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Giant yacht/boat in the middle of a fresh body of water (giant lake). Stock up on shells for sniper rifles set up along the sides of the boat. Hydroponics on the deck and below deck to grow food. Solar panels for power.

I don't know if there's theories as to zombies' ability to move in water, but I'd take my chances on a high-walled boat. Even if zombie blood got in the water, it can be boiled out. Boiling fresh water kills the vast majority of bacteria and viruses.

So assuming boiling water will purify it from the zombie virus/whatever causes zombieism, I would have a self-sufficient floating fortress.

Even if zombies can swim, set up a buoy/net/alarm system in a 100 yard radius from the boat so that if anything of significant size crosses the "fence" an alarm goes off.

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Originally posted by speechjew:
this would take a ton of money to set up, but it's entirely feasible.

Giant yacht/boat in the middle of a fresh body of water (giant lake). Stock up on shells for sniper rifles set up along the sides of the boat. Hydroponics on the deck and below deck to grow food. Solar panels for power.

I don't know if there's theories as to zombies' ability to move in water, but I'd take my chances on a high-walled boat. Even if zombie blood got in the water, it can be boiled out. Boiling fresh water kills the vast majority of bacteria and viruses.

So assuming boiling water will purify it from the zombie virus/whatever causes zombieism, I would have a self-sufficient floating fortress.

Even if zombies can swim, set up a buoy/net/alarm system in a 100 yard radius from the boat so that if anything of significant size crosses the "fence" an alarm goes off.

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In a zombie apocalypse, I seriously doubt money will mean anything. Second, trying to shoot from a boat would be terrible for your aim. I like your idea, but the idea of my being stuck on a boat makes me super sad.

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Originally posted by chaos021:
In a zombie apocalypse, I seriously doubt money will mean anything. Second, trying to shoot from a boat would be terrible for your aim. I like your idea, but the idea of my being stuck on a boat makes me super sad.

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Zombie dinner or boat fortress.
I'd take the boat.

There's some bloody big-ass boats out there that you can take.

On the hypothesis, if zombies can swim and they come to your boat in the thousands, what is an alarm to do against them? If you sail off there are bound to be a few zombies making it on board, haven't you seen the movies? How about a massive volt generator on the side that produces an electric shock wave around your boat or something.

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Originally posted by speechjew:
Hydroponics on the deck and below deck to grow food.

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right, I'd grow hydroponic food, exactly.

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Originally posted by paragondave:
right, I'd grow hydroponic food, exactly.

Actually, I'd do lots of cardio, then more cardio.

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Originally posted by AEther Storm:
Zombie dinner or boat fortress.
I'd take the boat.

There's some bloody big-ass boats out there that you can take.

On the hypothesis, if zombies can swim and they come to your boat in the thousands, what is an alarm to do against them? If you sail off there are bound to be a few zombies making it on board, haven't you seen the movies? How about a massive volt generator on the side that produces an electric shock wave around your boat or something.

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at least a warning for nighttime.

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Originally posted by paragondave:
right, I'd grow hydroponic food, exactly.

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Originally posted by speechjew:
at least a warning for nighttime.

And ok, a gyroscopically balancing sniper rifle. Since money is no object.

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But easy-to-get tech would be.

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If it's winter, it probably won't be much of an apocalypse, since the corpses will freeze (or the infected will die of hypothermia), slip on the ice, get stuck in the snow, etc. So barricading myself indoors to avoid the initial threat and panic is probably the best option. We have tons of food, most of it dry (beans, rice, flour, etc.), so it shouldn't be too hard. A fenced-in backyard (and back alley) also means ready access to snow and ice for water, not to mention additional protection.

In the warmer months, I think I'd start the same way. My apartment is relatively easily defensible against zombies, provided the front window is boarded up. My real worry would be looters, pillagers, and other desperate humans. I'd try to wait out the initial panic, and ideally hold up for a month or so, long enough for the early corpses to rot a bit (or for the early infected to be quite weak/dead), and then try to better my situation. If the city seemed desperately unsafe, I might try (!) to navigate out through the sewers, and head for the mountains.

Ideally, I'd like to have access to riot gear/motocross armour (chainmail would be even better! Realistically, we'd have to make do with heavy winter gear, at least at first). A group of armoured people (say 10-20) equipped with shields and armed with knives/clubs/etc. could beat back several dozen of the buggers (more in confined locations), provided they could form a shield wall. So I'd try to ally with my neighbours, close off our block, and get some shield wall action going. It shouldn't be very hard, actually. So again, the main concern would be other people.

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Originally posted by Azuriae:

Seriously though, I have no idea. I'd probably just get out of the city. Probably drive to the arctic and go live in an igloo in Kuujjuaq or something.

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Yeah, you'd probably make it. Winter would be very harsh on the zombies.

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Originally posted by chaos021:
Go to Walmart, setup shop and keep popping 'em off.

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You and a whole bunch of other people. Best hope they're friendly, because you'll be a prime target for looters.

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Originally posted by speechjew:
this would take a ton of money to set up, but it's entirely feasible.

Giant yacht/boat in the middle of a fresh body of water (giant lake). Stock up on shells for sniper rifles set up along the sides of the boat. Hydroponics on the deck and below deck to grow food. Solar panels for power.

I don't know if there's theories as to zombies' ability to move in water, but I'd take my chances on a high-walled boat. Even if zombie blood got in the water, it can be boiled out. Boiling fresh water kills the vast majority of bacteria and viruses.

