Our team has been working to train people for the coming Zombie Apocalypse through tools and tips learned in their various fields of expertise. We expect to give you the same tools and training to ensure your one of the survivors, and not part of the undead plague.
By keeping up to date on the latest literature, tools, and training we plan to show you how to stay healthy and avoid becoming one of the undead horde that will pillage humanity. So check back with us on a regular basis to ensure you are prepared to survive the Zombie Apocalypse
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The Walking Dead Motion Comic
With “The Walking Dead
We’ll be live blogging the show when it’s out, as well as writing up wrap-up reports on each episode. So stay tuned to those and be ready to let us know what you think about the series.
To wet the appetite we’ve gotten the following short film from AMC. The show itself is live action and you can see more clips over at the official AMC site. This, however, is just too good to pass up.
Fido: A Satirical Zombie Film
So we finally took the time to watch the film “Fido” this weekend. Offhand it was an enjoyable film with some interesting things to say about the world, and how we fit into it. However, as a zombie film, it seemed to be lacking some.
The premise is that in the course of a doctor’s daughter is turned, and in order to save her from being slain, he creates a control collar that gives humans the ability to turn the zombies into slaves. The zombies are turned from a threat into an unpaid workforce with all the perks and few of the drawbacks that slavery actually entailed. Read the rest of this entry »
5 Things To Do With Down Time During The Outbreak
The zombies are loose and you’re holed up in you redoubt. You’re safe and protected by your cohorts and compadres, and the walls between you and the undead. The power is off to save the battery life, and your food supplies are ample to make it until the crops come in. Now what to do?
The zombie apocalypse can be an utterly boring affair once you’ve prepared and taken care of everything else. There’s going to be a lot of downtime between onslaughts and there’s not going to be a television to watch, and internet to play on, or even a radio to listen to (we’ll get into some of these options later.) So what are you going to do?
Well, you will have to tend the crops and the herd animals, and weapons training should take up at least part of every day. But in the evening, after the final meal has been served, you’ll need to find a way to entertain your mind. So here are five options to get you through those boring nights: Read the rest of this entry »
Zombiemania: A Look At The Zombie Fanaticism
We randomly heard about this documentary through a close friend and were sad to find out that it was relatively new, and only appearing on the Starz network. Then, while searching through the new releases on NetFlix the other night, we found that it was available on Instant View.
Being involved in a site about surviving the zombie apocalypse, we figured we had to watch it, and watch we did. We will admit that we were somewhat disappointed, but would recommend it to others who were interested in the mania over zombies that has come up in the past 50 years or so.
We were especially annoyed with the amount of attention paid to the film industry. While we understand that this has been one of the more popular industries associated with the zombie phenomenon, it’s also one that consistently makes huge errors in describing and presenting zombies. More people have been zombified because they believed something they saw in a movie than caught H1N1 naturally this year. Read the rest of this entry »
The Zombie Survival Guide: Your New Bible
Buy this book today. In fact, buy two. One copy to ready thoroughly, and another copy for when the first one falls apart.
There is no better book available to help you prepare and defend against a zombie attack. Max Brooks, the author, goes into just the right amount of detail on all aspects of survival.
You should carry a copy of this book on you at all times, for who knows where you will be when the undead begin to rise and attack the populous at large. That is another reason we recommend having several copies. Keep one in your vehicle, in your home, and in whatever bag or pack you carry around with you.
The information in the book in invaluable as well. With lists of what you should carry when fleeing zombies, to details on how to prepare your home/office/school in case of a zombie onslaught, there isn’t a single page that doesn’t lend you some insight, some tip, trick, or tool that you can use when the zombies begin moaning at your door. Read the rest of this entry »
World War Z: The Book
World War Z is a fictional novel from Max Brooks. As far as fictional accounts of Zombie attacks are concerned it is possibly one of the best available.
In the novel, Brooks “interviews” dozens of survivors from the Zombie war (which begins sometime in the near future.) The interviews bring to light where the original outbreaks seem to have occurred, and the ways in which the outbreak spread.
Leaning heavily on currently available technologies and social practices around the world, Brooks gives the reader an in-depth view of how zombies and humans interact and work to destroy each other over the course of the war. The characters detailed are brilliantly created and have a humanity that, in itself, counter the fears that the zombies themselves illicit. Read the rest of this entry »
The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks
Max Brooks is one of our favorite authors on all things Zombie. In his latest book, he details some of the possible zombie attacks throughout history.
