In the movies, the undead are all fun and games, but the occurrence of a zombie apocalypse is not something you should take lightly. Earlier this week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted an article that advises what to do in the event of a zombie epidemic. We feel it is our duty to pass along this information. Read how to prepare after the jump.
Below are the recommended emergency kit and specific instructions. The CDC offers more detail here.
- 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)
1. Identify the types of emergencies that are possible in your area. Besides a zombie apocalypse, this may include floods, tornadoes, or earthquakes. If you are unsure contact your local Red Cross chapter for more information.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
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Um…is this avtually going to happen?
is this actually going to happen?
Yes.
I can not believe this is actually posted as guidelines for a potential disaster…
I want whatever the CDC and these evangelical Christians are smoking! That must truly be some awesome shit! All I know is that I have my popcorn for when the earth cracks open, zombies come crawling out and Jaysus flies down from heaven on a white horse. The best part wil be when he takes all of the gay people and leaves the Christians for the zombies. 3D tv will be a thing of the past when all of this goes down!
I would just like to say, I love you. That comment just made my day.
Are the zombies going to check my id and make sure I am of legal age and can be in the country?
No Julia, they won’t. It is well established that Zombies have neither the intellectual or cognitive ability to read or process information. You would know this had you read The Zombie Survivial Guide.
Seriously though, am glad to see my tax dollars finally being used well…this actually makes you want to read a government web site and prepare for emergencies – zombie related or otherwise.
I think Julia was being sarcastic. I think it woud had helped if you had read the Encyclopedia of Sarcastic People.
I love you too. I had to tell you that before this shit show starts! Afterall, we may be gone in a few hours!
i can’t wait for this to happen. shotgun is locked and loaded!
WTF are you guys smoking? And this won’t happen! But if it does, just got a new flat screen so I’ll watch it all go down, kick my legs up, and enjoy the show
if you people would actually pay attention, this is an article not about zombies, but what to do in case of environmental disasters. they rationalize the steps in a zombie apocalypse by saying something like “this is also helpful if a hurricane comes”
pay attention. damn
the internet is a bunch of people responding but not reading.
this might happen but it wont happen beacuse of expierments like in the movies it will happen beacuse of diseases
Your flat screen would be usless. If this does going down all satellites and power will be one of the first things shut off. No cell phones or anything will work. Sorry bout your luck . HAHAHA
im goin 2 hide in the woods with food, water, shelter etc… i will also have my shotgun and my 300savage but im ready for it. cant wait 2 blow some freakin heads off lol
I have had my zombie self-defense strategies in place for years. I am prepared. Are you?
They are climbing your windows, they’re snatching your people up!
Hide yo kids, hide yo wife.
And load your shotgun ‘cuz they’re eating everybody out here.
It’s black ops come to life but no nazi zombies :/
If zombies want to eat human flesh, why don’t they eat each other? Did I just ask the probably most dumbest question about this kind of topic?
Brains….Brains…Brains…..can someone pass the salt
But they never mention rule #1:
Cardio
im watching zombieland and taking down all the rules
im pumped for this!
Wow…some of you need to look up the definition of the word joke. To the rest of you who got it..congratulations on not being batsh*t insane.
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Why Zombies are so slow ? ^^