I've been keeping an eye on Bob (my neighbor). Bob is retired and likes to plan a lot. He is also a prepper for all disasters.

My plan is to take Bob out and loot all his goods.

Naturally Bob doesn't know. He gives me updates on all the new supplies and resources he has in place. I think my plan is a good one but I will miss Bob!!:-)

The nail bats could be a problem I'm afraid.

The positive is that they are silent and you not need to get withing grabbing distance of the Zombie to score a hit. But, they are not likely to take a Zombie down (you need to destroy most of the brain or remove the head) and they are likely to get stuck in the skull: What you then have is no weapon and a zombie with a lump of wood nailed to his/her head.

Better would be spears made from (non serrated) knife and a long pole or a sharpened spade/hoe.

Upgrading to guns? firing a gun in a populated area is basically like covering yourself in chocolate sauce, running out in the street and ringing a dinner bell. Every ghoul within earshot (apart from the ones who have degraded past the point of hearing) will head for the sound. Having a gun as a good idea but using in preference to your silent weapon is not.

An isolated island is probably as good a place as any, although you can't rely on zombies not rising out of the waves you should be able to set up watches and defend relatively easily (especially if you can isolate an attack to one front). Fishing trips would need to be considered and planning for hauling up a live Zombie considered.

Note that in the early days of an outbreak your biggest chance of injury or death is at the hands of you fellow humans, not a ghoul. Panic, desperation and lawlessness will claim many until the Zs built to be the largest threat.

fro more information see "The Zombie Survival Guide" Max Brookes (or World War Z by same author)

Best wishes

Be careful about Bob. If he's a prepper you can bet your last water purification tablet that he's considered a local uprising and planned accordingly.

Who's to say if fishing is an option, or even water for that matter.

Consider the kind of virus or 'zombie' we're talking about here.

Should the outbreak be viral, you would need to stay clear from sources of water or maybe even air. The important part is how is it spread. If you have zombies hobbling like through the water system, then you run the risk of infection by drinking the virus. Talking water contamination. These walking pieces of rotting meat would infect most of the water systems should they find their way there, and whats worse, put them out in a lake or concentrated body of water, and it will spread. If we're talking about the ocean here, then its better because of the mass volume of water, but then you have to consider the possiblity of contaminated fish or snagging a zombie while fishing.

How about rage zombies? Zombies that arent rotting but are just immune to everything except running and eating? 28 Days Later status? These guys can climb, swim, and the whole thing. If you're fighting these, then what do you expect to do when your island is bumrushed by several of them? It would be easy if you could build an atol of sorts like on 'Waterworld' but we're thinking more down to Earth options.


I suppose the basis of my argument is how could you gaurentee uncontaminated food? Would you resort to rations? Bottled water? Would natural resources be available and if so how long after inital outbreak would they be? I personally would be very weary about taking from the land when I understand ltitle of the virus or type of zombie I'm dealing with.