the best place is a area thet the only way in is to fly a helli on to
once you are up you can make repell lines the you can come up and down as you please and as for food you hunt.
The almighty hold out? All are great ideas, but what of resupply? or when your surround by twenty thousand rotting corpses wanting to snack on you?
What of food and waste, and garbage. Sure you can toss it over the side, but the smell and diseases? What happens when a member gets the flu? The pandemic of 1918 Around Fort Riley that killed five hundred thousand people? Now you have team members crapping and puking all over?
What if your people have to deliver a baby, deal with and appendix? Surviving in the hills or mountains? what of Gaurdia, mono, scurvy, infection, Christ rabies, parasites
While I know many will be able to do fine, I will come back to the fact that we will need safe zones, transport and trade. But no worries, I'll have a plan for this:)
I like the idea of office buildings. Many floors and doors. HVAC systems to crawl arround in. Elevator shafts to use as booby traps. Vending machines on every floor and, look at all the stuff to drop off roof tops and out of windows to save my ammo for when I need it the most.
I think the question that never gets asked is how did it get this bad in the first place. If we're all as prepared as you assume we should be, then this shouldn't have been allowed to happen.
I won't likely ever be prepared for a case of appendicitis or a child birth (both are considered minor procedures and I might be able to figure it out), but how many freak accidents can we be ready for and overcome? An invasive surgery of any kind isn't something that most groups are going to be prepared for or even able to prepare for. Many births are done by C-section these days, what then? With your questions I ask you in return where the full surgery suite is and the licensed and stocked medical staff?
Most scenarios grant that more than 90% of people will die. Maybe today isn't your day. Some things you are able to prepare for, but I have no idea how I'm going to fit said medical suite under my stairs, or else I would totally try.
You are absolutely right. People will die. An abcessed tooth could kill you. Any infection can kill you. A trip to a living doctor could be hours through infested zones. I have a family friend who is an MD. He's 2 hours away by car with clear highways. It would take a couple days by horse and contending with zeds. One thing about general practitioners is there are many around. A few of them will surely survive. I know quite a few doctors who are survivalist types. Pharmacists and registered nurses(sister in law) will be invaluable. EMTs, Paramedics and people with Military Medic training will be the new doctors in a disaster of anykind. General CPR and first aid will have to suffice with minor issues. Cleaning and dressing wounds and such will be an art-form. One that everyone will need to master.
Not everyone will read those books. Not everyone has the ability to comprehend what it takes to make it. Look at today's society. The closest many people get to a firearm is a video game. Never mind setting a broken bone or stitching themselves up. We live in the days of pop-a-pill and things will be okay. Heaven forbid people don't have their mood altering meds. They might have to deal with some stress.
the statue of liberty...let me finish...yes it would be a pain to get through New York city to get there but think about what you can do once you clear it out?.....all you need to do is make yourself bait by standing on the boat a few feet away from there reach as any zed trying to reach you would fall into the water...then just climb onto land and clean the rest
Why do you think they call it "The Rock"? Theres nothing on it but rock. No plants, no water,...well lots of salt water. I don't think I'd eat the fish outta the bay either but, I already admitted I'd eat dog food in another thread?...And located dead center bay area. (Dead Center, get it?) I'll stick to my high rise.