The zombie Thread

[Agarr]

Now I know that this may seen a bit extreme, but I've stumbled onto something quite astounding.http://www.nola.com/news/?/base/news...020.xml&coll=1 This got my mind wandering, to my zombie survival plans. It's a bit goofy, so I decided to make this post for three reasons 1)JMS asked me too. 2) It's crazy and a true story 3) I'm curious what's everyone's take on a possible zombie Apocalypse.

[JMS]

That malleable young zombie wannabe obviously watches to many zombie movies!

[Agarr]

You can say what you will about zombie movies. That guy really had his arm bitten by another guy. That's craziness

[LX_Emergency]

We only recently had a zombie thread. Might want to search for it.

[ronnie brown]

well look where it happend at n.o. it is the reslut of the ketriena brain synd. they should get 10,000 each from fema, then road home can fix the rest.

[jockeys]

i have no less than seven Zombie Plans, depending on where i am when they attack

[singlewedge]

You know in all seriousness. Depending on your belief system, it has been widely reported that Vodun magic can create a zombie. Usually as I understand the situation someone has been injected or succumb to some sort of poison that causes a person to appear dead. The poison wears off and they begin to wonder about trying to figure things out.

From this website: Voodoo, zombies & the puffer fish « Neurophilosophy

In Haiti, zombification is a punishment for severe crimes. Coupe poudre is the powder used by a bokur to induce zombification. The active ingredient of coupe poudre is tetradotoxin (TTX), produced in the liver and ovaries of some species of puffer fish (e.g. Fugu rubripes). TTX is a neurotoxin 500 times more potent than cyanide. It acts by blocking the sodium ion channels which enable nerve and heart cells to produce electrical impulses. In miniscule doses TTX causes a near-death state in which metabolic functions are depressed, so that breathing and pulse rate are undetectable. Total paralysis follows, although the brain and senses remain intact. The victim is thought to be dead and is buried alive.

A few days after being buried, the 'zombie' is disinterred and given another powder containing atropine and scopolamine. These are toxic and hallucinogenic compounds from the plants Datura metel and Datura stramonium (both known as the 'zombie cucumber'). This powder, when administered, puts the victim into a permanent state of delirium and disorientation in which they experience delusions and hallucinations. He or she can then be made to do menial work for those against which the crime was committed.

[Pyment]

If this hasn't been posted.

I Gave this to my wife. It has been helpful with formulating our contingency plans.

[paco]

||Whow!! I wish I read the paper. That location is about a mile from my place.

[holli4pirating]

I've read excerpts from the Zombie Survival guide, and there is another book (I believe by the same author) called World War Z. I hear it is a good one as well. As soon as I have time, both are on my list.