Map of the dead: Zombie survival map

Map of the dead ^

[djf]

Interesting map if you want to find out your survival chances if SHTP.

I'm in a "safe" zone, but only about 1/2 mile from a wad of zombies!!

[Terry Mross]

That’s because of all the cousins marrying cousins.

[The SISU kid]

Talk about “fever”....LMAO

[Salamander]

Hey Kid!

How the hell are ya?

Wondered where you got to!

That video cracked me up.

/*wow!*

LOL

[Daffynition]

Problem solved:

[ChildOfThe60s]

That’s because of all the cousins marrying cousins.

Marriage? Why would they bother with marriage?

[dog breath]

I live in a zombie zone but actually the urban folks don't worry me that much, they are going to be beggars to the remnants of the government. They can lock down an urban area like a prison, curfews, quarantines, rations, etc. In times of riots they tend to loot and burn down their own neighborhoods for the dysfunctional are well... dysfunctional. If an event that turns people into refuges occurs the poor are to be pitied for they can't get out of the way quickly, it is they who will suffer the most as they did in Katrina. May we all keep our humanity as much as possible if some vast tragedy ever befalls the United States. It is inevitable that good people must sometimes defend themselves and their families from others. People do turn very nasty especially when hungry it is a sad fact of life and in an urban area there are more people. It is also true that you can live next to a serious psycho in the remote countryside with no one around to hear your screams.

[djf]

Zombie notes:

Zombies come in various size groups, with different characteristics:

A zombie wolf: A lone wolf, single zombie. This zombie is easily defeated, as single zombies are usually very timid and frightened by almost anything. Reports came in of a four year old child in Cincinnati beheading a zombie wolf with one swing of a wiffle ball bat.

A zombie trickle: 2-4 zombies. Also defeatible, especially if you have your BRAINZ! Pack by djf. Simply toss about a cup of Brainz! (TM) into a large, open area, turn down the lights, and watch them suckers slither in! Slaughter at will! Of course it makes no sense to put the Brainz! (TM) where the first zombie will find and eat it, so be creative. Toss it on a roof and they will group at the bottom. Lock it in a car trunk and they will all soon be smashing and tearing at the car. Use your imagination!

A wad of zombies: 5-10 zombies. Very dangerous. A small enough group, they usually have a leader. It is to your advantage that zombies are clumsy, so a wad of zombies will rarely sneak up on you. A single person (like me!) usually doesn't have much chance against a wad of zombies unless you can keep them in full frontal-assault mode, in which case you just pick them off at your leisure.
A zombie in front of you is bad news!
A zombie BEHIND you is even worse!

A bank of zombies: 11 or more zombies. This is when things start to get interesting. Once again, sounds may be key, as you could hear them coming from a quarter mile away. It's always possible, of course, that they will be down by 50% by the time they get to you, as the frequent zombie scratching and biting and pulling of anything that moves and they dismember themselves. But DON'T COUNT ON IT!!.
For times like this, it is best to have at least a case of Brainz! (TM) by djf around. But you need to get yourself into a place where you can toss some to them and they destroy each other in the turmoil. A second story window can work, but you need to have backup to make sure none sneak in from behind. Don't be tempted to send in your favorite dog, as a bank of zombies will have no problem, unless it's a very large breed (over 125 lbs or so).

A few more notes:
The nest defense is well known. Zombies HATE FIRE. Of course fire has the problem of making light, so it attracts them, but a dancing flame of any kind will send them off in a delirious rage.
Zombies are dead. They stink. Sometimes you will smell them before you see or hear them.
Zombies, by nature solitary creatures, are attracted by the smell of cooking (especially meats), perfumes, most things that attract people. So no more fou-fou for the ladies. No more showers. The worse you smell, the more you will repel any zombie wolfs around.
Forget about the garlic. Zombies sense of taste/smell is so degraded, garlic has little effect. But their disdain for the smell of Nutmeg has been widely publicized. We have developed our latest product Nutmax! (TM) as a highly enhanced, scientifically proven zombie repellent.
Finally, we all like to relax a little bit, maybe listen to a few tunes. Remember, zombies are extraordinarily fascinated by music, especially rap and hip-hop. It is thought that the low rhythmic beats sound like live human hearts and draw them in from all directions. Tests have shown that listening to Nelly Furtados Promiscuous Girl, even at low volumes, can bring zombies from 3/4 mile away! So listen to music if you like, but stick to Bach!

[Nowhere Man]

Hmmm, sounds like a perfect description of an Obama Rally, er, I mean Occupy Rally/Camp.

