Zombieland Rules Inspire Gov. Plan For Za

Well, at least they've got a plan. Maybe all those movies must've struck a cord in their minds that it might not be such a bad idea after-all.

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WASHINGTON - "The zombies are coming!" the Homeland Security Department says.
Tongue firmly in cheek, the government urged citizens Thursday to prepare for a zombie apocalypse, part of a public health campaign to encourage better preparation for genuine disasters and emergencies. The theory: If you're prepared for a zombie attack, the same preparations will help during a hurricane, pandemic, earthquake or terrorist attack.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency hosted an online seminar for its Citizen Corps organization to help emergency planners better prepare their communities for disaster. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year first launched a zombie apocalypse social media campaign for the same purposes.
Emergency planners were encouraged to use the threat of zombies — the flesh-hungry, walking dead — to encourage citizens to prepare for disasters. Organizers also noted the relative proximity to Halloween.
Among the government's recommendations were having an emergency evacuation plan and a change of clothes, plus keeping on hand fresh water, extra medications and emergency flashlights.
A few of the government's suggestions tracked closely with some of the 33 rules for dealing with zombies popularized in the 2009 movie "Zombieland," which included "always carry a change of underwear" and "when in doubt, know your way out."
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<grin>  It's because people don't want to think about a 'real' emergency.

I'm a Project Manager.  One of my jobs is to make sure that "succession planning" happens (i.e. if something happens, somebody is ready to fill in the gap).  The truth of the matter is "what is so and so gets another job?", but nobody says that... the standard quote is "what if so and so gets hit by a bus?".

After some training in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, I realized I needed to phrase that differently.  So now, whenever I need people to do their succession planning, I say "what if so and so WINS THE LOTTERY?"

And then people do the succession planning.

Nobody expects a ZA, but that means that preparing for it 'isn't real' (just like it really isn't real to prepare for somebody winning the lottery), but it's a lot easier to 'pretend' than it is to think about a serious emergency.