Where to go

In a Class 1 or 2 infestation, your best bet is to stock up on some supplies and stay in your house, barricade the doors and windows, go upstairs if you have stairs. In a Class 3 infestation, finding somewhere stronger than your house may become necessary, somewhere like a warehouse.

Finding somewhere with easily reinforced doors and few, if any, windows is the key to surviving in a Class 3 outbreak. You can also get lucky with warehouses, depending on what is kept inside of them. If the stuff inside is heavy and boxed up, you can use it to barricade the doors or even create a second line of defense inside the warehouse. A lot of warehouses have a security office as well, often with their own bathrooms which means easy water for you. While the security offices are nice, you shouldn't let yourself get complacent once inside, the zombies can break into the warehouse and corner you in the security office and they will if you don't maintain your vigilance.

Finding the right warehouse can be tricky, as you must also consider the location of such a place. Too close to other buildings, and other survivors could cause a fire, forcing you to flee.

"When choosing a refuge, consider these questions carefully:


1. Is there a wall, fence or other physical perimeter?


2. How many potential entrances/exits are there?


3. Can the people in your party simultaneously defend each fence and exit?


4. Is there a secondary defensive position, multiple floors, or an attic?


5. Can the building be secured?


6. Is there a potential escape route?


7. What is the supply situation?


8. Is there a water line?


9. If needed, are weapons or tools available?


10. Are materials available to reinforce the entrances?


11. What about means of communication: phone, radio, Internet, etc.?


12. Given all these factors, how long could you or your group survive an extended seige?

Make sure to consider all these questions when choosing where to make your stand. Resist the urge to dash into the nearest building. Remember, no matter how desperate the situation seems, time spent thinking clearly is never wasted

-The Zombie Survival Guide, Max Brooks