If you have just found this blog or
if you missed it, we raided many of the surrounding schools to pillage their
bus barns for a fleet of school buses. We then rolled the caravan to our front
door and created a perimeter around our parking lot. This gave us a vast open
space, gave us another barrier that kept the zombies from getting direct
contact with our doors, and created a secure place where we could prep three of
the best buses so they could become “bug out vehicles” if we needed them.
So, this perimeter is pretty solid
as long as we are inside and off the zom radar. These zoms are not like movie
zombies that relentless charge at a barrier. If there is no meat on the menu,
there is no reason for them to test the barriers and spill over the smaller car
barrier that makes up the western face. (We kept this area low so we could
snipe them from our roof.)
But when the horde rolled through,
their numbers were so massive it was conceivable that they could have spilled
over the barriers by climbing over the tops of one another. I still feel that
the outer doors are solid. So they could not breech the security of the outer
doors.
The thrill and scent of meat would
draw them over the cars and then into the perimeter. But what then? Even if we
went quick quiet and removed all visual stimuli, they would be trapped within
that perimeter. It would take a pretty impressive amount of fresh meat on the
other side of the perimeter to get them out. This means we would have no choice
but to dispatch them which puts us at risk. I don’t like risk.
I suppose we could set up one of the
buses so that the doors (both front and emergency) were open. They could climb
up the steps of the bus and then fall out the emergency exit. I don’t think the
exit is low enough for them to climb in through it.
Maybe I am overthinking it. I just
don’t like the thought of us being exposed. We have the potential of having
created a cage with our perimeter. But with all things like this, you have to
weigh the pros and the cons. I think having our parking lot reclaimed is worth
the risk.
