Are you ready for zombies? The University of Florida is!

Stefanina · Fri, 2nd Oct '09, 7:27am

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091002/...ergency_plan_4
This was cooked up by Doug Johnson, the head of UF's e-learning division. It was meant as a bit of levity, and has now been taken down off of UF's website. If you want to see it, there is a link at the bottom of the Gainesville Sun article here:http://www.gainesville.com/article/2...mbie-invasions

Saber · Fri, 2nd Oct '09, 11:00pm

I am always ready for zombies - whenever I enter a room, I check for the best zombie fighting weapon in case I need it. You can never be too safe when dealing with the undead.

Rotku · Fri, 2nd Oct '09, 11:51pm

Quote:

Forget swine flu: The University of Florida is ready in case its employees become flesh-eating zombies.

A UF e-Learning Support Services Web site has a a zombie attack plan posted among similar disaster preparation exercises for a hurricane and disease pandemic. The apparent joke is played straight, including medical information on “zombieism” and a form allowing UF employees to explain why they killed infected co-workers.

“Some employees may prefer weapons such as chain saws, baseball bats, and explosives that have been shown to be effective against zombies,” the plan says. “Given the stress on staff to be anticipated during a zombie outbreak, employees should be given the flexibility to choose their own weaponry thereby diminishing anxiety.”

The story was first reported by Central Florida News 13. UF spokesman Steve Orlando said he’s looking into it.

The zombie attack plan includes footnotes referring to zombie movies such as “Night of the Living Dead” and “28 Days Later” as documentaries. It also has some helpful tips:

* Signs of a possible zombie include “Identification of difficult to kill, flesh-eating perpetrators” and “Documentation of lots of strange moaning.”

* Contrary to myth, “garlic will not stop true zombies, only vampires; and zombies do come out during the day, though they are most active a night because they typically do not like sunlight.”

The “infected co-worker dispatch form” is the best part, including a place to list the co-worker’s symptoms such as “references to wanting to eat brains” and “lack of rational thought (this can cause problems confusing zombies with managers).”

At the end, employees must note whether housekeeping was notified to clean up the dead zombie and human resources has been told to stop salary payments to the zombie and its victims.

The Zombie Plan itself can be found here:
http://www.telephonenumber.com/tmp/zombieplan.pdf

Nekator · Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 2:09am

great guide.. this guy has some wit.

Harbourboy · Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 3:34am

I wonder which SP forum dwellers are zombies. We should wipe the suspected ones out, just in case.

Chandos the Red · Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 5:35am

A lot of people are taking this threat very seriously:

Montresor · Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 10:36am

Well, Chandos, there ARE indications that zombies ate Mr. Bush's brain.

On a more serious note, a group of Canadian mathematicians have used zombies to analyze how to combat infectious diseases.

For those who are interested in the mathematics: The research paper (PDF format).

Deathmage · Mon, 5th Oct '09, 10:09am

When I was in High School, I made a "Anti-Zombie Survival Pamphlet" for my Computer Sciences course. Fun times...

There's actually a website, IIRC, that specializes in zombie detection alarms.

Triactus · Mon, 5th Oct '09, 4:17pm

hehehe, I'd love to have someone like that at my job. It would keep things interesting.

Blades of Vanatar · Tue, 6th Oct '09, 5:24pm

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harbourboy

I wonder which SP forum dwellers are zombies. We should wipe the suspected ones out, just in case.

Hey, hey, let's not be so hasty there Harbourboy. Just because there are some "Moaners" here doesn't mean we have zombies. Someone could get whacked by mistake.

Triactus · Tue, 6th Oct '09, 6:44pm

Moaners, that's a good one. So Blades... do you moan a lot?

Blades of Vanatar · Tue, 6th Oct '09, 6:57pm

Me, no I don't moan, I just like to say... well, if I was single, maybe one of the ladies here would be lucky enough to find out....

Fri, 2nd Oct '09, 7:27am	#1
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Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 5:35am	#6
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Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 10:36am	#7
Montresor SPS Account Holder Distinguished Member Online Walkthrough Writer Mostly Harmless 30k Starfighter Champion! Bomb Bandits Champion! Breakout Champion! Cutie Quake Champion! Driller Champion! Hexxagon Champion! Michu Champion! Treasure Hunt Champion! Driving Mad Champion! Moebius Syndrome Champion! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 2,984 Blog Entries: 2 Like: 48 Liked 35 Times in 27 Posts vBActivity - Stats XP: 7,859 Level: 26 vBActivity - Bars Level Completion: 91.88% Daily Activity 74.2% Weekly Activity 73.12% Monthly Activity 50.56% Achievements Awards	Well, Chandos, there ARE indications that zombies ate Mr. Bush's brain. On a more serious note, a group of Canadian mathematicians have used zombies to analyze how to combat infectious diseases. For those who are interested in the mathematics: The research paper (PDF format).
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Mon, 5th Oct '09, 4:17pm	#9
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Tue, 6th Oct '09, 6:44pm	#11
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Fri, 2nd Oct '09, 11:00pm	#2
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Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 2:09am	#4
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Sat, 3rd Oct '09, 3:34am	#5
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Mon, 5th Oct '09, 10:09am	#8
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Tue, 6th Oct '09, 6:57pm	#12
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