Things you will need during the Zombie Apocalypse: #2 Food

Source : Zombie potatoes... the bane of tomato people.

Food is also one of those things you need to survive. You can live for up to four weeks without food if you don't exert yourself. Since we will be running from zombies and building massive concrete walls and fortifications you will need food asap. Finding food during or after a zombie apocalypse or economic meltdown is going to be hard.

Some of your first sources for food will be your home, anything canned or kept cool will be edible for a while. Save canned goods and eat things that you cant keep fresh first. There are ways to preserve things like fruit and vegetables and even meat without refrigeration. But first you will need said food.

Places to find food:

1. Your neighborhood
   
   I would start by checking out any abandon houses near were you live. Check to see if anyone is home, alive or otherwise before venturing to far into the house. Be careful as a zombie attack inside a home is going to limit your escape options as well as your fighting ability (try swinging a baseball bat in a hallway). Look the house over for dried or canned food and bring it back. Once again save anything that will last a while for later and eat anything that is likely to spoil first.
2. Restaurants, grocery Stores and other types of stores
   
   Once you have vandalized all your local homes and apartments for food I would move on to local stores that might have food in them. Restaurants will likely have lots of canned and dry foods left after everyone has evacuated and will probably not be the first spot other survivors would have looted. Next I would check places like gas stations or convenient stores for their stock. You might only get beer and candy but it better then nothing. Last I would go to your local grocery store. This is going to be the first place people go to when they run out of food and it also going to be the most picked over. As with all public places be ready to have to defend yourself from not only zombies but also other survivors.
3. The Earth
   
   That is kind of vague... mother nature, even tho she has turned on you by raising the dead, will have tons of things you can survive off of. Unless animals become zombies (Like in Dead Sea) then I would pray on what you know how to get. I personally live near the cost and plan on fishing if I live past the initial outbreak. Growing a garden is another way you will be able to supplement your canned food. I would at least have seeds in storage and some information about how to grow plants. I would also invest in a book about things you can eat in nature, as not all berries or mushrooms are edible and can even kill you. And make sure you get your doomsday seeds!

Things you will need during the Zombie Apocalypse: #1 Water

Mmm tasty bathroom stall water

Water is essential to life. A person can only survive a few weeks without something to drink, that is provided they are doing no physical labor or running from zombies. Unless you wanna Bear Grylls it and drink your own urin then I suggest you find a water source as soon as possible. The first source should be your home. During a disaster you should fill your tub, sinks and any containers you might have with water before it stops flowing or becomes contaminated. You might also want to clean your tub if you like to do crazy stuff in there or get a WaterBob. Given the opportunity drinking bad water is better then dying waiting to find clean water, however if there is no rescue in sight I would hold out for clean water as drinking contaminated water can make you very sick.

Before the tub is empty you will need to find a second more sustainable water source. A pond, stream, river or ocean can be a good water source as long as you can build a fire and boil the water or have water treatment tablets . Salt water should only be drunk it if you can distill it. Never drink salt water without distilling it, simply boiling it wont remove the saline in it and can actually make it more concentrated. Using the same meathod as distilling moonshine you can boil water in a can and then capture the steam in a long pipe. As it cools it will turn into drinkable water. Use the below diagram to make your own!

Mathmatical!

So stuff you will need: 

1. A container - Something that you can heat up over and over, preferably with a lid of some type that you can screw on or seal up tight. In this case you can use a soda can if needed.
2. Water - Salt water is best once distilled because the saline does not go into the steam. You can also purify dirty water this way if you do not have a coal or sand filter. I would not do this for water that has been contaminated by oil, gas or other chemicals... just don't drink that stuff.
3. Fire - Build a small fire for your container to rest over so that the water will boil.
4. Hose - PVC hose, garden hose, copper pipe or anything that you can use to allow the steam enough time to cool as it escapes the container.

Take the container and add some water. Don't fill it up otherwise it will take a long time to come to a boil. 1/4 full of water will be enough to start with. Attached your hose to the container in a secure way, you may have to modify your container by adding a hole to it to insert the hose. Build up a small fire using your Fire Starter on some dry grass and adding sticks to it. Build a platform with rocks or bricks around the fire for your container to sit on. You want the container to be over the heat but not in the fire so make sure the fire is not to big or it can cause your container to melt or crack. Add the container to the platform and wait for the water inside to boil. The steam will cool in the hose and condense back into water so make sure you have another container to catch it. This process can be time consuming but will be essential to life if you live near the coast.

