Ideal place to setup camp in a zombie apocalypse?

bear1 · 09-01-2014 04:43PM

I still haven't a clue where he is located

endacl · 09-01-2014 04:47PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Technically, I can see four. There's an island a mile of the coast that is geologically part of Greenland.

How can you tell? Is it green?

bear1 · 09-01-2014 04:49PM

endacl wrote: »

How can you tell? Is it green?

Badum tsss

wexie · 09-01-2014 04:55PM

bear1 wrote: »

I still haven't a clue where he is located

Not too many places in Ireland where you can see 3 countries (you could argue about quite how many countries it really is though, best done over a nice glass of whiskey (or whisky) which would be another good conversation)

D-FENS · 09-01-2014 04:58PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

But with someone else playing the harp so yer wan could come join you.

A strum of her strings would certainly cure any boredom

The Backwards Man · 09-01-2014 05:06PM

endacl wrote: »

How can you tell? Is it green?

Gneiss.;)

Fratton Fred · 09-01-2014 05:13PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

If you had a decently sized castle and a small group of people you could probably grow enough crops and keep a few animals inside the fortress. If you're trapped inside then everything else is trapped outside.

Most castles have a well as they were designed to withstand a siege.

We could do with finding a fort/castle like this

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portchester_Castle

ScumLord · 09-01-2014 05:20PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Most castles have a well as they were designed to withstand a siege.

I don't know how true that would be for Irish castles. Most are located beside a river and it's very easy to resupply a siege in Ireland because you're probably not that far away from your own castle. By European standards most our castles are just a big house.

Snako · 09-01-2014 05:24PM

A Round tower, worked for our ancestors.

ScumLord · 09-01-2014 05:28PM

Snako wrote: »

A Round tower, worked for our ancestors.

In a raid scenario. The Vikings would go home, zombies won't.

Snako · 09-01-2014 05:31PM

ScumLord wrote: »

In a raid scenario. The Vikings would go home, zombies won't.

If we dug a ditch full of spikes, would the zombies mindlessly walk in? and then we could douse them with petrol every few days and burn them.

The tower could in fact be a zombie trap and a safe house.

Snako · 09-01-2014 05:32PM

I should have specified that the ditch would surround the tower

ScumLord · 09-01-2014 05:34PM

Snako wrote: »

If we dug a ditch full of spikes, would the zombies mindlessly walk in?

With the right incentive they would.

and then we could douse them with petrol every few days and burn them.

Kind of a waste of petrol. You'll only have whatever petrol was on the island the day international shipping broke down. It's probably a lot but very finite, with few ways to produce more economically.

danniemcq · 09-01-2014 05:35PM

Snako wrote: »

I should have specified that the ditch would surround the tower

well yeah if it was at the top i don't think it would do much good,

need a fair amount of fuel to burn them every few days. you could also run into issues where a lot fall in around the same area at the same time allowing a bridge of sorts to form

Its All Wright · 09-01-2014 05:36PM

Question.. If a member of your family became infected & was a zombie.. Would you dispose of them?

Snako · 09-01-2014 05:37PM

DannieHasABrazilian wrote: »

well yeah if it was at the top i don't think it would do much good,

need a fair amount of fuel to burn them every few days. you could also run into issues where a lot fall in around the same area at the same time allowing a bridge of sorts to form

This is a very good point, I also agree that there would only be a finite amount of petrol.

Right back to the drawing board

danniemcq · 09-01-2014 05:42PM

Its All Wright wrote: »

Question.. If a member of your family became infected & was a zombie.. Would you dispose of them?

yes, instantly

They aren't friends or family anymore. There is nothing left of your loved ones in there anymore. there is no longer a happy ever after only survival.

Granted its easy saying that on the internet when not in that situation but i think i could

wexie · 09-01-2014 05:42PM

Snako wrote: »

This is a very good point, I also agree that there would only be a finite amount of petrol.

