Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse

This is always a fun topic.  When the Zombies attack, will you survive?  Of course, Zombies, while scary, are more fun than war and nuclear disaster, since...  well...  Zombies aren't real...  right?   ...  ...  RIGHT???

Many industries deal with what they call "hypotheticals".  Role playing scenarios that deal with things that may not have happened, may never happen, but if they did happen, would anyone survive?  Or in the corporate world, would the business stay afloat to sell another day?

So, if you hope to survive the Zombie Apocalypse, there are a few things that will need to happen.  That you will need to do.

First things first.  Be happy that you actually heard the rumours and news articles about the Zombie Apocalypse.  It means that you are still alive after the initial outbreak.  If you don't hear about the Zombie Apocalypse...  well, let's just say you won't find out, because you probably didn't survive.

OK, lets back the truck up, a bit.  You will never survive unless you are already prepared.  So that means you need to be resourceful and relatively educated.  Be calm, non-Zombie.  As a person who embraced Open, you are prepared.  You have researched and completed a number of Open projects and have your trusty, open source multi-tool with you, at all times.

Of course, when the Zombies attack, it's highly unlikely that you will need to worry about copyrights and patents.  But because these things are closed and proprietary, chances are you won't know how to build your own anti-zombie munitions.  But you are well equipped intellectually, to figure it all out now.

First, you will need to get to a safe place.  You can't do that until you can get transportation.  Since Zombies can't swim...  no...  they can't...  at best they float...  probably... hopefully though, they sink.  If you are not near a body of water and are too far to walk to one, you need a vehicle.  Preferably one that does not require gas or some other energy source that would require you to stop to fuel up.  A solar car would probably be a good choice, although it might be a problem at night.  Best make sure your car has good armour.

OK, once you are at a body of water, you will need a boat.  Same as the car, it is preferable that you don't need to pull to dock to fuel up.  So solar and wind will be your build of choice.

At this point, it might be futile to ask if you have your rations with you.  Hopefully, you had already prepared by having your own preserved food rations that you made from your garden.  Who knows what created the Zombies, so hopefully you don't have food sources that were created by closed, proprietary food companies.  Oh...  probably a good idea to check your open sourced water purification system, as well.

OK, you are now safely afloat, with some safe food and water to last you for a little while.  So now, you have a chance to contemplate the reality that your Open Source infra-red glasses will not help you with a night, shore landing.  Zombies are dead, silly rabbit, and won't give off a heat signature.  Better that you have your open source light amplification glasses, instead.  That way, you can find your way to a safe landing spot, far away from the huddled, Zombie masses.

Oh yeah, if you are this far ahead of the game and safely alive, chances are you won't need your open source gas and particulate re-breather apparatus, since you are not a Zombie due to some airborne contaminants.

Now you have to rebuild.  Chances are, hopefully, satellites are still in orbit and you can build yourself an open maps and gps device.  You will want to get back onto your boat and find yourself a good sized, uninhabited island.  This is where you will live out the rest of your life, in relative safety.  Where you will bring any appropriate consorts to live in your open source village and wait for the Zombies to die off.  Because they don't reproduce in any natural way...  so, eventually they should succumb to some permanent demise...  ummmm...

And you thought open source was not necessary, ye of little faith.

Thus ends this public service announcement.  beeeeeeeeep.....

Oh, one last thing.  We would just like to remind you that if you hope to not have to try to reproduce on your own, you will want to make sure you share your new found knowledge of the importance of open source with others, lest you find yourself...  well...  population frustrated after the Zombie Apocalypse.