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so after thinking about my precautions in parting the sea for a minute, i decided it was stupid.
not the whole plan. i'm not abandoning it 250 rounds later. i just dont think that is nearly enough protection. i have time, and i need to be very very careful.
Jim wasn't careful. i am outsurviving Jim.
there are enough of them out there that i could pile those barriers six bodies high. of course it can't be perfect. i analyzed the barrier i had so far; about two-thirds of the bodies that made up my barrier so far were aligned with the lane within 45 degrees. this is because my shots, which were aligned with the lane, usually tipped the corpse in the same direction. some shots weren't perfect, or some skulls were thicker than others, and those bodies fell at random.
but i played around with how i could make a better barrier a few hours before sundown. by walking several yards along the roof to the right, i am able to tip the ones inside the lane against the left barrier, and the ones to the right of the lane against the right barrier. after a few minutes i moved to the left and used the same method there.
another problem was cars. there were very few of them standing between any cars and my barrier, weakening my wall near cars. i suppose i'll just spend the extra time and bullets to strengthen those.
but i looked at my store of rifle ammunition. Jim and i had used up 22 boxes of 50 rounds: 1100 rounds over the last 8 months. then i had just polished off another 8 boxes tonight with that barrier. i still had 35 boxes of those. 1750 rounds. plenty. i imagine i can use another five hundred rounds on the wall. that could put it five and six bodies high.
i want to study my barrier more tomorrow. i hope thats high enough. i'm not good enough with a handgun to build it with that. i'm worried.
not the whole plan. i'm not abandoning it 250 rounds later. i just dont think that is nearly enough protection. i have time, and i need to be very very careful.
Jim wasn't careful. i am outsurviving Jim.
there are enough of them out there that i could pile those barriers six bodies high. of course it can't be perfect. i analyzed the barrier i had so far; about two-thirds of the bodies that made up my barrier so far were aligned with the lane within 45 degrees. this is because my shots, which were aligned with the lane, usually tipped the corpse in the same direction. some shots weren't perfect, or some skulls were thicker than others, and those bodies fell at random.
but i played around with how i could make a better barrier a few hours before sundown. by walking several yards along the roof to the right, i am able to tip the ones inside the lane against the left barrier, and the ones to the right of the lane against the right barrier. after a few minutes i moved to the left and used the same method there.
another problem was cars. there were very few of them standing between any cars and my barrier, weakening my wall near cars. i suppose i'll just spend the extra time and bullets to strengthen those.
but i looked at my store of rifle ammunition. Jim and i had used up 22 boxes of 50 rounds: 1100 rounds over the last 8 months. then i had just polished off another 8 boxes tonight with that barrier. i still had 35 boxes of those. 1750 rounds. plenty. i imagine i can use another five hundred rounds on the wall. that could put it five and six bodies high.
i want to study my barrier more tomorrow. i hope thats high enough. i'm not good enough with a handgun to build it with that. i'm worried.
posted by Sam at 11:58 PM
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Sammy! I had no idea you wrote stuff like this. Once again, I am highly impressed.
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