While we have not yet been able to get our hands on this graphic novel, the preview (available on the Official Site) left us wanting more. While early reviews have been less than favorable, it seems that at least a few of the reviewers failed to realize this was a graphic novel and not a full text novel.
For us here at USZTS, we’re planning on going out and grabbing the book first thing tomorrow, and following up with a full review shortly thereafter. It seems that the book is rather short, and given that it’s a graphic novel, it shouldn’t take us (well most of us) any longer than a train ride to work to reach the back cover.
There seems to be a great deal of confusion on whether or not zombies will attack animals, and if they do, will those animals become infected, simply die, or go on with their lives. As this video shows, some types of zombies will indeed attack animals that enter their vicinity, but this is not always the case.
Some types of zombies will indeed attack an animal, though those same types will typically attack any warm or moving object. Some types of zombies will only attack certain types of animals (e.g., mammals but not lizards,) and some types of zombies will only go after a human being.
To make this a little more straightforward we have come up with the following lists to help you in knowing whether or not your family pets are safe.
Zombies that Will Attack Animals:
Zombies that Will Only Attack Humans
- Chemical Zombies
- Nano-Zombies
- Techno-Zombies
- Other Miscellaneous
To understand how to identify each type of zombie, please click on the links above and review the various articles. This will advise you on how to identify your zombies, and find out whether they are a threat to only you, or if you need to protect your pets as well.
One important item to note when reviewing the articles, not all zombie types can be spread to your animals. So while you may want to protect Spot from being eaten, if he does get bitten, you do not necessarily need to put him out of his misery.
If your pet/horse/cow/sheep does receive a bite, and you are unsure what type of zombie you have encountered, the safest option is to put the animal down. We understand that this is difficult (nigh on impossible for some.) We are pet owners and animal lovers ourselves, and to have to put down your own animal is one of the most difficult decisions one can make, even if it isn’t due to an infected bite from a zombie.
That said, the infected pet is no longer the loving, caring creature you have shared time and adventures with. If not now, then soon it will turn into a vicious, ravenous creature with only your death in mind.
If you cannot bring yourself to put your pet down, and you have not been able to identify the type of zombie bite it has received, you have two options.
- Have an acquaintance do the dirty work for you. Do NOT let a friend do it. It will ruin your relationship completely. You will always question your decision, and if a friend has to put down your beloved pet, you will forever look at them with that question, and that anger. Make sure the person you ask is someone you either don’t like, or don’t have a close connection with. It will change your relationship with them as well, but it’s less likely to ruin a friendship. Ironically, it may even lead to a stronger connection with that person.
- Lock the possibly infected animal up and monitor it over the course of several days. An infection that can spread to an animal will show its signs within 72-120 hours (three to five days.) If your pet is still its same old self after that time, you can consider yourself reasonably safe and release them.
NOTE: We cannot stress enough how dangerous, and frankly stupid this option is. Primarily, keeping a potentially infected animal locked up for up to a week can cause issues of its own. What if you have to move because of a coming horde? What about the animals natural biological processes and the necessary cleanup? Where can you keep a horse locked up that where you can guarantee it won’t escape, break free, etc.?
Additionally, there is no guarantee that even after five, ten, or even 100 days that your pet is guaranteed infection free. All creatures have different resistances to infections. Your chihuahua may be naturally immune to the zombie bacteria, but can still pass it on if he bites you. The only way to guarantee your safety from your pet is to put it down, no matter how difficult the decision.
To be blunt, it’s you or them. In a war against the zombification of all humanity your pet may become collateral damage. It’s sad, it’s difficult to come to terms with, it’s your only guarantee for safety.
In the war against zombies, animals are often caught in the middle. Many people are forced to abandon their pets when they go on the run. Even more are turned and have no recollection of their family and friends, much less their pets.
While some animals are trained to help humanity against the zombie threats, many are left to fend for themselves and have been known to become a danger in themselves. Feral packs of both dogs, cats, and even escaped zoo animals have been known to roam urban wastelands after an outbreak.
For these reasons, we recommend that if you are a pet owner and you realize that an outbreak is occurring, please do something about your pets. They will not likely be able to make it through the outbreak alive, and may even become a danger to you and your survival group. We know it’s difficult, but it may become necessary.
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