May Is Zombie Awareness Month!

Thanks to Skate posting this link on my FB wall I have a great subject for today's blog!

People are urged to wear a gray ribbon to raise awareness of the upcoming Zombie Apocalypse of Doom. It is a solid reminder to everyone to have a plan ready for when either a comet gets too close to the Earth, that government society experiment goes awry, or a zombie plague spreads to everyone by an accidental bite of patient zero.

Your plan should consist of friends who you have to take with you. Each should have a skill of some sort to help aid your odds of survival. Don't discount the value of the goat, sometimes someone just has to be brought along only to be later left behind so you can make your get away.

Stock up on weapons, food, and medicine. Raid any grocery stores you can find. Raid any pharmacies you can find. Pawn shops are great for weapons but if you can find a zombie free Wal-Mart you are golden. You will be able to hold up there for at least two weeks with no problems once it is properly secured. They are also big enough you can send the goat out on gopher errands to lessen the group annoyance with them.

Watch zombie movies. This can't be emphasized enough, you never know when one survivor will do something that will stick in your head and come in handy later on.

Have meetings. Once your group is organized and roles are established keep in regular contact. All groups should have a medical professional of some sort, two or three heavy weapons experts, some light and fast moving people to infuriate the (hopefully Romero version of the zombies instead of the 28 days Later fast and super human running zombies) zombies, people of various fields who can aid in your survival.

Large groups are better as more people mean more people can hunt and forage for food supplies. Protection is easier when larger herds of zombies organize and attack. More weapons being fired mean that more zombies are going down for the last time. It is permissible to patrol old high school grounds in hopes of finding people who annoyed you and "putting them out of their misery" while also working out those inner issues you may have had with that person turned zombie, with a bullet is fine but if you prefer a flame thrower, knock yourself out.

Surviving will depend on your preparation abilities. If you can scrounge food, recognize safe plants to eat, hunt and prepare food, build zombie safe shelters, or drive the group for long periods of time then you have a welcome skill. Handymen, mechanics, electricians, plumbers, all the way up to doctors and nurses are welcome into my group of survivors. If you can make yourself useful and knock off a few zombies while you are at it then come along, you'll live.

And please remember to bring along your goats even if the group disapproves, they'll save your bacon more than once!