Someone with hand to hand and a crowbar also has just as good a chance of breaking down a barricade as someone with hand to hand, axe training, and an axe.
edit: I'm at Somerville Boulevard now, one other zombie there too. Three corpses, which worries me slightly.
edit^2: Okay, I see why there were corpses now. I'm in Saint Matthews now, there are two zeds outside and two humans outside, I'm going to try to knock the cades down to VSB, I only have 3 AP, though, so 3 1 in 5 chances. Also, I have 25 HP, so if anyone wants to heal me up, that would be nice.
edit 59, return of the bride of the son of edit: cades are at VSB.
Should be the last edit: I'm back at full health, got healed by a random in the hospital. Should have thought to note his name, but I didn't. Level 15 or so military, group is ENVY.