Zombies would be defeated by nature in a few weeks.
Hot and Cold weather are both enemies to exposed flesh, especially if it happens to be rotting. Animals would also have no problem tearing apart brainless zombies. Natural obstacles such as rivers and cliffs would certianly cut down on the problem as well.
Add to that, the fact that Humans are on top of the food chain because we are smart. We were able to take down animals that are exponentially stronger and faster then us with ease BEFORE guns. Killing zombies would be a walk in the park with any sort of organization.
In short, a zombie "apocalypse" would be more of a zombie "inconvinience". I'd say that surviving humans would have the problem delt with in some way (fortified colonies? Zombie hunting?) in under a year.
This is of course referring to zombies as dumb, contagious humans. If we're talking about zombies that just happen to be super agressive, smart, strong humans (something like I Am Legend) well then... why not join them??
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Zombies would be defeated by nature in a few weeks.
Hot and Cold weather are both enemies to exposed flesh, especially if it happens to be rotting. Animals would also have no problem tearing apart brainless zombies. Natural obstacles such as rivers and cliffs would certianly cut down on the problem as well.
Add to that, the fact that Humans are on top of the food chain because we are smart. We were able to take down animals that are exponentially stronger and faster then us with ease BEFORE guns. Killing zombies would be a walk in the park with any sort of organization.
In short, a zombie "apocalypse" would be more of a zombie "inconvinience". I'd say that surviving humans would have the problem delt with in some way (fortified colonies? Zombie hunting?) in under a year.
This is of course referring to zombies as dumb, contagious humans. If we're talking about zombies that just happen to be super agressive, smart, strong humans (something like I Am Legend) well then... why not join them??
Wouldn't the animals that devour Zombie flesh become zombies themselves.
And we aren't the same top of the food chain species that we used to be, Our idea of the top of the food chain is going to the market to buy a slab of meet. Most of us have become brain addled by T.V. and video games and couldn't run a block without crying for a mani-pedi.
Plus half the people would pick up a gun and keep trying to pull the trigger and complaining that its not shooting and not knowing where the safety is.
On top of that most people who could manage to shoot would think that guns are like the call of duty games and die as they blazed away at the sky wondering why no one is falling.
So to summerize, the world would be populated by wolves and bears and tigers and other apex predators with the speed and hunting ability to mow through the fat survivors. Meanwhile more human casualties would happen due to self gun fatalities and other stupid things like falling off of cliffs and manhole covers, oh and heart attacks because you have to walk instead of getting into your SUV and driving. Plus hundreds of millions would die from exposure and starvation because there is no more electricity or gas and most people couldn't make a proper fire with a gun to their head.
Humanity might consider itself to be an apex predator on this planet, but I think that 95% of the people are too stupid to surivive a azombie apocalpse.
On top of that there would be dissease and infection and parasites would rise.
Me, screw it, if you can't beat em join em. I wouldn't become a zombie but I'd consider any healthy human that comes around me as a prime source of food, unless its female and hot.
Plus beyond guns, gasoline would still be plentiful for a while, I'd make areas destructive weapons that can take out more then one zombie at a time. I'm talking the creation of napalm. Lets face facts zombies are dumb, depending on the interpretation they could be slow, and they like to attack as a mob. A few home mad molotov cocktails and I not only don't have to worry about zombies, but I don't have to worry about heating.
I would be a human eating, zombie burning, explotative surviver.
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Yes but those problems you just listed, like exposure, would apply to the zombies as well.
I also think you're underestimating our adaptability. Some of the outliers in terms of fitness and health would be screwed, but I think most adults would be fine. Also, a zombie apocalpyse scenerio always seems to assume that the military some how ceases to exist. I really doubt that every military in the entire world would just stop functioning. I think you would see fortifications made by the military and numerous airstrips set up and secured to which their would be flights to and from these fortified colonies.
So in my mind, the only challenge for survivors would be getting to one of these airstrips. If you set them up near a calm river (one without any sort of waterfalls or rapids that "sneak" up on you), it would be even easier for people to make it and avoid zombies.
Pshh. I say bring it on!
(P.S. I think the outbreak would be under control far before fuel reserves run out)
Yes but those problems you just listed, like exposure, would apply to the zombies as well.
Maybe, but Zombies don't care about disease, they don't care about frotbite or limbs falling off. they are driven by hunger instinct. If all that was left of a zombie was its head, it would use its toungue to propell itself to the next meal. Basically they're already dead and rotting. The only weapon against Zombies is time. As long as you can stay ahead of them until they basically turn into a apple sauce like puddle of rot they're going to pursue food without thinking.
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I also think you're underestimating our adaptability. Some of the outliers in terms of fitness and health would be screwed, but I think most adults would be fine. Also, a zombie apocalpyse scenerio always seems to assume that the military some how ceases to exist. I really doubt that every military in the entire world would just stop functioning. I think you would see fortifications made by the military and numerous airstrips set up and secured to which their would be flights to and from these fortified colonies.
I think in the first month of a zombie apocalypse 95% of the healthy population dies. When the winter months comes probably half of those survivers die. Plus its not likely that your going to form groups or communities with that death rate. Most people will be alone and sucumb to a game of numbers.
How long would military discipline last? Would leadership and command and control break down?
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So in my mind, the only challenge for survivors would be getting to one of these airstrips. If you set them up near a calm river (one without any sort of waterfalls or rapids that "sneak" up on you), it would be even easier for people to make it and avoid zombies.
Until the zombie mass bodies pile up in the water to make a bridge for the other zombies who merely walk across and continue to shamble after you.
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Pshh. I say bring it on!
(P.S. I think the outbreak would be under control far before fuel reserves run out)
Nope because some idiot with napalm would probably go around lighing fuel tanks and storage facilities on fire because it would be awesome. Just call him the Trash Can Man or Trashy for short.
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You probably have a better chance of surviving a made-up apocalypse like zombies than a more likely viral global pandemic. Good luck protecting yourself from that.
If there were a zombie apocalypse I'd drive straight to my cabin in the mountains and then build a little shack that's a few kilometers away from everyone just at the top of the tree line and out of sight of civilization so no zombies could see when I have a fire going. I would need:
-filters to filter water from the river
-matches/accelerant to start fires to keep me warm
-an axe
-4 month supply of food until the summer comes
-seeds to start my own garden when the summer comes
-jars to store the food from the summer
-hunting rifle/ammo
-big ass hunting knife
-binoculars
I think I could survive a long time hiding in the mountains, just have to build a wall around the garden so animals and pests can't get in and make the garden down lower where it will grow really well. I could climb up to the old post where they used to watch for fires and survey the valley to see if zombie's have made it to the little town by my cabin because there's no way they are trekking through the wilderness.
I was going to vote yes because I know that an evil Catholic Scientist spent the last 10 years prepping for the end of the Mayan Calender and he wanted to show all the heathens that the only true power is the power of the laword. So he created a potent toxin that alters ones visual and mental state to their greatest fears. He chose this for only the purest of humans could ever survive such a state. Of course he calculated the collateral damage but, because it would all be completed, and justified, because of Gods plan; it was okay to lose a few lost souls...
So begins the Christian War. For Thy Is The Kingdom The Power And The Glory... Amen.
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