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like minded friends, the ones who have a chance. We all like big fat party animal Johnny, but at 350 and with only bright Hawaiian t-shirts it's just not a good idea to include him. All of you should have a plan of where to meet and where to go if an outbreak takes placeboth with advanced warning, but also where the survivors can rendezvous briefly during a sudden outbreak to get out of immediate danger, and then proceed together.

With all plans in place, always pay attention to any weird news. Don't be like too much of America: so obsessed with MTV and American Idol that you miss all your signs. The initial outbreak will give you a short time to act before it grows exponentially. Acting early is crucial.

Location can be everything. If you're in a small Iowa town where everyone is heavily armed, it's even possible that the earliest stages of the zombie attack will be repelled outright. If you're in a city, move. Seriously, if you're in New York City or Los Angeles, do you think there's any chance of you living? Really? Stay out of the cities. Don't even take the interstates on the outside of them if you're heading for safety. You're better off with a canoe down a river.

If the explosion is sudden and you're stuck in a city, grab the nearest weapons, figure out the quickest way out that avoids most heavily populated areas, and get the heck out. Even going through the abandoned "dangerous" part of town can be good in this situation if it gets you through less populated areas to the river. Grab a boat, any boat, even a canoe, and use the water to stay out of zombie hands and make your way out of the city.

If you have a quality vehicle, like a hummer (military, not yuppie douche bag wannabe civilian version) that's ideal, but a van is good if it's a conversion van, to maximize space, but make sure to weld cages over the windows and secure the vehicle in case it's unavoidable to break through a group of zombies.

During the initial outbreak, if it's low level and you have the van and your friends, be sure to fill the gas tanks, and use extra. It's much better to fill the van out via funnel on a back gravel road than to find a town overrun by zombies. Constant gun fire around a gas pump with the approaching undead is never a good idea.

Above all else, the Boy Scout motto sums up surviving the initial outbreak: Be Prepared. If you are prepared, you are more likely to "get lucky" and survive. Being armed, having a small group of trustworthy friends, and getting out of a populated area early are all essential to survival. Let's not beat around the bushes: you have to be at least a little lucky, but if you can survive the initial outbreak, your chances of finding a place to survive go up exponentially.

That's the first part of surviving a zombie attack, surviving the initial outbreak. Being prepared with weapons ahead of time is essential. And if everyone thinks you're crazy, don't worry! You have a bunch of guns and machetes, so they're not going to say anything to your face anyway. And if you're the bitter type, just remember that when the zombies come, there's a good chance you'll run into them as zombies, then who'll be the ones laughing manically?

List of Sources:
Rob, my crazy former college roommate
Way too many hours of watching zombie movies in college instead of studying for finals
Disturbing daydreams
Dead Rising

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