Realistic Zombie Apocalypse?

got em COACH · May 25, 2012

Interesting article and video

UPDATE 5/19/2011: CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apoc...

Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion?

That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse." And while it's no joke, CDC officials say it's all about emergency preparation.

"There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for," the posting reads. "Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you'll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you'll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency."

The post, written by Assistant Surgeon General Ali Khan, instructs readers how to prepare for "flesh-eating zombies" much like how they appeared in Hollywood hits like "Night of the Living Dead" and video games like Resident Evil. Perhaps surprisingly, the same steps you'd take in preparation for an onslaught of ravenous monsters are similar to those suggested in advance of a hurricane or pandemic.

"First of all, you should have an emergency kit in your house," the posting continues. "This includes things like water, food, and other supplies to get you through the first couple of days before you can locate a zombie-free refugee camp (or in the event of a natural disaster, it will buy you some time until you are able to make your way to an evacuation shelter or utility lines are restored)."

Other items to be stashed in such a kit include medications, duct tape, a battery-powered radio, clothes, copies of important documents and first aid supplies.

"Once you've made your emergency kit, you should sit down with your family and come up with an emergency plan," the posting continues. "This includes where you would go and who you would call if zombies started appearing outside your doorstep. You can also implement this plan if there is a flood, earthquake or other emergency."

The idea behind the campaign stemmed from concerns of radiation fears following the earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan in March. CDC spokesman Dave Daigle told FoxNews.com that someone had asked CDC officials if zombies would be a concern due to radiation fears in Japan and traffic spiked following that mention.

"It's kind of a tongue-in-cheek campaign," Daigle said Wednesday. "We were talking about hurricane preparedness and someone bemoaned that we kept putting out the same messages."

While metrics for the post are not yet available, Daigle said it has become the most popular CDC blog entry in just two days.

"People are so tuned into zombies," he said. "People are really dialed in on zombies. The idea is we're reaching an audience or a segment we'd never reach with typical messages."

Nreal2008: I told cho mother****ers it's REAL. Run for your lives we don't have a prayer!!!

Read more CDC.GOV.BLOG: http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apoc...
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Rashmon · May 26, 2012

Breaking news...

hotballa · May 26, 2012

Xerobull said: ↑

I'll check it out. I've only ever read it when it was linked from somewhere else.
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These are just some of the articles from them on zombie apocalypses. There's ALOT more

http://www.cracked.com/article_1564...-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html
http://www.cracked.com/blog/8-zombie-apocalypse-survival-strategies-for-zombies/
http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html
http://www.cracked.com/article/136_5-reasons-you-secretly-want-zombie-apocalypse/

CCorn · May 26, 2012

Get at least 3 stories off the ground, blow up all stairs/elevators and use rope ladders to go back down. Zombies cant fly.

da_juice · May 26, 2012

My buddies and I are hijacking a big boat in the event on an apocalypse.

JayGoogle · May 26, 2012

The only way I could see it if it was an airborne or highly contagious type of thing.

If it were the classical zombies (slow or fast) that people have to die and stuff to become one and the zombies are dumb as hell then I don't see how it could ever get to apocalypse level.

The armed forces around the world have some pretty amazing weapons and would easily outsmart such a threat. Here's an idea...lure dumb zombies to one spot...blow them up...repeat until there are no more zombies left.

mateo · May 26, 2012

plutoblue11 said: ↑

Zombie apocalypse sounds very scary and an almost impossible situation to solve, but on the reality scale there are so many apocalyptic scenarios to worry about ... without going that far. Especially in the world with so many nuclear weapons, wars, depletion of particular natural resources, rapid weather/environmental changes, non-curable illnesses and cancers, and ... STDS (do you realize how many people in the world have incurable STDs that are very much transmittable). Take a look at particular impoverished African countries, not quite a zombie apocalypse, but very depressing in killing people slowly and still spreading rapidly - lack of proper medical care, ignorance (or myths of how to stop such disease), and not using proper birth control/protection.
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STDs? Come on...that's at worst an inconvenience, not an apocalypse.

plutoblue11 · May 26, 2012

mateo said: ↑

STDs? Come on...that's at worst an inconvenience, not an apocalypse.
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What about, like a more potent form of say ... HIV or even a more powerful virus that is less resistance to antibiotics and reveal symptoms much faster.