Right back to the drawing board

also I'd have to wonder which would be worse, putting up with the smell of burning zombies, or the risks of just leaving them there to rot?

Would be nice if you could set it up in such a way the tide came in to take them away

Knasher · 09-01-2014 05:48PM

Spike Island. I live on the banks of the Lee, near to a place I know they keep boats, so I could get there reasonably easily. It would still be near enough to Cork city, so if I need to scavenge supplies, it would be relatively easy to get in and out by river. It is near a naval base, so I would hopefully be able to source some guns. It has an enclosed courtyard, so I should be able to grow some food internally, as well as on the wider island. It already has a power generator. It is pretty abandoned, so there should be a large zombie hoard to deal with before I can move in.

Snako · 09-01-2014 05:48PM

wexie wrote: »

also I'd have to wonder which would be worse, putting up with the smell of burning zombies, or the risks of just leaving them there to rot?

Would be nice if you could set it up in such a way the tide came in to take them away

Well if we were in France Mont Saint Michel could be ideal, all the zombie corpses would just be washed away when the tide came in

Its All Wright · 09-01-2014 05:53PM

DannieHasABrazilian wrote: »

yes, instantly

They aren't friends or family anymore. There is nothing left of your loved ones in there anymore. there is no longer a happy ever after only survival.

Granted its easy saying that on the internet when not in that situation but i think i could

Id imagine its a very hard thing to dobut i suppose survival mode has to kick in & you have do these things in order to live. From watching the The Walking Dead they seemed to have accepted it as part of life more & more as the show goes on.

09-01-2014 06:05PM

It's quite disturbing how turned on I am by this thread.

Fratton Fred · 09-01-2014 06:11PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's quite disturbing how turned on I am by this thread.

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09-01-2014 06:13PM

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_F2MWM2xDj9w/TL9d9R2YzKI/AAAAAAAAAFU/CzEy3cemMlk/s1600/Dun_Aengus.jpg

with a few renovations of course

bear1 · 09-01-2014 06:16PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It's quite disturbing how turned on I am by this thread.

This thread just got more interesting

twinytwo · 09-01-2014 06:26PM

Actually there would be no surviving... if it a fast acting virus. Regardless of the type of zombie, they ran a computer model on this before even small pockets of humans is enough to sustain the zombie level past the point of complete human destruction.

Once an outbreak got past the point of containment that's it. Sure well prepared people might last a few months, but eventually in fighting, zombies and lack of medicine/food etc would see the end of us.

DoesNotCompute · 09-01-2014 06:30PM

Air Force One. Fly around until the apocalypse blows over.

Any time you need to refuel, land at an abandoned airport and load up. You'd need to have your own elite guard of marines to watch your back while your crew were refuelling.

Kinda like that movie, World War Z.

Its All Wright · 09-01-2014 06:34PM

DoesNotCompute wrote: »

Air Force One. Fly around until the apocalypse blows over.

Any time you need to refuel, land at an abandoned airport and load up. You'd need to have your own elite guard of marines to watch your back while your crew were refuelling.

Kinda like that movie, World War Z.

Haven't seen that movie, sounds interesting..i must watch

Balmed Out · 09-01-2014 06:35PM

a promontory fort. cliffs on three sides and a castle wall at the other, example being the old head of Kinsale. Id need to club a few golfers first of course.

ScumLord · 09-01-2014 06:35PM

twinytwo wrote: »

Once an outbreak got past the point of containment that's it. Sure well prepared people might last a few months, but eventually in fighting, zombies and lack of medicine/food etc would see the end of us.

Zombies have a shelf life though. Without the ability to repair their bodies I can't see them lasting more than 5 years, probably a lot less.

One thing we tend to forget about zombies is the weight loss, weight loss will lead to clothes becoming baggy and eventually every zombies pants would fall down further restricting its movement. The human race cannot let itself be wiped out by something that has it's pants around it's ankles.

Ideal place to setup camp in a zombie apocalypse?

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