So once again it has been a while...

I keep losing interest in blogging because of work or family or stress... So I am going to make a effort once again. Lets see how long it lasts.

Mobile blog: Raiding and Looting part 1

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Its important to rememeber that at the end of the world it will be prime time to loot and pilage. While friends and family cower in their homes or shelters its up to you to feed, cloth and secure the weak-willed.

First on the docket should be hardware store. Bring some kinda weapon. Most people will flock to a super market or wal-mart. Not you. You need hammers, nails, saws, lazer pointers, bags of cement mix. Load up and move on to build you fortress!

Next will be water! I don't care if you get it from a pond, sink, bottle or clouds. You need water to live. And you can always boil water unless you have no idea how to start a fire (more on that later). So put out some tarps and buckets and start collecting that precious life source. Or steal it. Also fill up your tub like you did back in Y2K.

Food! Food is good cause it keeps you alive long enough to be eaten by zombies or killed by looters, unless your the looter doing the killing. Stores, restaurants. Get anything that wont spoil, cans, packaged goods. Load up and keep stuff in a dry place to keep it from molding. If you live in a cold climate and have a way to keep food cold then do so!

Also if you found this post because you are raiding and looking for loot on WoW sorry cause WoW wont be up when the zombies take over... or will it.

Hunkering Down

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I do like how this picture is on a website about
business design

So yesterday I started going into hiding. Its kinda hard when you have a job and kids and family and stuff like that so basically I just found a fake beard at the Bi-Lo in one of those prize ball machines and I've been wearing that. 

My boss does not approve but I have had great success selling products to other men with beards.

Speaking of beards lets talk about zombies. Have you ever seen a zombie with a beard? I can't say that I have. And I'm not talking bout Zombie Jesus or Zombie Ab Lincoln or Rob Zombie I mean a zombie in a movie or real life. Just saying, not many bearded zombies running around.

Topic of the day is going to be: Hunkering Down. During a zombie outbreak one might think it is time to leave but depending on your situation staying home may be a good idea. You are already familiar with the layout of your house, you probably have some food stocked up and yes that 5 year old can of chicken soup  is going to have to be opened if you want to live. You have weapons... chairs, butcher knifes, 500 lb TV, you name it it can be a weapon.

You will also be familiar with the local area, where schools are, grocery stores, gas stations. Also if you stay and others flee then get to looting! Your neighbor might not like the fact that you kicked in their door and broke their great-grandmothers end tables for fire wood now but when they come back and you have turned the neighborhood into a zombie free zone they will worship you like a God.

So Hunker Down and fight it out cause being on the move sucks, cause your gonna run out of gas and food and be out in the middle of nowhere and get eaten by zombies or radioactive ants.

Rapture Part 3...

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Does that look like a zombie?
No it looks like BBQ sauce!

Ok, apparently no one wanted to let me know we did not have a rapture Saturday. I have been killing "zombies" left and right and it just turns out its the homeless population that I have been thinning and not the zombie Apocalypse.

The local newspaper has even been reporting on someone slaughtering the local homeless community. In a twist no one is pressing charges, cause screw homeless people.

Also rapture wont be happening to October now. But at least I have some practice in. I mean if I can kill a fully able homeless man then I can take out a half rotten corpse.

Keep posted on my progress. I need to lay low for a while.

May 23rd: Part 2

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This is a shot I got while I was taking my kid to dance class today. Amazing how the world has ending and I get to take my 4 year old to dance class... 

Anyway. This happy fellow was out near Harold Ave. Got the shot right before he tried to maul me. I'll admit that while Kayla (daughter) was in dance class I went outside and did some clearing up for the other parents. Fortunately when I went to Spain back in 04 I get this sweet Toledo steel sword. Its not shard tho but it was great for bashing skulls and knocking down the baby zombies.

That's right baby zombies. Straight out of Dead Space. Well not really, they are just little kid zombies. I'm not afraid to shoot a baby, long as its a zombie. 

So cleaning up around the dance studio was fun and all but I also had to scavenge... Unfortunately people still work at Wal-Mart so I was forced to buy stuff, heck my debit card even worked. If it wasn't for the zombies walking around in the sporting goods section I would think I have just been killing people who are severely dehydrated.