Success

Our bow and crossbow training has been a success. We've been using these weapon systems almost exclusively for the past couple of days and the results have been dramatic. There has been a drastic reduction in the number of Zeds that have been attracted to our compound. I takes a couple of shots for some, especially if our aim is off just a touch. These aren't the most accurate of systems, but they do have their advantages.

Not everything is good news concerning this new tactic. Because we had to wait for Zed to come in to the walls itself, it forced us to have to stand at the very edge of the roof line to line up a shot. We didn't think about a safety harness and we paid for it -- well, Benton paid for it. A gust of wind knocked him off balance and over the roof. We heard him go over, but weren't able to get a shot at Zed before he tore into Benton. God he screamed! No one knew what to do for him, but in reality, there was nothing we could do. Well, almost nothing.

I asked for the rifle of the bow teams backup. He never saw it coming. At least he didn't have to worry about becoming one of them. His wife is pretty angry with me. Murderous is more appropriate. We've taken her off of any duties for the time being and some of the other wives are trying to help her. I'm sorry for what I had to do, but we had to do it. Letting an infected person inside would be signing our own death warrant.

More contamination removal details are being sent out in just a few minutes. We've got to clear the walls and collect our spent bolts and arrows. We can be lax in our defense or else we'll doom ourselves.

To anyone else out there, keep strong and safe.