“Where I’m from this apocalypse would go on until winter, when the zombies would freeze solid. “
I’ve pondered if the cellular damage from freezing would kill a zombie, since each cell bursts. Or perhaps zombies are filled with some sort of anti-freeze?
Anyway, one more mistake the survivors are making is not experimenting with zombies.
For example, get a freezer going in the prison. See if it thaws out.
See if they can go up or down stairs. Same with ladders.
See if they can smell.
See if they run from fire or walk through it.
Figure out if they have color vision, can smell, what they can hear.
Figure out if they are visible on a infra-red scope.
See how long they can go without eating.
Test them on basic shit like opening a door (lever vs. knob).
I’d be a regular zombie Dr. Menegele on their asses.
I was hoping that the scientist from Woodbury would end up with the group. He would have been a valuable asset at the prison. Too bad the Governor kilt him.
They need to know how to bait them into traps, and how to build quick, effective traps. I'd lure them into abandoned houses and burn the house down, but I would need to know how to get them into the house, and then trap them there so they would be burned up in the fire.
And for real science, I'd start working on a steam engine. They need electricity, and knowing how to build a steam engine is better than surviving on existing generators until they fall apart. The prison is right next to a rail line, as they first saw the prison walking down the tracks. If they got a working steam rail engine, they could settle areas up and down the line, build farms and towns, and rebuild civilization.