So assuming boiling water will purify it from the zombie virus/whatever causes zombieism, I would have a self-sufficient floating fortress.

Even if zombies can swim, set up a buoy/net/alarm system in a 100 yard radius from the boat so that if anything of significant size crosses the "fence" an alarm goes off.

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How are you boiling the water? With your solar panels?

The danger isn't swimming zombies. Corpses can float, which means that they'll occasionally brush up against your boat and cause some damage, which you'll have to repair. The real danger, though, is attracting so many floating corpses that you can't move your boat. Best not bank on your alarm system.

Actually, the real danger is other humans. They'll see what you have and want it for themselves. If you've got hundreds of netted and tangled zombies between you, that might be an effective deterrent.

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Originally posted by chaos021:
In a zombie apocalypse, I seriously doubt money will mean anything. Second, trying to shoot from a boat would be terrible for your aim. I like your idea, but the idea of my being stuck on a boat makes me super sad.

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1.) Money means a lot BEFORE the zombie apocalypse, which is when you need to get prepared. It's a lot harder to gather that stuff afterwards.

2.) Shooting into water might actually result in bullets that explode into worthless bits an inch or two in.

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Originally posted by mtglover:
I would form a group and first get as much weapons and food as possible. Then we would travel to a small unpopulated island and cleanse any potential zombies and restart civilization (I assume zombies cannot swim).

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They don't need to swim: they can float or walk on the bottom of the ocean. Ocean currents will makes zombies wash up on shore periodically. Besides... small unpopulated islands aren't all that easy to find (unless they're in lakes, but then they're even less safe).

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Originally posted by hilikuS:
I'd find my way to England, because England always survives the apocalypse for some reason.

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I wonder if British zombies keep driving(that'll be a trick)/walking on the left side, too. I mean, they don't bump into buildings and then move off into another direction. They can take turns.

It would be a sight to see the Queen Mum as a zombie. O wait...

Pumping gas would probably be their downfall.

It was convincing enough for me to go out and buy a fancy sledgehammer (heavy enough to do some work, light enough that I can handle swinging repeatedly) and a rope ladder. I'm not exactly stocking up for the apocalypse, but these seemed like a good idea at the time.

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Originally posted by fedorables:
Has anyone read any of Max Brooks' books? I like his Zombie Survival Guide a lot. While its written for a bit of entertainment value, its also great in that it actually takes itself seriously. Unlike most of the zombie novelty books you see, which mostly just scream "Be a man, punch a zombie in its pansy face and then obliterate it with your gatling gun while you blow up his friends and family with your missile launcher! Do it, do it naaooough!"

It was convincing enough for me to go out and buy a fancy sledgehammer (heavy enough to do some work, light enough that I can handle swinging repeatedly) and a rope ladder. I'm not exactly stocking up for the apocalypse, but these seemed like a good idea at the time.

For one, melee weapos don't need to be loaded or reloaded, and a hammer doesn't need to be sharpened, so that's less to carry. I'd still want a gun to rely on, but who's to say I could get one and keep it loaded during an apocalypse? Plus the gun would be better saved for other people wishing me ill intent. Secondly, I'd prefer not to sleep on the ground, so a lightweight rollable ladder is great. I can also use the hammer to destroy stairs if I can justify it, replacing stairs with an easily removable ladder is a simple but pretty effective (if noisy and exhausting) defense against zombies.

Assuming they can't dunk like Mike.

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I'll take a nice light warhammer for zombie slaying purposes personally, and carry a crow bar for any demo that might need done; I don't know about you, but even a light sledgehammer will wear me out after swinging it 30 or 40 times fast, and if a horde of those bastards is coming at you you might need to keep swinging for awhile.

Some sort of light armor is a must, as Storm mentioned above (chainmail would be so awesome, kevlar would also be great, I imagine even thick coveralls would offer some protection), but all in all you want to keep your weight down. I have a 0.45 I will carry for the humans, as well as a small buckler for clearing purposes in a crowd, and a kukri because it's a fantastic multi-purpose blade and damned near indestructible.

The rest is just about fortifying my family's property and hoping for the best, not because that's necessarily the smartest/safest plan, but because I know that my parents and grandparents would likely not be convinced to leave, and there are enough of us (big family) with enough resources that actually we might do pretty well in the area we live in. And if I go down, I'll go down fighting for my family and our land. *shrugs*

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Originally posted by Gawain:
I'll take a nice light warhammer for zombie slaying purposes personally

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Originally posted by fedorables:
Unfortunately Home Depot was fresh out of those when I checked :P

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Also hammers are terrible weapons. Very easy to dodge, takes forever to recover. Somewhat likely to hurt yourself doing it.

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Originally posted by fedorables:
Unfortunately Home Depot was fresh out of those when I checked :P

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I collect weapons, I have a warhammer :P Home depot would have a good 28 Ounce Estwing Framing Hammer, and that would serve nearly as well.

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Originally posted by Volcanon:
Also hammers are terrible weapons. Very easy to dodge, takes forever to recover. Somewhat likely to hurt yourself doing it.

Get something lightweight if a gun is too boring. Like a short sword or a knife or something something.

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Depending on the type of zombies you're fighting, hammers are either perfectly fine (because they won't be dodging), or if you're in melee you're dead already (because they're rage zombies and just as fast as you are).

The overswing you're referring to is from something heavier than what I have in mind. My warhammer barely clears 2 lbs., has a very sure grip, and isn't all that easy to dodge even if you're not a type 1 zombie; I can swing it just as fast and as accurately as I can my shortsword or kukri.