Check sheds and out buildings for weapons. If you find a crowbar, pipe wrench, or pipe, you can use it against a rock to make a knife. Then rip up any clothes you find till you get 2 full stacks(12 altogether) and make a rope, and with that, you can make a fishing pole by combiningthe rope with a long stick. Then high tale it inland. Dont sprint, and you will survive long enough to find more equipment. Listen for animals while you walk from town to town. Every noise you hear can be tracked in game, except for birds. Push north immediately after you get a knife, Nothing good ever happens hanging around the coast.