Safest Place to Go In LC?

Jagdgeschwader wrote:This topic never dies.

Save yourself the trouble and just shoot yourself or leave the island.

Canada1424 wrote:I Would Get An Armored Prison Bus, Outfit It With A Machine Gun On The Roof ( The Machine Gunner Would Be in A Separate Cage At The Back Of The Bus, In case Any Get In, Or He Turns, And Have It Fitted So The Machine Gun Folds In And A Hatch Over The Gun Closes) Attach Spikes Onto The Rims Of The Bus So Zombies Running After The Bus Would Get Their Knee Capps Ripped Out, And Board All The Windows Up Whilst Only Having Small Spaces Where Passengers Can Shoot Out Of The Windows, And The Windshield Would Be Taken Out And Replaced With Metal Plates With Enough Space Between Them For The Driver To See, And Behind The Cage Holding The Machine Gunner Have A Cage For Friends That Have Been Infected So You Can Put Them Out Of Their Pain, Or Hold Rebels And Looters, Or Course The Conventional Bus Doors Would Be Taken Off And Replaced With A 3 Inch Thick Steel Door.

*If You Ask, "Where Would You Get The Bus, Supplies Ect." Well Your In A Prison (Where Would You Get The Prison Bus) And Prisons Have Plenty Of Supplies, Such As Jail Cell Bars, And Most Prisons Have Heavy Weapons In Them, Now Take That And About 9 Hours Of Work With A Group Of People With Welders, And Grinders."
Yes, I Thought This Out Over A Long Time, And Please Correct Me If It Needs Improvement

Why do people have this annoying habit of Writing Every Word With A Capital Letter, It's Kind Of Stupid. English Isn't German Where Every Noun is Capitalized.

I'll correct you right now,

Prisons don't have access to heavy weapons such as that, unless you're talking about a POW camp or something, and it'd have to be a POW camp in a warzone. The biggest piece of firepower you're going to find is a rifle. Prisons actually have a lot less equipment than you think, in case the inmates overpower the guards, they don't gain access to a large armory.

If you've ever worked on cars, or made technicals like that, steel for one is extremely heavy. That's one of the reasons we don't build cars out of solid steel anymore. But if you're talking about a bus, it wouldn't be too big of a deal, but your safe passenger load goes down significantly.

Also, where will you have the electricity to weld or grind? Unless you're using Oxy-Acetylene welders, which in this case you need oxygen and acetylene to make them work. Also, is your grinder air powered or electric? Probably not air powered if it's in a prison.

Spikes don't rip anything, a cylinder with a concave edge will do that. Also, that will damage the axle with prolonged use. The same effect will be reached by just running them down, and that's not recommended. Don't subject the vehicle to unnecessary damage unless you feel like repairing radiators and other fragile parts on a regular basis.

Also, a metal grate has the same effect while not weighing the vehicle down another 400 pounds of solid steel. Your heavy weapons need to be scavenged from a military base of some sort, because anything local does not have access to HMGs.

My opinion for you is to scrap the bus idea and instead find lots of trucks and if you somehow come across the miracle of HMGs and the appropriate ammunition for them, weld tripods into the beds of the trucks and turn them into technicals. They don't need to be armored very much. You're not fighting an armed enemy. The US Army ran into this problem in the War on Terror when they uparmored their HMMWVs so much that the suspension, frames and chassis in general were braking because of all the extra weight.

The biggest problem you have is the necessary fluids to make the car work. Gasoline, antifreeze, engine oil, lubricants, coolant, hydraulic fluids, etcettera.

When the engine falls into disrepair, how will you fix it? Newer cars are especially susceptible to this, because they flat out aren't built to last. They also have numerous complex computer systems which you will have to work around, which if done incorrectly can make the car unusable simply because the computer brain has been destroyed. Contemporary cars (1992-Present) can't be hotwired without being a wiz with a computer, meaning you will always need the keys.

Start breeding horses, and leave this city. There is nothing for you here.

SlaughterShyful wrote:Let this die...

Tophat 44 wrote:

SlaughterShyful wrote:Let this die...

We can say the same about you kid.

the yard barber wrote:I think the museum in central park would be good. The building has only 2 ways in. The side door and the window.(not 100% sure if the window works) Also the roof is accessible from the outside scaffolding. The park is mostly open so viability from the roof for zombies would be easier. (possibly 2 spotters up top for a lookout while the rest hold down the fort)Also huge water source there. Time Square is a few blocks away(food/supplies), also other businesses to the the east including Star Cafe(food/supplies), Hospital(health), and Grotti(supplies). Plus enough bones in that place to beat zombies heads in! Aslo I'm sure a lot of people in a desperate situation probably wouldn't be thinking about going to a museum to survive or hide.

BlitherCube wrote:

OG JAKAL wrote:I'd go to the police station in northern Algonquin. They have ammunition,cars,generators,MRE's, radios,and multiple levels. not to mention there is a hela pad. If a survivor were to be barricaded he could survive for a good time.

But do you realize how many people would head for the Police Stations?