What would you put in your apocalypse pack?
- - June 8th, 2010
The year is 2014. A virus has been released that is turning the majority of the population into rabid, flesh-eating monsters. NOT COOL. You’re being forced to flee your home and can only take three things with you . . . tough call, but what would you pack?
To celebrate the fact that Feed (UK/US/AUS) is now out in the UK, we asked the author Mira Grant for her top three zombie-apocalpyse essentials. Every gal’s gotta have ‘em! They are the following:
1) My house earthquake kit. Yes, it’s cheating a little, but if I have an apocalypse, I’m going to grab my pre-packed backpack full of water purification tablets, protein bars, multi-vitamins, first aid supplies, and knives. That’s what an earthquake kit is for.
2) A folding stock pump shotgun. Simple, effective, commonly used by law enforcement agencies, which will make ammunition easy to find once the initial looting of the Wal-Marts and gun shops has otherwise exhausted the supply.
3) My easily irritated, extremely clingy Siamese cat. Not even a zombie is going to function very well when hit with a face full of pissed-off clawing white thing with a score to settle. And trust me, you make her go outside, she’s got a score to settle with you.
But let’s get the guys’ perspective here. Here’s what DongWon, Mira’s US editor, would pack:
1) A shotgun. Because tradition is important. It’s how we feel connected to our forbears.
2) A cricket bat. We don’t have cricket in the States, but Simon Pegg uses one in Shaun of the Dead and it looks more fun than a baseball bat.
3) A Mira Grant book. Because sometimes the zombie apocalypse can be dull. Like, while waiting for viral amplification to set in.
Not a bad selection at all. But what would you pick? For some research, you might want to check out the official FEED site to see just how life goes on after a zombie apocalypse.
Tags: Mira Grant
Kevin
February 6, 2011
at 5:37 am
This is what I would take.
Hiking boots (good and broken in)
1 week of MREs the good one only way about ½ pound
1) Millennium pt140 (.40 cal handgun) Ammo is cake to find or in my case reload
2) Remington 700 (7.62mm Bolt-Action Rifle) with a scope, once again ammo is cake to find most places like Wal-Mart stock it(a zombie apocalypse is what it would take to get me in to a Wal-Mart ever again)
3) 500 rounds of 7.62mm and 1000 rounds of .40 cal ammo
4) 8 pounds of C4 (for the doors that just won’t open for anything less) with a radio detonators set In ½ pound blocks
5) Taser (sometimes people, living people need to be taken out of the way without killing them tho best to try to talk them down when you can)
6) Survival kit including
1) Strong back pack
2) 3 rolls of Duct tap
3) First aid kit
4) Bolt cutters
5) Binoculars
6) Sleeping bag
7) Sun glasses ( yes I have read Feed don’t go there bright light is not fun for me )
9) Lock pick set
10) Knife.
11) GPS
12) Road and tack map of where I live and around the places I would be going
13) Other odds and ends
14) Crowbar
7) A good overcoat (sometimes you just don’t want people to see what you have on your hip)
9) Mesh vest (lots of pockets you never know what you might find that you need to take with you)
10) Professional walkie-talkie
11) Solar powered battery charger ( hard to find but makes up for it in use)
12) 8 pairs of good socks (always have good dry socks just look up trench foot if you think I am over packing on socks)
I could list more stuff but I think you get the idea tho one more thing most people over look and I don’t mean Water that is a given, what I am talking about is SUN BLOCK sun burn sucks as most people know.
Kevin
February 6, 2011
at 3:43 pm
my bad did not see the You’re being forced to flee your home and can only take three things with you . . . tough call, but what would you pack? opss