We'll see... depends on what I can find.
Then again, maybe I'll just get a bayonet for my AR..
Bayonets are good...
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