City maps to find the zombie safe zone

[MillCreek]

http://www.designdifferent.ca/collections/zombie-safe-zone-maps

So according to the map, my zombie safe zone is in the Colville National Forest, about 370 miles away, and on the opposite side of the state.  Hmmmm.

[Ben]

Looks like about a 500 mile trip for me, using Interstate 5, which everyone and their brother will be on, and bypassing dozens of closer, better places along the way. I hope they sell a lot of these maps to the general population.  

[TechMan]

Mine is at the Wayne National Forest ~ 150 miles away.

[RevDisk]

*blink* For the PA one, they're telling Philly residents to bug out to the Sproul. Which is friggin middle of nowhere, like "1 person per square mile" nowhere. Think "upper mid west, with significantly more terrain variation" nowhere. I don't think Philly residents would be welcome there, and I doubt they'd survive well in the PA Wilderness.

That's easily a 6 hour trip. Honestly, if you took out the Northwest Extension of the Turnpike, Schuylkill Expressway and Route 1, Philly would be damn hard to escape. Back when I was in the PA Guard, I recommended said routes be destroyed in event of significant catastrophe, forcing the population into NJ and DE. In reality, three separate car accidents could do just that IRL.

[Balog]

*blink* For the PA one, they're telling Philly residents to bug out to the Sproul. Which is friggin middle of nowhere, like "1 person per square mile" nowhere. Think "upper mid west, with significantly more terrain variation" nowhere. I don't think Philly residents would be welcome there, and I doubt they'd survive well in the PA Wilderness.

That's easily a 6 hour trip. Honestly, if you took out the Northwest Extension of the Turnpike, Schuylkill Expressway and Route 1, Philly would be damn hard to escape. Back when I was in the PA Guard, I recommended said routes be destroyed in event of significant catastrophe, forcing the population into NJ and DE. In reality, three separate car accidents could do just that IRL.

 

I love the way you think man.

[T.O.M.]

Mine is at the Wayne National Forest ~ 150 miles away.

Mine, too.  70 miles.  I'll get the coffee started.

[griz]

From a security perspective, you probably shouldn't let the zombies know where you are headed.  But they would have to walk/stumble to get there so I guess it would take them a while.  Maybe this whole map thing is a clever ploy to get the zombies lurching down the interstate where they are fair game for truck bumpers?

[RevDisk]

I love the way you think man.

Yea. Could be worse. Once upon a time, attractive female agents in training from a certain intel agency would pump introvert ueber-nerds from another certain agency. Said ueber-nerds would fold like a house of cards in approximately .0024 seconds.

My solution? Put them on a plane and send them to the Bunny Ranch or other Nevada bordello every other month. Basically as a counterintelligence inoculation. Be cheap enough, I figured with bulk rates and whatnot, it'd be $50k per month, which is a fraction of a certain agency's existing counterintel budget. Cheap, effective and apparently 'ethically' repulsive. Any further suggestions were not requested.

[lee n. field]

Chicago's map sends the hordes of the mindless, soulless living to someplace far from me.  Good.

[vaskidmark]

So the Capitol of the Confederacy and home to scads of billions of dollars worth of financial and insurance  companies has no zombie-safe zone, but Virginia Beach in the middle of one of the biggest cencentrations of low-flying aircraft that can be equipped with napalm gets the George Washington National Forest?  There is something inherently wrong there.

What saves me from actually worrying about all this is the plan of the Commonwealth of Virginia for bugging people out of the Hampton Roads/Tidewater area is to turn both sides of I-64 into westbound-only lanes.  Between the bumpercar mentality of most of the folks that drive there and the Blues Brothers-worthy pileups I am hoping for live news helicopter coverage. 

stay safe.

[AmbulanceDriver]

For Portland it's suggesting the Deschutes National Forest.  Approx 200 miles away via I5, right through Salem and Eugene/Springfield.

Nevermind the whole Mt. Hood National Forest....  Less than an hour away.   With multiple ingress options....  Or the Coast range.....  Again with multiple ingress options. 

