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Topic: The Feds finally acknowledge the threat . . .
Posted By: Mack
Subject: The Feds finally acknowledge the threat . . .
Date Posted: 19 May 2011 at 8:51pm
. . . of a Zombie Apocalypse.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/ - Link

Originally posted by article article wrote:


CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'

By http://www.foxnews.com/author/joshua-rhett-miller/index.html - Joshua Rhett Miller

Published May 18, 2011

| FoxNews.com

Are you prepared for the impending http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/# - 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 http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/movies/hollywood.htm#r_src=ramp - Hollywood hits like "Night of the Living Dead" and http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/video-games/video-games.htm#r_src=ramp - video games like http://www.foxnews.com/topics/entertainment/video-games/resident-evil.htm#r_src=ramp - 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 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/# -

Other items to be stashed in such a kit include medications, duct tape, a http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/# - "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 http://www.foxnews.com/topics/japan.htm#r_src=ramp - Japan in March. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/# - "It's kind of a tongue-in-cheek campaign," Daigle said Wednesday. "We were talking about http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/# -

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."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/#ixzz1MqiomqFk - http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/05/18/cdc-warns-public-prepare-zombie-apocalypse/#ixzz1MqiomqFk





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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 19 May 2011 at 9:05pm
It fails to mention a silenced Ruger 10/22, or Mini 14, so therefore, it isnt a good zombie plan.

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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 19 May 2011 at 11:24pm
That is a smart way to get people to get buy emergency supplies.

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Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 20 May 2011 at 9:40am

Awesome.



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"When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter.

Posted By: impulse418
Date Posted: 20 May 2011 at 3:43pm
Originally posted by SSOK SSOK wrote:

It fails to mention a silenced Ruger 10/22, or Mini 14, so therefore, it isnt a good zombie plan.



But you won't be able to take you weapon into the FEMA camp anyway......

Posted By: ParrisZ
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 4:08am
Clever. Very clever. But no.

Posted By: GroupB
Date Posted: 25 May 2011 at 4:11am


Not even a payday loan can stop me now! MUAHAHAHAH


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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:14pm
Threat?  More of an inevitability, really.
 
The only open question (other when "When?") is "What KIND of zombie apocalypse?"
 
Different kinds of ZAs require different kinds of preparation.
 


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Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:23pm
Originally posted by Rambino Rambino wrote:

Threat?  More of an inevitability, really.
 
The only open question (other when "When?") is "What KIND of zombie apocalypse?"
 
Different kinds of ZAs require different kinds of preparation.
 

The "28 days Later" type.


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Innocence proves nothing
FUAC!!!!!

Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:24pm
I feel like I'll be one of the first to become a zombie because I work in a hospital lab and play with blood all day long.  So, if you guys do see a zombie pcf, please try to keep me as a pet zombie.  I'll be nice, I promise.

Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:46pm
This was an unbelievably amazing advertising / awareness campaign. 

Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:49pm
Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

This was an unbelievably amazing advertising / awareness campaign. 
Would have been more win if they had actual tv spots.

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Posted By: rednekk98
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 12:55pm
I <3 how hoarding survival supplies is suddenly less insane now that the gov't is encouraging it.  

Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 1:02pm
Originally posted by Ceesman762 Ceesman762 wrote:

Originally posted by Rambino Rambino wrote:

Threat?  More of an inevitability, really.
 
The only open question (other when "When?") is "What KIND of zombie apocalypse?"
 
Different kinds of ZAs require different kinds of preparation.
 

The "28 days Later" type.
 
Then we are all screwed.  Nice knowing y'all.


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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 1:03pm
Originally posted by oldpbnoob oldpbnoob wrote:

Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

This was an unbelievably amazing advertising / awareness campaign. 
Would have been more win if they had actual tv spots.


Thus the amazing part about tapping into the booming Internet culture. You don't need to pay for costly airtime. Dorks will spread the thing for you.

The only way this could have been better was the inclusion of bacon. Or corgis.

Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 6:12pm
Originally posted by Rambino Rambino wrote:

The only open question (other when "When?") is "What KIND of zombie apocalypse?"


Electro-mechanical dependence zombies.  (Also known as "EMZs.")  They are already among us and the apocalypse will occur when they reach critical mass within the nation's infrastructure.  At that point chaos will erupt and communications and transport systems will collapse.

These zombies can be recognized now as those people who text and drive.  It is obvious from their driving that there generally is no higher brain function remaining and once they become a significant percentage of the "on-road" population mass casualties are the inevitable result.  The increased use of networked communications devices in response to the mass accidents will then overwhelm our communications capabilities and cause those to collapse as well.  After that the maddened (due to loss of communications capabilities) EMZs will turn on the rest of the populace.  The screams of their victims will drown out the EMZs constant refrain of "Brains . . . must have a phone with brains" as they search for a smart-phone to resume communications with.

Originally posted by agentwhale007 agentwhale007 wrote:

The only way this could have been better was the inclusion of bacon. Or corgis.


How zombies see the rest of us:

Pic wouldn't link directly and I don't feel like saving it to put on a host site so here's the http://meatcandy.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/bacon.jpg?w=450&amp;h=450 - link .

Edited:  For quotes repair.


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Posted By: brihard
Date Posted: 26 May 2011 at 6:14pm
Originally posted by Mack Mack wrote:

[QUOTE=Rambino]The only open question (other when "When?") is "What KIND of zombie apocalypse?"/QUOTE]

Electro-mechanical dependence zombies.  (Also known as "EMZs.")  They are already among us and the apocalypse will occur when they reach critical mass within the nation's infrastructure.  At that point chaos will erupt and communications and transport systems will collapse.

These zombies can be recognized now as those people who text and drive.  It is obvious from their driving that there generally is no higher brain function remaining and once they become a significant percentage of the "on-road" population mass casualties are the inevitable result.  The increased use of networked communications devices in response to the mass accidents will then overwhelm our communications capabilities and cause those to collapse as well.  After that the maddened (due to loss of communications capabilities) EMZs will turn on the rest of the populace.  The screams of their victims will drown out the EMZs constant refrain of "Brains . . . must have a phone with brains" as they search for a smart-phone to resume communications with.

[QUOTE=agentwhale007]The only way this could have been better was the inclusion of bacon. Or corgis.[QUOTE]

How zombies see the rest of us.



Two butchered quote tags, *and* a borked image. You're all fail today, Mack. LOL


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-FreeEnterprise, 21 April 2011.

Yup, he actually said that.

Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 7:09am
The side effects of advanced age can't be suppressed forever. 

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Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 9:53am
Reegaurding the abuv too posts:

Yes and LOL.




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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 11:13am
Is this going to happen before or during 10/21/11?

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Posted By: DeTrevni
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 4:11pm
Originally posted by Mack Mack wrote:

Reegaurding the abuv too posts:

Yes and LOL.




You made a mistake there. The "u" comes before the "a" in "reeguarding."


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Posted By: StormyKnight
Date Posted: 27 May 2011 at 4:49pm
Originally posted by DeTrevni DeTrevni wrote:

Originally posted by Mack Mack wrote:

Reegaurding the abuv too posts:

Yes and LOL.




You made a mistake there. The "u" comes before the "a" in "reeguarding."
Thanx 4 pontng thet owt.  Know i sea mistaykz en th hole post.


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