Zombie Survival Plan A

My roommates and I sat down last night after watching the Walking Dead and created our survival plan for the zombie apocalypse. Rather than having to go all Will Smith and wait on a pier every day when the sun is highest in the sky, I'm going to give you that plan right now so that you can potentially join our merry band. Easton and Jacob, feel free to correct me if I mess something up

The assumption is that we all wake up one morning and 90% or so of the population has become zombified overnight. Actually, I guess that means that 10% of us wake up as the rest of us are zombies...but nonetheless.

Firstly, we take a couple hours to gather supplies (food, clothing, weapons, etc). Priorities are dense canned foods and water containers. When the time comes to leave our apartment, we are going to wrap our forearms in duct tape as a sort of makeshift armor. When zombies come at us, we can then "feed" them our forearms, which they will try to bit into, then knife them in the heads. Making our break with as many supplies as we can carry, we head for Easton's car and haul as far as we can on the way to the safest place I can think of: my cul-de-sac. Eventually, the road will be blocked or become impassible so we ditch the car and try to travel as carefully and quietly to Highland as we can. Along the way, we want to head to a sporting goods store. Survivors will be competing initially for guns and food, baseball bats and football pads won't be quite as immediately sought after, but they could potentially be just as effective vs the zombies, if not competing survivors.

The appeal of Highland is three fold: Firstly, whatever is left of my family and friends will be there. Secondly, Roy Banks and his arsenal will be there, making it the safest place in Utah Valley. He can't be stopped, as it were. Thirdly, God willing, Timberly will still be alive as we'll need his outdoors experience. Once my little team gets there, we can join up with my neighbors and arm ourselves to some degree or another. Then we set out for St. George. Because the roads will probably be blocked, we intend to try and scavenge motorcycles and off road vehicles. Gas shouldn't be a huge problem unless it is being protected by other survivors. An alternative option involves stealing some fire trucks, which should be able to push through a few cars and carry a sizable water supply.

Saint George is the survive-the-winter area. It is isolated enough that zombies shouldn't be able to arrive very often from outside. The group could base outside of the city far enough away that zombies could be seen approaching, but close enough for frequent supply runs. It is also temperate enough that a winter without power should be pretty survivable.

After a winter without food, most of the zombies and survivors should be dead. From here the plan is to head to the coast. Travel might be difficult, but the hardest part will be making it through a city to our real target: a cruise ship. If we can find a ship that hasn't already been claimed by another group of survivors, I'd be amazed. I'd also be pleasantly surprised if said group was friendly.

If, however, we can take a cruise ship, we don't have to know how to use it. All we have to do is cast off a little ways. Using bed sheets and lifeboats as makeshift sailing ships, we can make sorties into town to gather supplies and books. Navigational and operational knowledge gained from the books should enable the group, over time, to make a journey to an island somewhere where we can start society over.

I shall call the island New Eden, as it shall be the birthplace of new humanity. I thought it was cute. I also call taking point on scavenging expeditions. I feel like I could sneak around zombies pretty well, though I should probably bring a teammate that can actually find things...

Ok, maybe I'll stay in camp and guard the latrines.

Actually, forget about that. I call being that one guy who gets zombified right as everything seems to be working out. I give Jaybear full permission to put me down, as he may the most experienced (virtual) zombie slayer in the group. Should he fail, I would like the group to start some sort of cult with me as the undead pope.

Happy ending. Minus at least 90% of humanity. But you can't win them all, eh?