[Jocassee]

Maps aren't much good. As for me, I'm not leaving somewhere with 4 walls and a roof to go somewhere with none of the above

[brimic]

Chicago's map sends the hordes of the mindless, soulless living to someplace far from me.  Good.

Yes! for once, the chicago zombies aren't coming to WI

[mgdavis]

http://www.designdifferent.ca/collections/zombie-safe-zone-maps

So according to the map, my zombie safe zone is in the Colville National Forest, about 370 miles away, and on the opposite side of the state.  Hmmmm.

That drive sucks on a holiday weekend. I can't imagine how long it would take during the Zombie Apocalypse. I'd probably head for the Olympics if I had to bug out, I'll take my chances with werewolves and glittery vampires.

[MechAg94]

Why the hell would I go East from Houston at all?  The population density is much higher going east.

Besides, unless we are talking about athletic zombies, Texas is criss crossed by millions of miles of barbed wire fences.  If the Houston Zombies made it more than 20 miles away from the metroplex I would be surprised.  The main highways are the only open routes.  I guess I am assuming WWZ (the book) zombies.

Not to mention if even half the gun owners manage to shoot their share of zombies, I can't see the problem lasting that long.  The movies act like there will be this unlimited stream of zombies and I just don't see it. 

[Regolith]

For Portland it's suggesting the Deschutes National Forest.  Approx 200 miles away via I5, right through Salem and Eugene/Springfield.

Nevermind the whole Mt. Hood National Forest....  Less than an hour away.   With multiple ingress options....  Or the Coast range.....  Again with multiple ingress options. 

Yup. Not a good route...if I were heading for Deschutes from Portland, I'd take I84 East then head south from The Dalles. Far less people that way.

It looks like all they've done with these maps is find a relatively remote National Forest, then use something like Google Maps to fill in the route information, with little thought or effort put into it beyond that.

[TechMan]

Mine, too.  70 miles.  I'll get the coffee started.

Will see you there.

[fifth_column]

Yes! for once, the chicago zombies aren't coming to WI

 

Unlike every other weekend.

[MechAg94]

Yup. Not a good route...if I were heading for Deschutes from Portland, I'd take I84 East then head south from The Dalles. Far less people that way.

It looks like all they've done with these maps is find a relatively remote National Forest, then use something like Google Maps to fill in the route information, with little thought or effort put into it beyond that.

Honestly, is a National Forest really where you want to go?  Once all the game is shot up by all the people crawling through it, then what?  Might be better to find a good game preserve with the tall fences.  Close the gate and you are good.  That or look for an area with lots of farming and livestock of one kind or another.

[MechAg94]

I recall after reading World War Z, my thought of a zombie resistant country home was a getting a decent amount of land and putting up tall game fencing maybe with extra fence posts.  That and a decent gate and you are sitting pretty good regardless of the design of the house and yard. 

[Ben]

[lee n. field]

Yes! for once, the chicago zombies aren't coming to WI

I worry about them going west on the tollway, then around Rockford and west on US20.  You see them now, in endless lines on a weekend, on their way to Galena.

[MechAg94]

The problem with off shore is fishing is your only food option besides what you have stored. 

And the weird unbelievable part of WWZ book was fishing for zombies. 

[Ben]

The problem with off shore is fishing is your only food option besides what you have stored. 

And the weird unbelievable part of WWZ book was fishing for zombies. 

Though there are some rigs close enough to shore for an easy run to the beach (though you might have to fight the zombies) for potential store raids, or if you plan it right, hydroponic gardens and water desalination. Heck, you could even bring chickens and pigs with you. Plenty of space, and you've got at least twenty years before rusting infrastructure becomes a problem. Also, seals love hauling out on the lower deck. Not ideal, but another potential food source besides fish.

[MechAg94]

My understanding is many of those rigs have painters working full time.  In the salt water, unpainted steel lasts 5 years.  The plant I work at is near the coast and rust is a constant issue.  On the other hand, my Dad (100 miles inland) put in carbon steel pipes as fence posts 30 years ago and they are still good.