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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 2:36:11 GMT -5
I guess I'll just die then. Thanks for keeping me in mind though. I hope you know I'm curled in the corner of the room, crying. No no, silly. I just mean that people in Texas won't be able to seek shelter at Mackinac Island. We can't just say "Let's all go here!" because that would mean people crossing a country full of flesh eating zombies and since that's not realistic, we all have to find our own place to be. You are completely and utterly WELCOME to join us Michiganders on Mackinac Island if you make it up here. There is a Mackinac bridge but it doesn't go to the island.*It connects the Upper Peninsula (UP) to the Lower Peninsula. The island is about in the middle of the straights of Mackinac (the whole area is kinda Mackinac, including Mackinaw City on the Lower Peninsula). Fort Mackinac is build on a hill that, on one side, is a cliff. Then there is also Fort Holmes, a much smaller but even more inaccessible fort on the island that can be the fall back position. As for swimming, "slow moving zombies" (see early zombie movies) shouldn't have the muscle coordination to swim. They may float but they won't get anywhere. If they decide to go to the island, which isn't very reasonable since you can't really see the island from either the upper or lower coastlines, they would probably have to walk along the bottom, which could take months, if not years if they go in the right direction. If these are "fast moving zombies" (see 28 Days Later or remake of Dawn of the Dead), we're all screwed anyway, so what does it matter? *I spent six summers as a Governor's Honor Guard on the island and we use to tell people that the bridge swung over to the island at 10pm. The ferries stopped running around 9, so you had to wait for the bridge [read: if you miss your 9pm ferry, you're stuck on the island, son]. It's amazing how many people believed us. I also had someone ask me once if the water went all the way around the island. edited: for extended tastiness
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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 2:40:55 GMT -5
www.lakesuperior.com/news/060609A.jpgThere's Fort Mackinac. And whilst surviving the zombie uprising, we can have a nice bite to eat at the Tea Room in the fort. They have the best milk shakes there.
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Post by MalkavianMarine on Nov 10, 2007 9:59:13 GMT -5
Galveston Island will work well for me
The bridge to it is about 4 miles long and there are two military bases there. A Marine reserve transport Company. And the Coaast Guard DEA section . . . So me and my compatriots would do well there.
Looking at it on Google Map though tells me if a fire gets set on a house in the residential district, the whole Island will go up like a roman candle
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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 12:15:25 GMT -5
Galveston Island will work well for me The bridge to it is about 4 miles long and there are two military bases there. A Marine reserve transport Company. And the Coaast Guard DEA section . . . So me and my compatriots would do well there. Looking at it on Google Map though tells me if a fire gets set on a house in the residential district, the whole Island will go up like a roman candle I don't doubt that any residential district on any island would probably go up like a roman candle. But then the zombie's aren't going to be coming carrying torches and as long as you don't use fire as part of your defense against them, it should be fine. I tend to think using flame throwers or molotov cocktails is an inherently bad idea. When a person-size thing catches on fire, everything it subsequently bumps into catches on fire as well. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE me some fire, but I don't see how this is exactly a good plan.
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Post by Masoob on Nov 10, 2007 13:53:12 GMT -5
Well lore, my joke was that you made the distinction of country rather than continent. But I guess the joke was lost. Your guys talk of islands and fortresses has me thinking. There isn't really anything but flat land here, which raises the question: when turned into a zombie do they suddenly have the ability to smell living people? and from how far away? We should lay out some zombie rules so we can adjust our plans accordingly.
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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 13:55:56 GMT -5
Well lore, my joke was that you made the distinction of country rather than continent. But I guess the joke was lost. Your guys talk of islands and fortresses has me thinking. There isn't really anything but flat land here, which raises the question: when turned into a zombie do they suddenly have the ability to smell living people? and from how far away? We should lay out some zombie rules so we can adjust our plans accordingly. Oh, see the problem here is that I have no sense of humor. Sorry.
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Post by Masoob on Nov 10, 2007 14:01:33 GMT -5
Naw, it was sort of obscure anyways.
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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 15:15:07 GMT -5
I forgive you. And I exalt you, cuz I haven't pushed that button in a while.
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Post by MalkavianMarine on Nov 10, 2007 19:09:50 GMT -5
Yeah, I talked about the houses catching fire because I KNOW one "Galvestonian" would try and use fire and everything would go to hell after that.
Your exaltedness is almost to 30, lol
Mine is only at 1 ::sniff::
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Post by Lore on Nov 10, 2007 19:17:48 GMT -5
Your exaltedness is almost to 30, lol Mine is only at 1 ::sniff:: Well yes, but I also have more than twice the posts as everyone else, including the next highest poster. If I deserve anything for being a forum dork, it's a bunch of exalts thank you very much.
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Post by Amazing Mr. K on Nov 11, 2007 0:08:00 GMT -5
*cough* back on topic folks, karma won't mean crap when you are a slack jaw
I don't really know about swords, it seems like there is too much of a chance it will get stuck in something, and that wouldn't be good when they are coming at you
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Post by Lore on Nov 11, 2007 0:47:46 GMT -5
*cough* back on topic folks, karma won't mean crap when you are a slack jaw I don't really know about swords, it seems like there is too much of a chance it will get stuck in something, and that wouldn't be good when they are coming at you Well in close quarters, guns can get a bit awkward. Since cutting off the head/destroying the brain is usually the way to stop a zombie, a sharp edge is usually your best standby. I myself like a machete, because it's a thicker blade meant for hacking so I don't need to have any amazing-ninja-sword skills or anything, since no on really has that. I'm all about hacking. Blunt trauma is a favorite too. That's why I like baseball bats so much.
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Post by Amazing Mr. K on Nov 11, 2007 1:14:46 GMT -5
yeah, I would go with a machete or a baseball bat myself
heck, I have a mini bat sitting next to my night stand just in cause someone is foolish enough to break into my house
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Post by Lore on Nov 11, 2007 2:55:04 GMT -5
A mini bat? I'm not quite sure what that is. I have two wooden bats (one is a black louisville slugger) and a metal one as well. I loves me my blunt force trauma.
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Post by Masoob on Nov 11, 2007 12:25:47 GMT -5
If they're fast moving zombies what good is a bat or machete going to do? If there was more than one throwing their entire weight at you at full speed, you would probably die. For close quarters I would just carry a Redhawk .357. I guess I would die once I needed to reload though.
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