Zombie attacks might increase due to global warming, study shows

http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/01/31/zombie-attacks-might-increase-due-to-global-warming-study-shows/ ^ | William M Briggs

[mattstat]

A new study by scientists has suggested that zombie attacks might increase if the current projections of global warming are realized. “If the earth gets warmer, it means longer springs, summers, and falls, and shorter winters,” said John Carpenter-Romero, Ph.D., a zombie-ologist who co-authored the study. “And shorter winters means more time for the undead to prey on the populace.”

Dr. Harrister, the other co-author, and head of Zombie Robotics at Wayward Robot, Inc., explained that cold winters typically stalled the walking dead. “It is well known that zombies can’t operate in cold weather. It freezes their brains.”

The pair calculated a 32.782412% increase in zombie attacks if CO2 increased to twice its pre-industrial rate. “Clearly, this is a very troubling result,” said Dr. Harrister, “If we don’t do something soon, the streets will be filled with blood.”

[fanfan]

Hi Bob!

Are you snowed in?

[Monkey Face]

If I can’t subdue the pain with vodka (and motrin) I’ll live with it. I don’t do painkillers. Most of them make me hyper. I don’t like the feeling of being the walking dead.

[darkangel82]

I don’t like the feeling of being the walking dead.

Well, you are on the Undead Thread....

[NicknamedBob]

No snow here. We had rain all day.

I have a familiar snow shovel in Pennsylvania that is probably getting a workout, though.

[NicknamedBob]

"If I can’t subdue the pain with vodka (and motrin) I’ll live with it."

I meant for the dog.

[Monkey Face]

I AM.
I can be IN the Undead Thread and not OF the Undead Thread.

I OWN the UT! ;o])

[Monkey Face]

I don’t have a dog. Yet.

[NicknamedBob]

I have three.

Let me check the postal rates.

[fanfan]

Apparently, we are glaciating here soon.

Can we come live with you when it starts?

[fanfan]

You can’t ship a dog!

[Monkey Face]

If the dogs are bigger than 4#, nevermind....
I don’t want to use a backhoe for clean-up jobs.

[Monkey Face]

Sure you can. They just have to sit in quarantine for a while, if they come from another country.
From the east coast to the west coast, it’s all good...

[fanfan]

Wow.

Dogs, sent like luggage?

I couldn’t do it.

I would have to buy the dog a seat.

[Monkey Face]

They go in the cargo hold. They are sent in cages,(like you would a cat to the vet) with food and water, and other instructions, if the animal has health problems.

They travel quite well, actually.

[fanfan]

We heard a dog barking, quite upset, when we last flew.

I can only imagine how terrifying it must be for the poor dog.
Being put in a cage, taken away from your family, being driven out to a tarmac full of odd smells, and then being loaded on a plane,,,shoved around......is it even heated down there?

Whoa, this subject seems to upset me.

Sorry, I seem to have a bad memory regarding ‘bringing the dog’, but I can’t put my finger on it.

I’ll sleep on it, and bugger off for the night.

*Love Ya*

[Monkey Face]

Normally, if the dog is known to have problems traveling, it is given tranquilizers to make the trip less traumatic.

I know a woman who brought her dog out from MA every year for eight years, in the cargo hold, and he weathered it just fine. It can be done, but consideration for the animal is paramount.

Race horses are also sent by plane, around the world, for racing and breeding purposes. I guess the animals’ welfare depends on the mercy of the owner.

[sionnsar]

..is it even heated down there?

I believe it is. I've had opportunities where I needed to get into the suitcase shortly off the plane and it was room temperature inside.

[sionnsar]

Got it.

[NicknamedBob]

"Apparently, we are glaciating here soon. Can we come live with you when it starts?"

Sure! All you have to do is help me build a castle in my back yard. We'll skip the moat.

[Monkey Face]

:o]

That’s actually a rather pained smile. It hurts.