[DBrow]

http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=b5501cc71fe44f8d9a0df362ea6aebb3

Here is a useful Zombie map- this plots “social vulnerability”, by county. Plots that county’s liklihood of serious problems if something goes awry, like a Zombie Apocalypse. Or nationwide power/natural gas blackout.

[A. Patriot]

I don’t know about that map. It shows areas near where I live as light colored where I wouldn’t drive into in the daytime without a gun. It shows areas as dark that I think are very safe.

[DBrow]

It’s not a plot of “safe” or “crimefree”, it’s a plot of several things mashed together (food, water, energy, transportation, others) that relate to the ability of that area to weather a crisis.

“This web map provides a simple summary of the social vulnerability of populations in each state or county in the United States in 2009. It answers the question “Where are the areas of relatively greater potential impact from disaster events within this state or county?” from the perspective of social vulnerability to hazards.

For emergency response planning and hazard mitigation, populations can be assessed by their vulnerability to various hazards (fire, flood, etc). Physical vulnerability refers to a population’s exposure to specific potential hazards, such as living in a designated flood plain. There are various methods for calculating the potential or real geographic extents for various types of hazards.

Social vulnerability refers to sensitivity to this exposure due to population and housing characteristics: age, low income, disability, home value or other factors. The social vulnerability score presented in this web service is based upon a 2000 article from the Annals of the Association of American Geographers which sums the values of 8 variables as a surrogate for “social vulnerability”. For example, low-income seniors may not have access to a car to simply drive away from an ongoing hazard such as a flood. A map of the flood’s extent can be overlaid on the social vulnerability layer to allow planners and responders to better understand the demographics of the people affected by the hazard.

This map depicts social vulnerability at the block group level. At scales greater than 1:3 million, the social vulnerability score is calculated within each state, allowing regional views. At scales less than 1:3 million, the score is calculated within each county, more suitable for local views. A high score indicates an area is more vulnerable.

This web service provides a simplistic view of social vulnerability. There are more recent methods and metrics for determining and displaying social vulnerability, including the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) which capture the multi-dimensional nature of social vulnerability across space. See www.sovius.org for more information on SoVI.

The refereed journal article used to guide the creation of the model in ModelBuilder was: Cutter, S. L., J. T. Mitchell, and M. S. Scott, 2000. “Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places: A Case Study of Georgetown County, South Carolina.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90(4): 713-737. Additionally, a white paper used to guide creation of the model in ModelBuilder was “Handbook for Conducting a GIS-Based Hazards Assessment at the County Level” by Susan L. Cutter, Jerry T. Mitchell, and Michael S. Scott.

Off-the-shelf software and data were used to generate this index. ModelBuilder in ArcGIS 9.3 was used to connect the data sources and run the calculations required by the model.”

[BlueLancer]

Bump for later ....

[A. Patriot]

Thanks for the explanation.

[Smokin' Joe]

...it is they who will suffer the most as they did in Katrina.

There may have been some poor left who did not intend to stay, but a nurse down there in the Big Easy told me the last Amtrack pulled out empty.

Not saying everyone, but a bunch stayed behind for the looting.

[DBrow]

Given two cases, one with single-family homes spread out in a rural environment and a 7 story apartment building, the apt building may fare better in a zombie apocalypse because you can defend it easier (assuming zombies can’t climb walls). Approaches are limited, and incoming sight lines are short. Stairwells are built-in choke points.

The rural area, though, has a perimeter problem that’s difficult. Even if you group families together, the rural home has no stairwells to defend and lots of entry points, and lots of horizon to watch.

Seven or eight zombies with radios engaging from 300 yards would be a tough problem to solve.

So the vulnerability map needs a little modification, since while it does cover flood and weather and civil unrest, it does not include zombies.

The Center for Disease Control looked at the zombie problem:

http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm

As did Hornady:

http://www.hornady.com/ammunition/zombiemax

[Smokin' Joe]

If reanimated cadavers (remains) fall into the mix, there are a few thousand year’s worth which are mostly unmarked...

[A. Patriot]

I really liked the Hornaday Zombie site. I would think that it is more likely that the zombies will be coming from apartments. I see your point on defensibility though.

[Cowman]

Hmm...

If you lay this map over the voting map from the last presidential election you are left with only one conclusion. Zombies are overwhelmingly Obama supporters.

[djf]

Well, stands to reason.

Zombies eat brains because they have none of their own.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It set me to thinking. If the remaining mummies in Egypt reanimated and went on a cannibalistic spree, it might actually be the one thing that would improve the place.