Viruses in general could become powerful enough to bring about an apocalyptic scenario (bubonic plague), an STD could do the same. Though to be fair, most STDs that are rampant are quite mild, but at the same time HIV did not appear until 1970s-80s. There's no telling what type of nasty diseases could develop over time.

BigBenito · May 26, 2012

Had a zombie apocalypse nightmare, thanks OP!

(Then I had a 'missed the start of the semester nightmare' and woke up in terror.)

apollo33 · May 26, 2012

iconoclastic said: ↑

What if the zombie outbreak starts here?
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Even better, we just nuke Hawaii lol

Supermac34 · May 26, 2012

Why does the military always get its butt kicked in zombie movies yet there is always some ragtag group or survivors with Winchesters that can make it?

br0ken_shad0w · May 26, 2012

All I know is that I'll be making plans to get to Madagascar any way possible. According to Pandemic, it's the last safe place in case of an outbreak.

Yonkers · May 26, 2012

IT HAS STARTED

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Report-Miami-officer-shoots-kills-naked-attacker-3588107.php

MIAMI (AP) — A Miami police officer on Saturday fatally shot a naked man who was chewing on the face of another man on a downtown causeway off-ramp, police and witnesses said.

The Miami Herald reports (http://hrld.us/KiMC2Y) that gunshots were heard at about 2 p.m. on the MacArthur Causeway off-ramp, which is near the newspaper's offices. Witnesses said that a woman saw two men fighting and flagged down a police officer, who came upon a naked man mauling the other man. The newspaper quoted witnesses as saying that the officer ordered the naked man to back away, and when he ignored the demand, the officer shot him. Witnesses said that the naked man continued his attack after being shot once, and the officer shot him several more times.

Police said the other man was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital Ryder Trauma Center. The newspaper said he had suffered critical injuries.

The police department confirmed in a news release that there was an officer-related shooting, but did not include many details provided by witnesses to the newspaper.

A police spokesman couldn't be reached for comment by The Associated Press on Saturday evening.

The police news release said the identities of the two men were not known.

A photograph posted on The Herald's website shows an officer standing watch on the ramp next to two police cruisers, with a body lying on a pedestrian walkway. Police requested the newspaper's video surveillance tapes.

The shooting and investigation tied up causeway traffic as crowds were arriving at South Beach for an annual hip-hop festival.

Javier Ortiz, a spokesman for the Fraternal Order of Police in Miami, said that based on information he's received, the officer who fired the shots "is a hero and saved a life."
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da_juice · May 26, 2012

br0ken_shad0w said: ↑

All I know is that I'll be making plans to get to Madagascar any way possible. According to Pandemic, it's the last safe place in case of an outbreak.
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Better get there before its' sole shipping port shuts down.

percicles · May 27, 2012

Yonkers said: ↑

IT HAS STARTED

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Report-Miami-officer-shoots-kills-naked-attacker-3588107.php
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MoonDogg · May 27, 2012

713 · May 27, 2012

No such thing as zombie "apocalypse" in Texas. Me and all my neighbors got guns.

Ender120 · May 27, 2012

713 said: ↑

No such thing as zombie "apocalypse" in Texas. Me and all my neighbors got guns.
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Oh Scarecrow, I think I'm going to miss you most of all.

hotballa · May 29, 2012

Yonkers said: ↑

IT HAS STARTED

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Report-Miami-officer-shoots-kills-naked-attacker-3588107.php
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This is the purported pic of the victim's face... I am not 100% sure if it's real or fake since it's MTO. It's really graphic. Have a strong stomach before you click the image.

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