How to survive an outbreak of undead
The following is a list of survival tips that should be helpful during the next outbreak of t-virus, rage, radioactive mutant plague, whatever.
You’ve been watching the news and the inexorable advance of the undead as the outbreak approaches your location. At first it was just an unusual diversion on TV – something frightening, but safe because it was happening far away from you and the authorities were doing something about it.
But then things get more serious as the talking heads begin to look scared. The national guard is called out, but they’re overwhelmed. One by one, checkpoints are overrun as infection spreads. What was once a small quarantine zone on the news has suddenly grown much larger. Whole towns are abandoned as the rate of infection grows exponentially and the undead spread at a terrifying rate.
At about the same time that news feeds start to disappear, leaving anchors staring blankly at their monitors, you begin to realize that roadblocks and national guardsmen aren’t going to be enough.
Your local TV station preempts national coverage of the epidemic to announce that the undead have appeared in the streets of your own city. Somebody cranks up the tornado siren over by the fire station and the TV goes to static. Now you’re sitting in your living room staring at a screen full of snow listening to that mournful wail of the sirens in the distance, and it feels like the end of the world.
— Yes, this is a reprint of a SpookyBlue feature I wrote a long time ago. But it’s still important information to keep handy in case the deaders start to get a little bitey.