Most people that know me, know that I am a big advocate of personal & family disaster preparedness. Partially out of interest and partially out of responsibility to make sure my family is ready for a disaster, I spend a lot of time researching and putting into place various preparedness strategies. Now I am not one of those people with an underground bomb shelter in the mountains, at least not until I can afford to start blasting bedrock at my upstate camp. But I am proud of the fact that my household could easily remain self sufficient for several months due to a disaster similar to the many that we all see on the news every day.
That brings me to the point of this blog post. People ask me quite often what type of disaster is the best one to prepare for. My answer: The Zombie Apocalypse. After they are done laughing at me and a short explanation they usually understand that I am right. Here's the thing, if you prepare for a hurricane it means you might not be ready for an earthquake. And if you prepare for a tornado you might not be prepared for a severe ice storm. And if you rattle off the list of disaster threats for our area that it would be prudent to prepare for, people usually feel overwhelmed and give up before they start.
But if you tell a person to prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse,
A: It gives them one defined disaster to think about and brainstorm possible situations and solutions.
B: Being prepared to live through a Zombie Apocalypse pretty much guarantees that you will be ready for any other disaster out there.
C: It's kind of fun. Not to mention all of the Zombie books and movies out there that you can use for "research purposes". I mean really how many movies are there about Tornado preparedness? Two, and all you learn from one of them is how to drive around the Midwest. And the other? Well let's just say that I don't see hooking up with the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Cowardly Lion to go on the quest given to you by a witch and some Munchkins, to be a viable disaster plan.
So, the next time you give some thoughts to how you should prepare your family for a disaster, just remember: Zombie Apocalypse.
Here is a good site to get you started:
http://zombiehunters.org/
And while these sites don't exactly get too much in to Zombies they do offer good information that will help you on your journey.
http://www.redcross.org/
http://www.fema.gov/
If you are already advancing well, then don't for get to try out some of your communications monitoring skills on November 9th at 2pm when the Federal Government will attempt their first ever Nationwide test of the Emergency Broadcast System.
1 comments:
Great Stuff, Disaster Bunkers is also very unique in the fact that we are able to blast and drill solid rock areas to create caverns to completely encase your home or shelter in rock.
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