Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: It’s time for action!

This season of Fear The Walking Dead had its fair share of disasters. While it’s important to plan for them, putting those plan into action is equally important.

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been tackling what you should do in the event you’re faced with a disaster, whether that be zombie-related or not or even a disaster within a zombie-related disaster!

Last week, I specifically addressed how you should prepare for such a disaster.

Well, this week, I want to focus on actually implementing any plans you may have. As important as having a plan is, the way you put that plan into action is just as important.

I’ll begin with something I covered last week: Where you go.

Now, you may be wondering why I’m addressing this again. Well, it’s because, once shit hits the proverbial fan is when you’re really going to start worrying about this.

I mean, having an idea is fine, but, now, you need to know where you’re going to go, if you’re going to go anywhere; For all I know, you may decide that staying put is your best option. Whatever the case may be, this is the point where your destination (And means of getting there) will become important. You can’t afford to be wondering where you’re going to go. The longer you wait, the worse chances you have of actually getting there without getting into trouble.

Speaking of which, this is also the time when how you’ll get to your destination will become important. For most of us in North America, the answer is driving. Of course, that is easier said than done.

Once again, you need to know the route you’re going to take. You need to know whether or not you’re going to take the highway, which, while hypothetically faster, is likely to get bogged down by traffic, which can cause you even more problems, or drive through communities, which while potentially slower, may also avoid the traffic jam deathtraps.

This will also prove a good time to know where not to go. Trust me, knowing where you want to go and where you don’t want to go are two very different (And important) things.

For example, you do not want to go to a place that you know will draw a large crowd. Just one person turning in that crowd will mean disaster on top of disaster.

While we’re here, you’ll also find the onset of a zombie outbreak (Or any disaster) to probably be the last chance you’ll have for communication. This isn’t limited to cellphones, either, the beginning of any disaster may be your last chance to see news broadcasts or hear instructions over the radio.

Why is this important? Well, it ties into the whole “where not to go” thing: If you see on the news that your nearest hospital or FEMA shelter has broken out into abject chaos, you suddenly have a much better idea of where you don’t want to go.

Staying on the subject of communication, you might have noticed that I focused on the “where not to go” aspect, instead of the “where to go” side of things.

Why? Because, well-meaning as they might be, the governments’ suggestions will not prove helpful in a zombie apocalypse.

Think back to the beginning of The Walking Dead and Fear The Walking Dead. Do you remember the massive traffic jams we saw heading into/out of L.A. and Atlanta? Yeah, if the government suggested people evacuate to a nearby metropolis like Atlanta, New York, L.A., or D.C., the sort of craziness we saw in either Walking Dead show would be but a taste of the nightmare we’d actually see.

So, as you’re executing your plans to escape the zombie apocalypse, listen good as to where the authorities suggest you go…and then avoid those places.

Lastly, only when the apocalypse has truly begun can you begin to grasp what you’re dealing with. Until you actually see a zombie, you won’t really know what you’re up against.

The moment you see them, take any opportunity you can to learn as much about them as possible.

Are they fast? How tough are they, i.e. if you see someone attack one, how easily does it go down or, does it not go down at all? Can you distract them easily? Are they worse at night? These are all questions whose answers can really help you out in the beginning of a zombie outbreak. Sadly, you can’t plan for these, you just have to learn these facts as you go, but, the more you know, the better off you’ll be.

It’s vital to have a plan for a disaster like a zombie apocalypse. However, what’s equally vital is how you put that plan to action. You need to know what you’re going to do and what you’re not going to do. While you still can, use whatever communication is available to you to get or give any last-minute bits of information before that communication inevitably goes down.

Finally, as the apocalypse unfolds, learn as much as you can about the dead, so you know how to deal with them when the time comes. Once the apocalypse begins, you’ll have a brief window to put your plan into action, and every little bit of intel will help.

This is why you follow…The Rules.

Next: Fear The Walking Dead, Survival Rule Of The Week: Prepare for disaster

And that’s our survival rule of the week!! Hopefully, it’ll help you give you that mental edge that will prove so crucial once the dead start eating everyone.

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