Zombie Apocalypse
Posted: 15 October 2012 Filed under: News, Observations, Society | Tags: Postaday 2012, Science 2 Comments »No this post is not about the 2012 candidates for president……….No, this is not some SciFi movie waiting to happen……my daughter is convinced after reading a few things on line about people turning into zombies that we may be looking at a real life “Walking Dead”. Of course, I did my best to calm her mind….well that is not quite accurate…..I did some ridicule…….but could her fears be founded in reality?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is ready for a zombie apocalypse. Gun owners got prepared for a zombie apocalypse. Now, the military and law enforcement are getting ready.
And next month, they’ll begin training.
Security firm HALO Corp. announced yesterday that about 1,000 military personnel, police officials, medical experts and federal workers will learn the ins and outs of a zombie apocalypse, as part of an annual counter-terrorism summit , according to the Military Times.
Sure, the lesson is tongue-in-cheek — and only a small part of the summit’s more serious course load — but a zombie-like virus outbreak is a good training scenario. Visitors will learn to deal with a worldwide pandemic, where people become crazy, violent and fearful. Zombies will roam the summit grounds in San Diego, Calif. harassing troops and first-aid teams that will be participating.
Further details are unclear, but the Military Times made sure to note that zombies are not real.
The training comes at a time when the term “zombie apocalypse” is so viral that several branches of government have released statements on the matter. Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security reported that “the zombies are coming” as part of a hilarious bid to get citizens to prepare for a real disaster.
The CDC has released similar statements using zombies as a playful guise to get the public prepared for actual disasters. To assure that no one’s confused by these announcements, CDC told The Huffington Post that zombies are not real.
Okay, should I start buying crossbows and swords? Thoughts?
Let’s just hope some don’t panic and see this as a real thing much like part of the country did in the 1930′s following Orson Well’s radio transmission of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds.
Larry with the addiction to BS sites on the web…it could be just as much possible as the radio show…..