Five Holiday Tips for Preparing for the Zombie Outbreak
The holidays are typically a time for everyone to relax and unwind, spending time with families and preparing for the new year. Sadly, many become too lax in their celebration of the holidays and forget that the coming tides of the undead apocalypse could happen at any moment. That is why we have prepared this quick guide of five holiday tips for preparing for the zombie outbreak.
- Eat Healthy: Remember not to gorge yourself into a carb-coma. Eating the wrong foods will slow you down so that making a proper is more difficult than it should be.
- Access to Food During Outbreak: It is common place for there to be more food around the family table this time of year. As family’s gather and spend time with one another, finding food is no difficult task. Be sure you know where quick storage devices are in the case of an outbreak. Until you are able to assess how long the outbreak will last, it is best to have some portable food. Since food is more abundant during the holidays, keep some quick bags or Tupperware handy in case you need to grab some food for a mobile defense.
- Offensive Weaponry: If you are half-asleep in the living room, chances are you are not going to be able to react too quickly. However, consider the items around you that could be immediately used for offense. Table legs could be used as clubs, yard tools (if accessible), and even kitchen knives if need be.
- Defensive Positioning: Should you feel comfortable in the level of the outbreak to make a stand where you are, quickly locate items to fortify your position. Tables and other furniture should be used to secure main entry points. When you arrive at your holiday celebration location, quickly assess the items that are around to see what you could immediately use if needed. If it is not a house you are familiar with, use the excuse of going to the bathroom to quickly check for structural weaknesses and at least come up with a quick plan on using the house or staging your exit.
- Escape Routes: This should be in the back of your mind everywhere you go, but escape routes should always be running through your minds should you not be able to stand your ground where you are. If you are at a family’s house, park your car where you can easily get it out to travel.
Naturally, we are not encouraging you to stand guard at the living room window with your Glock and MZPK (even though your MZPK should be nearby). What we want to encourage is enjoying time with your family but also staying well aware that the dead could easily walk the earth during the holidays.
Take heed to these steps, friends. When the outbreak happens we need to be as prepared as possible.
Stay safe. Stay informed. Stay alive.
Comments (9)
A.Christensen Johnson on 16 Dec 2008 at 1:38 pm #
As always, this is useful information, the sage advice that has made this my favorite site for information regarding the undead. One area I think needs more attention, however, is information on how to survive during the “double whammy” of the zombie apocalypse and a severe ice storm or other such natural disaster. Zombies would be unaffected by subzero temperatures and falling limbs, but these things can slow down even the most prepared z-survivalist. If you’ve already covered this topic, then just point me toward the archives and forget I said anything, otherwise, how about it? Snowed in on Chiristmas while zed is on the march?
aaron on 19 Dec 2008 at 2:13 pm #
this sounds alot like the attack Goerge washinton pulled on chistmas night to the German. while they were all celiberating and drunkhe invaded them.
another mike on 01 Jan 2009 at 4:08 pm #
I really like this site too. It’s the most grounded and rational zombie preparedness website. Too many other sites are like “I’m gonna get a Gatling gun and an AA-12 and start mowing the zeds down!!” And then they don’t even know where the nearest munitions depot is.
As for the zombie plus blizzard scenario, Brooks recommends getting somewhere the weather is the only factor. Don’t try to fight a war on three fronts. If the weather isn’t hurting you, it also won’t hurt the brigands and other survivors that will attack you out of desperation. And then you’ve still got the undead on top of all that.
As an Eagle Scout my best advice is simply “Be Prepared.” You don’t need Mother Nature to be an ally; just be trained and prepared enough that the bitch is no longer an enemy.
/be prepared
Miguel Sanchez on 02 Jan 2009 at 8:53 am #
I carry my mzpk around w/ me everywhere.. my usp .45 is always in my car and I walk around w/ at lthe very least a 3 inch blade all the time…
that said its very easy to get caught off guard during the holiday season.. merry xmas and have ahppy new year boys!
Phantom-edge on 15 Jan 2009 at 4:03 am #
To be honest the first thing I would do is to curse alot… And I do mean Alot….then I’d most likely get over it and think of this: class 1 and 2 ….I’d most like stay in the house not knowing what’s waiting outside….beyond that and I would take my chances on just running….with ANY weapon I find of course. About the ice thing….I would also like to assume you would have SOME protection against the cold while zeds do not…..in the long run it could be used to our advantage in a zombie apocolipse
Kasper on 16 Jan 2009 at 4:52 pm #
Some holidays are better for z-day than others. Christmas (X-mas, whatever, most cultures have something roughly equivalent) tends to have rather small groups of people celebrating in the comfort of their homes,
not too bad in terms of initial zed-spread.
On New Years Eve however… Drunken people swaying along the streets, constant loud bangs and glimpses of light from the fireworks to distract you from any firefights not actually involving you, people gathered in large, drunk, noisy groups, partying with open doors, where a guy/girl biting random guys/girls will likely seem funny for the first minute or two… How would you even know there was an attack?
Halloween, in countries where it is celebrated…
This is nightmare fuel, holidays are friggin dangerous.
James on 20 Feb 2009 at 7:45 pm #
Haha like hell im gunna get zombies, my family ALWAYS go on holiday to scotland/irish/welsh mountains secluded from anywhere.
Last year we went to a half a million quid house that can only be accessed from the mountainouse penisulla or the boat. It’s a right little fortress.
Jordan on 03 Mar 2009 at 6:17 pm #
I’m pretty safe myself during the winter months, as I live in Canada.
Zombies aren’t going to be much of a threat in our blizzards until they thaw out in spring
FreddeX on 05 Jun 2009 at 2:20 pm #
I doubt you can be really preapered without making everyone thinking youre crazy ¨excuse me just a moment, im just gonna go and check the perimiter and load my shotgun¨ XD naah i think that sometimes you just need to relax and enjoy your time with your family without constantly be preapered for a zombie epedemic. That´s my opinion.