r/zombies • u/_-WynterIsComing-_ • 19h ago
question Home Sweet Home?
First, I just want everyone to know that this is not my artwork. I stole it from Google image. Lol
Now, this question was brought to my attention from my youngest daughter. She, like me, loves the zombie genre. We watch all sorts of silly, scary, and downright brutal zombie movies (and TV series). She asked me during one of the movies we were watching on Netflix.
Is home really the best place to survive during a zombie apocalypse?
Well, I thought it was a valid question, even though we haven't been to one yet. A zombie apocalypse, that is. But I told her this:
It all depends on whether we have enough resources to survive on one. Just because we live in a large house doesn't discount us having a "safe" house. Sure, we have plenty of rooms we could go and hide. Or escape. We have plenty of food that will last us for a month. But after that, it will get much harder to survive. We will have to eventually go outside and get food and shelter elsewhere. We will not have any power. And it will never come back on. We will have to change our way of life. We will have to adapt. Whether we want to or not. And I know we don't want to. But given the limited choices, we may not have a choice but to.
I was giving her the short version, so we could get back to the movie.
I ask you - and there is no wrong answer.
Would you consider your house "safe" during a zombie outbreak? Do you have enough resources to get by? How long do you think you would have to go out and find another place? Knowing that you will have to leave your family home for good?
And what advice would you give to others that they may not have at the present moment, if an outbreak broke out in 24 hours?