Are you prepared for the zombie apocalypse?

[sundial]

The CDC wants you to be prepared for the inevitable and to not be caught off guard. So to be prepared one must have the following:

Water (1 gallon per person per day)
Food (stock up on non-perishable items that you eat regularly)
Medications (this includes prescription and non-prescription meds)
Tools and Supplies (utility knife, duct tape, battery powered radio, etc.)
Sanitation and Hygiene (household bleach, soap, towels, etc.)
Clothing and Bedding (a change of clothes for each family member and blankets)
Important documents (copies of your driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to name a few)
First Aid supplies (although you’re a goner if a zombie bites you, you can use these supplies to treat basic cuts and lacerations that you might get during a tornado or hurricane)

And..

Pick a meeting place for your family to regroup in case zombies invade your home…or your town evacuates because of a hurricane. Pick one place right outside your home for sudden emergencies and one place outside of your neighborhood in case you are unable to return home right away.
Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team. Also identify an out-of-state contact that you can call during an emergency to let the rest of your family know you are ok.

Plan your evacuation route. When zombies are hungry they won’t stop until they get food (i.e., brains), which means you need to get out of town fast! Plan where you would go and multiple routes you would take ahead of time so that the flesh eaters don’t have a chance! This is also helpful when natural disasters strike and you have to take shelter fast.

And finally...

If zombies did start roaming the streets, CDC would conduct an investigation much like any other disease outbreak. CDC would provide technical assistance to cities, states, or international partners dealing with a zombie infestation. This assistance might include consultation, lab testing and analysis, patient management and care, tracking of contacts, and infection control (including isolation and quarantine). It’s likely that an investigation of this scenario would seek to accomplish several goals: determine the cause of the illness, the source of the infection/virus/toxin, learn how it is transmitted and how readily it is spread, how to break the cycle of transmission and thus prevent further cases, and how patients can best be treated. Not only would scientists be working to identify the cause and cure of the zombie outbreak, but CDC and other federal agencies would send medical teams and first responders to help those in affected areas (I will be volunteering the young nameless disease detectives for the field work).
To learn more about what CDC does to prepare for and respond to emergencies of all kinds, visit:
http://emergency.cdc.gov/cdc/orgs_progs.asp

http://emergency.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp

[nancielle]

The CDC wants you to be prepared for the inevitable and to not be caught off guard. So to be prepared one must have the following:Identify your emergency contacts. Make a list of local contacts like the police, fire department, and your local zombie response team

Hmm, I wonder how one gets that kind of job, how one gets that info and, how does one know that the zombie response team isn't made up of zombies who want to feed on your brain?!

[owlice]

Yes, as I have lots of leftovers from the Rapture which didn't occur. I was SO hoping for a good show! Risen dead! Earthquakes! Mayhem!

I was very disappointed, and now I have all this leftover party food and drink, too!

[KnottedYet]

Brilliant!

What a great way to get people to read about emergency preparedness!

Who-ever dreamed this up at the CDC deserves to win multiple internets!

[ny biker]

You've got red on you.

[zoom-zoom]

You've got red on you.

Let's go to the Winchester!

Seriously, my next bike will be a cyclocross bike and I'm already planning to give it a zombie-themed name. Right now I'm thinking "Ed." I had thought maybe "Rule #1" would be a good name, but I like bikes with people names. I also plan to affix this somewhere to the frame:


We have so many unpaved roads in the area that a cyclocross bike seems like the most practical and efficient means to avoid zombies.

[Owlie]

Yes, as I have lots of leftovers from the Rapture which didn't occur. I was SO hoping for a good show! Risen dead! Earthquakes! Mayhem!

I was very disappointed, and now I have all this leftover party food and drink, too!

Can I come over?

[owlice]

Of course! Maybe we can make a little mayhem on our own! Too bad it couldn't possibly be on a global scale, though. ~~ sigh ~~

Now that the Rapture is kaput, December 12 (or whatever the end-of-the-"current"-Mayan-cycle is) had better be worth the wait and outlay for excellent food and drink!

[snapdragen]

Yes, as I have lots of leftovers from the Rapture which didn't occur. I was SO hoping for a good show! Risen dead! Earthquakes! Mayhem!

I was very disappointed, and now I have all this leftover party food and drink, too!

Oops.