Many of us here know your life quite well, it may be hard for some newcomers to understand your passion for the sea and your knowledge of survival skills.
Maybe they should read some books? (wink wink)
I however have found a natural barrier against zombies, illegal aliens, man hungry cell phone deprived blond bimbos or any type of urbam refugee good and bad and thats living in Alaska, its pretty darn difficult to get to in short order.
Even just driving here can be an ordeal and the road can be closed and guarded immediately and held with just a couple of people. Of course we will probably have Anchorage zombies but as soon as they try to raise a ruckus the rednecks and Valley trash will have a field day.
Ideally a person who needs to stay on land should find a geographical area thats either unattractive to urban zombies and such or easily defendable or remote.
But overall the smart move is to simply run away and don’t look back, flee the cities.
If we have major catastrophic disasters such as mega earthquakes, tsunamis, polar shifts etc. I am thinking that running to the hills is still the most traditional and safest bet.
Urban zombies cannot survive in the mountains.
If you can live in Alaska, I think you’re already 99% of the way toward being a survivor. Assuming you don’t depend on regular home heating oil deliveries etc to remain above 32* body core temp. For sure, the zombies will be going the other way!
“But overall the smart move is to simply run away and don’t look back, flee the cities.”
Here’s the problem I see with most plans that involve fleeing - I think the “bug out” plans of most will be foiled by those fleeing just before them. Blocking a road, even a highway, is just a chainsaw away.
If you aren’t where you want to be when things happen, you should plan on staying where you happen to be.
Survivalist escape philosophy seems to be predicated on unprepared urban dwellers hitting the road pillaging. This may well be a problem, but I think the biggest problem for most “bug out” plans is other survivalists with a chainsaw or rural locals who simply don’t want to risk folks showing up on their doorstep and taking steps to minimize the numbers.
I find the “mad max” scenario to be unbelievable anyway - but having been in the middle of the LA riots way back when, anything can happen.
“Urban zombies cannot survive in the mountains.”
Even the foothills will keep them at bay. Historically, people do not walk more than five miles. The vast majority never walk past one mile.
I think anyone living outside the cities in almost any type of location will do just fine. The city slickers will do themselves in before they wander off too far.