As you know, the zombie apocalypse is right at our heels and every able bodied soul must be prepared. This is a place where we can keep an eye on the progress of these creatures, share stories and give suggestions for survival. Brrrraaaaaiiiinnnsssss!
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While we hope the Zombie Apocalypse is unlikely, there is no reason to not properly prepare yourself any way. The same preparations you would make to survive a zombie threat also would be of great benefit in the event of any disaster, be it natural or manmade. This is the underlying reasoning behind the recent press releases from the Centers for Disease Control regarding Zombie Apocalypse preparedness. It is, however, somewhat disturbing that they decided to use zombie preparedness for their flagship example. Perhaps they know something more than they are publically admitting? It has long been a fixture of 'Pop Culture' to prepare the public for societal changes through the use of situational television programming. Ever notice an evening’s run of unrelated sitcoms, for example, that all seemed to share an underlying theme or catchphrase? It's no co-incidence; it's a bit of subliminal suggestion from the media courtesy of Big Brother. In this day of multimedia entertainment, these 1950-90's means of acclimating the public to new ideas has spread into the internet and gaming industries as well. This brings us back to the preponderance of zombie related material we are currently being fed, and forces us to ask the inevitable question, "why?”
“Here’s a little word for the never-believers”
-REM , Man in the Moon
“Zombies?”…(rolls eyes)…”I don’t believe in zombies! …What a load of indigestible tripe!”
I feel your pain, I really do. I can almost hear the echoing of voices from a century ago saying similar things…
“Airplanes?”…”Organ transplants?”…”Cloning?”…”A man on the Moon?”…”Computers?”
…Tripe. Every last morsel, indigestible tripe. Undoubtedly.
- And yet these are today’s realities. Things of the past even. Sometimes opening our minds is going to be a frightening experience. We expose our tender sensibilities to the unknown, the undiscovered, the things we believe may be possible always come alongside other nasty treats we believe…or at least hope…are impossible. Such a nasty bit is this zombie nonsense. Didn’t science tell us already that such was impossible? Or was that our Mother that told us that? Im not sure I recall. At any rate, though, both science, and mom, have been known to be wrong before. Science has been known to say such things as ‘the Earth is the center of the universe’. OK, that’s an old one. How about this nugget instead. Science told us until last year there was no water ice on the moon. Then science found it. Science told us that no life could exist at the bottom of the ocean due to crushing pressures. But then other scientists found an entire ecosystem. More recently, science thought that no life existed deep within the earth, until the recent announcement of a complex bio system being discovered seven miles below us.
There’s always room in science for a new discovery, or even an old one. Before you dismiss the zombie thing entirely, please investigate the following link. Although written in a tongue-in-cheek manner, the science upon which it is based is sound.
http://www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html
Zombified
If you took the trouble to copy and paste the link in my last post, you now know at least five scientifically sound ways a zombie apocalypse could occur. (There are 15 other examples of zombie producing parasites as well, but that, is another nightmare I will save for later…) All of these parasites share a common means. They subvert the brain, eliminate the individual, and cause the body to act either in a random fashion with no guiding force beyond animal instincts, or to act in a controlled fashion according to the needs of their parasite.
At this point though, there is a divergence, and we must invent a distinction between two potential types of zombies. Depending on the cause of the zombie epidemic, a zombie might either a dead body, animated either through nanotechnology or parasitic puppetry, which we shall call a “type-1”zombie, or a mindless, but still technically living creature, a ”type-II” zombie.
When faced with defending ourselves against the zombie hoards, will we be in luck (?) if we are faced with type II zombies. They should be the easier of the two to dispatch, as any weapon that would be effective against humans should be just as effective against type II zombies. Folks may have moral difficulties defending themselves against “living zombies”, but to survive they must adopt the mindset that while the zombies may not be “undead”, they must be considered “better off dead”.
As far as type I zombies go, well, all I can do is speculate. It would seem that the body would have to be controlled through the brain, so the movie notion that you have to shoot them in the head or otherwise destroy the brain, likely is not a bad plan. How thoroughly must you destroy the brain? Rather thoroughly I would think, particularly if nanotechnology is culprit. Only a small part of the brain is needed for locomotion. Small bore weapons may not be effective. A high power rifle, shotgun, large bore pistol, crushing the skull or decapitation are your best bet.
Now, if we are unfortunate enough to be afflicted with the rumored “third type”, .. the 2-4-5 Trioxin zombies, …you know, the ones in the drums from the movies?…Well, those suckers keep moving even if dismembered. Escape is your best plan. You could burn them, but first realize this isn’t quick, …and while they burn you don’t just still have a zombie problem,… you have a FLAMING zombie problem. It would be best to try to destroy their biting, their grabbing and their walking parts all at once…. but regrettably hand grenades aren’t easy to come by. Let’s just say all body parts should be avoided whether still attached to a zombie or not.
If pursued by 2-4-5 Trioxin zombies and you run out of avenues of escape, you might as well just call the number on the drum, go outside, and wait for the pretty mushroom cloud to arrive and make it all better.
MIAMI – Miami police and witnesses say that an officer on Saturday fatally shot a naked man who was chewing on the face of another man on a downtown causeway off-ramp.
The Miami Herald reports 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 then shot him several more times
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