Comments on: Three Concerns for Zombie Defense in Snow & Ice

By: big bear29

big bear29 — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 01:21:47 +0000

I have never had the desire to live in the far north due to the simple fact that I know how cold it can get up there in winter . My grandparents house is in the southern half of indiana and every year there will be trees and power lines that will freeze and shatter . And the further north you go the worse it gets and the longer it lasts .

By: Angryvikingman

Angryvikingman — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:02:10 +0000

YEah, I live in TN, screw moving up north. It gets cold enough down here, I don’t want to live in it all year.

By: big bear29

big bear29 — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 03:30:05 +0000

One thing that some of the people on this site don’t fully realize is that they are not prepared to survive a freezing winter in the far north . Most of the folks say that they can survive it , but I just want to know how many of you have ever tried to survive 6 to 10 months of freezing winter and blizzards without modern conveniences . I’m going to go out on a limb and say that none of you have had to do it . Most people seem to take modern technology for granted and have some absurd idea that it will be pretty easy to survive in the far north through winter without modern tech just because they “roughed” it at a camp ground in the summer , for a weekend , in a camper or tent . Also peoples experience building snow forts and and playing outside in the snow for a few hours a day does not mean you will survive a long winter . A lot of people die every winter and that number goes up the further back you look at records , it is only because of technological advances that people have gained the ability to survive in harsh enviroments .

So you guys can go freeze to death or slowly starve because you don’t have enough supplies , but I will just stay down here in the southern U.S. where the winters aren’t that bad and are fairly short .

By: Sharpshooter

Sharpshooter — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:06:41 +0000

see i was raised in snow i when to venture out and when to stay inside… and me and my brother would always make like snow forts and sometimes grab a water spray bottle and ice it all over….. how great is that?! i mean durring the day just go out there and slowly layer snow/ice over the most vulnerable spots and then stay inside over night WHILE ITS FREEZING the water…. use mother nature as an ally… no need for the bitch to be another enemy :D

By: another mike

another mike — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:58:43 +0000

keep up the good work Aaron. The best thing I ever did was get my Eagle. be prepared. best thing to do in a disaster? locate the nearest Scout, he knows what he is doing.
we need an article on desert zombies to go with this one. being in the american southwest, I imagine zekes would dry out and turn into lich jerky in short order. the average human can survive without water for three days and that’s when our brains get too dry to function. i think shamblers wouldn’t make it much longer than that in a dessicating environment.

By: jacob

jacob — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:25:58 +0000

if u are wiht a group occupy eachother have all turrain vehicles such as some trucks or four wheelers and be ready to raid small houses or apartments etc. for a night of sleep then get going again

By: ravensky

ravensky — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:22:04 +0000

While it could seem traveling north and heading to northern alaska and canada my be the best bet to stath off zombies, it seems to me that this ould be the best course of action provided one is prepared for that living.

I havent done alot of study but it is my general assumption that zombies dont provide their own body heat through consumption of food and burning of calories. Mind you I wouldnt want to test this out myself. That being said zombies have been shown to have a lower body temperature then the standard 98.6 some guesses estimate that they would have an average body temp of 65-75 degrees … 20 less then then a normal human being.

Things to look out for is time of degridation of tissue mass, a fresh speciman would be more agile and active then one suffering from mass necrossis. Thus for the ones surviving and able to follow food north they fresh ones would survive the longest those in final stages if necrosic with little to no endomusculatur structure would more then likely freeze in the lower areas of cold to be defosted and activated at later times, while those remarkably preserved and fresh would make it farther north only to still succomb to the adverse weather climates.

To truely find an exhistance without the threat of the zombie would would have to have a prestationed area in an artic climate where winter counditions would limit even the hardiest strain of man.

There would also need to be 9 month surplus of foods at these artic locations to support the refugees headed that direction. (or more)

Setting up base camps with supplies but also men and women willing to do hunts for stragling zombies who would either be frozen or highly slowed by frozen muscles and flesh to make them easy pickens.

Body dumps would have to be located in save distances to prevent toxins from re-entering our ecosystem during body disposal. As it is my belief cutting the dead would not be enough, complete incineration of the corpse is nessessary .

There are too many theories and hypothysis that are not able to be feasable to dertermin an actual outcome.

By: Mike in DFW

Mike in DFW — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:30:56 +0000

“Dr. Detroit” I know all about the southerner who runs his vehicle off the road in small amounts of snow. I’m from Michigan and after 23 years I moved to Dallas TX. They don’t have a clue about how to drive when its warm and sunny, let alone half an inch of snow, or some rain. I think I’m going to have to pick up a cheap place back home in Pontiac, that way I have someplace to head back up to for December 2012. Besides I just hate Texas.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:14:05 +0000

I do so if any one needs help just talk to me. haveing 3, or 4 years in boyscouts help out too. Ialso know how to treat 3rd degree burns, lasserations, frostbite, broken bones, infections, and also cooking yaaa! For fithteen that aint bad is it. I also know alot more including edible plants (and shrubs).

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:01:45 +0000

Everyone knows about hypothermia, evryone know how to treat it.