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Zombies are perhaps the most iconic monsters from film and media
over the past several years.
They are so prevalent, in fact, that even the Center for Disease Control maintains a page
dedicated to giving advice on how to survive a hypothetical zombie apocalypse.
As unlikely as this my be, the thought process of creating your own zombie survival strategy
has always been interesting to me.
So lets try and figure out where the safest place to be on Earth would be in the event that zombies
leave the world of fiction and enter into reality.
First, a few assumptions:
If a zombie outbreak were to happen, it would probably originate in a major city somewhere
and begin infecting people in urban areas first.
Second, were going to assume that zombies are like those in The Walking Dead:
dumb and not able to swim very well in the water.
Obviously, if the outbreak begins in a major city, you would want to flee to an area more rural first
and any downtown area or place where a lot of people live should be avoided at all costs.
Geography is going to be your best friend in this event.
So where is a place that's not only easy to defend against attackers, but also has enough resources to be succinct?
The tops of mountains or hills are obvious first choices but the problem with those is that they are surrounded by land
and that means that if your on the same continent where the outbreak originated in
its only going to be a matter of time until the zombies arrive at your front door.
If you live by the coast, a better and more obvious choice would be just taking a boat and sailing it out onto the ocean.
But you would eventually have to stop back on land at some point for supplies
and that inevitably leaves you vulnerable to an attack
So how about just sailing your boat to a remote uninhabited island somewhere far away from any possible outbreak?
There may be as many as 2 million uninhabited islands scattered across the world's oceans and lakes
so there's plenty of options to choose from including Devon Island in Canada
which has a population of 0 and is about the same size as Croatia.
The problem with an uninhabited island however is that there's no infrastructure currently in place.
You need to have shelter, food, and water so you would need to either bring it all with you,
be skilled enough to acquire it all, or be lucky enough to just stumble into some of it.
One island, orrr sort of island I guess that in my opinion is the best place in the entire world
to be at during a zombie apocalypse is right here, one kilometer off the coast of Normandy in France.
Getting here might be difficult if you live outside of Europe.
And if that's the case well...good luck out there. But if you're in Europe this is probably where you want to head to.
It's called Mont Saint-Michel. You may have seen something similar to it in a Lord of the Rings movie
and it checks nearly ever zombie proof criteria that you could ever think of.
First off, the island is home to an extremely fortified castle on top of a hill 92 meters above sea level.
During high tide, the ocean surrounds the island and castle walls.
There is a bridge that was built in 2014 that connects the island to the mainland,
but you could always just blow this up to ensure that the island remains untouchable by zombies during the high tide.
During low tide however, the beach around the castle becomes exposed and allows people, or zombies, to walk directly between the island and the mainland.
At first glance this seems to be like a weakness, but it actually allows for easy access
to the surrounding land for supplies by the survivors inside.
The surrounding meadows is considered a very rich area for grazing sheep
and even if you don't feel like leaving the safety of the castle walls, there's a garden inside that can allow it to remain relatively self-sufficient.
You would only really need to patrol the walls during low tide, but even then the zombies would struggle
to scale up the hills and the walls that surround the island on all sides.
Whenever the tide comes back in, it would simply sweep away all the zombie attackers with them
which would allow you and the other survivors inside to live pretty secure and comfortable.
The French defenders at Mont Saint-Michel managed to hold out for the entire duration of the 100 years war
against England despite vastly inferior numbers just because its really hard to attack.
An attacker only has a limited amount of time to attack each day before the tide comes in and forces them back
or drowns them. And an attacking zombie army would probably be more stupid than a medieval English army.
So there you go, I just don't see any way that you could fail at holding off a hoard of zombie attackers in this castle.
Geography is almost always the most powerful weapon that humans can use if used wisely.
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As a fan of the show, the biggest thing I love about this game is the set of 8 unique missions
based off the last 8 episodes that aired in season 8 that offer a different perspective into the events that happened on the show.
In addition, Ezekiel's loyal companion and body guard Jerry joins the cast of other heroes for you to experience in No Man's Land.
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So if your a fan of the show or the graphic novel, why not give it a chance and experience the storyline from a different perspective?
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