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Cornell researchers find safest place to hide from zombies
Fox ^ | 2/25/15 | Kate Seamons

Posted on 02/25/2015 2:58:43 PM PST by workerbee

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The researchers used a number of techniques that are used when modeling real diseases, and the abstract ends with this dismal line: "We build up to a full scale simulation of an outbreak in the United States, and discover that for 'realistic' parameters, we are largely doomed." But Phys.Org relays a glimmer of hope by way of Alex Alemi, a grad student involved in the research: He says those who want to remain safe from the undead for as long as they can should head to the northern Rockies.

He explains that while books and movies typically show an outbreak touching all corners of the country immediately, "in our attempt to model zombies somewhat realistically, it doesn't seem like this is how it would actually go down." Yes, major cities could be toast within days, but less populated areas could be unaffected for weeks, and the northern Mountain Time Zone could be safe for months.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: apocalypse; cornell; survival; zombie; zombies
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1 posted on 02/25/2015 2:58:43 PM PST by workerbee
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Seems like to me the safest place to be during a zombie attack would be in the nearest cemetery.

It would be empty, at the least.


2 posted on 02/25/2015 3:03:06 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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Northern Ohio would be pretty safe right now.The zombies would be frozen solid,just walk up and shoot them in the head.


3 posted on 02/25/2015 3:05:54 PM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: workerbee

Can Zombies swim?


4 posted on 02/25/2015 3:07:43 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: workerbee

The people running things can’t seem to grow up and deal with reality!


5 posted on 02/25/2015 3:10:53 PM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: workerbee

Figures Zombies would be attracted to the City of Evil.


6 posted on 02/25/2015 3:12:15 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: smokingfrog

They just walk on the bottom under water.


7 posted on 02/25/2015 3:13:26 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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To: smokingfrog

Two schools of thought on that, both of them wrong. One idea is that Zombies can’t swim but they can walk or crawl underwater. Some suggest that they’re afraid of water and won’t cross. In some instances it’s been said that they won’t go over water even using a bridge.


8 posted on 02/25/2015 3:16:47 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: dfwgator

I thought that a lack of brains would keep them away from such places.


9 posted on 02/25/2015 3:18:04 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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To: workerbee

In a liberal conspiracy? Globull warming?


10 posted on 02/25/2015 3:19:15 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: workerbee

And by announcing it to everyone, they’ve destroyed the Northern Rockies as the last hideout.


11 posted on 02/25/2015 3:20:07 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: UCANSEE2

You are assuming the cemeteries do not have walls and gates around them. Some do.


12 posted on 02/25/2015 3:21:04 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: smokingfrog

No. But since they are already dead they can’t drown.


13 posted on 02/25/2015 3:23:13 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: workerbee
I got a place picked out and nobody ever thinks of it. Plus there is access to many other islands, some of them quite large.


14 posted on 02/25/2015 3:25:07 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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To: Secret Agent Man
And by announcing it to everyone, they’ve destroyed the Northern Rockies as the last hideout.

First thing I thought of, too.

Fools. Now there's no place to hide.

15 posted on 02/25/2015 3:26:03 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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People also forget others would already be there. You could wind up as a wal-mart for them.


16 posted on 02/25/2015 3:28:31 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: workerbee

I would head north, anywhere, but Minnessota or North Dakota would be great. The Z’s would freeze and could be dispatched during winter safely. The only negative is that you would also have to live in the area with probably no services we are used to with civilization,so it would be a pioneer frontier. When you are not dispatching zombies, you are growing/catching food.


17 posted on 02/25/2015 3:29:23 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: workerbee

Shopping malls are designed to be havens against the zombies.


18 posted on 02/25/2015 3:29:30 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

LOL, damned if ya go, eaten by the damned if ya don’t.


19 posted on 02/25/2015 3:36:57 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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If you even made it there in the first place.

People don’t think about ambush potential or that not everyone would be happy to see them arrive.


20 posted on 02/25/2015 3:38:37 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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