Tiny Homes On Wheels

Okay, so along with survavalist details, I am a horror movie (and zombie invasion survival) fan, and recently just became officially interested in the Tiny Home Movement... and not just in a small way.

Stay with me here - no don't roll your eyes. It just clicked with me - what Tiny Homes could mean to the idea of BUGGING OUT!

Wow, imagine taking your whole home with you. After all, many of the Tiny Homes I've been looking at on You Tube videos and have been reading about online are actually ON WHEELS! They're like sturdy real-house materials on a flat deck trailer. A little bigger than a BIG Motorhome - but built much sturdier with all the considerations one would give a permanent home.

Now if the crew on Walking Dead (TV Show about Zombie Apocalypse) had just a few vehicles and pulled tiny homes behind them, they wouldn't have to be worrying all time time about that Motorhome that keeps breaking down. They'd also be in really sturdy shelters with great mobility.

As anyone who watches the series (Walking Dead) realizes - the survivors rarely have trouble finding a good, working vehicle (and managing to find fuel, as well). They do, however, keep having trouble with the RV breaking down and then with Dale Horvath (Actor, Jeffrey DeMunn ) having to stop and strip non-RV units and make pieces fit to repair the ever-breaking-down RV.

So, yeah, this post is rather tongue in cheek but I must make the statement: If zombie survivors were to use Tiny Houses and regular vehicles, they'd be much better off!

(fictional Zombie survival information is FREAKISHLY close in many ways to general survivalist stuff).

For those who watch the series mentioned above, keep the Zombie Apocalypse in mind when you watch the next Tiny House video:



This is truly a MOBILE HOME!

Now, just in case your tongue is in cheek and you're also rolling your eyes at this blog post/article (tongue in cheek is fine but not accompanied by rolling eyes - that's going way too far!), I'm going to post some Walking Dead Trailers below and POINT OUT the obvious... points where fictional Zombie Apocalypse survival steals from real life survival methods. In essence, I think this show is complicated and intense but if you're watching with a critical eye and can see past the gross special effects gore, there are little mini-lessons on survival here (and anyone of age watching the show - yes YOUTH - may be getting some free survival lessons - kudos).

If a tornado or urban explosion/fire hits in my urban area and, for some reason, it's a huge one and people get out of control afterward - mobbing broken storefronts, etc - I WANT the teenagers on MY BLOCK to all be Walking Dead fans 'cos they aren't going to stop to loot for POSSESSIONS and gain - they're going to know at least some survival techniques.

Walking Dead Season One Official Trailer:



*Note - above trailer and in Season One, the folks of Walking Dead end up making most of the mistakes they could have avoided if they were already studying survivalist methods prior to their disaster.

Walking Dead Season Two Official Trailer:



In my estimation, many of the Season Two episodes don't detail "Zombie Threats" as much as showing the threat of person versus person. Along the time line here, Zombie Apocalypse survivors have sort of settled in to the severity of their situations - The world as they previously knew it is definitely gone. Then the fun/personal danger begins - within the circle of personalities of the survivors. As if they all didn't have ENOUGH surviving to do without manipulating and attacking each other. The human psychology in trauma environments is explored to a great degree here, making Season Two very interesting with some points that we should take away from fiction and put into real life models.

Jonathan's Zombie Survival Video... if you have a car - it matters which kind!



Okay, Jonathan's video is tongue in cheek but there are some good points about ESCAPE here.

I'll argue that for a quick and sure escape, J has picked the right car - however - I seriously doubt that over a period of time, this is the right car to be using in a survival environment. The car is fancy with a bunch of obvious electronic bonus features. If this car breaks down - how is J going to get his car mobile again?

As well, I wonder if J's vehicle is going to be able to pull a Tiny Home like the one below:



I'll leave off now - to go catch up on the Walking Dead episode I missed!

moi~~