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apl4eris
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 Posted - 06/12/2004 : 10:06:56
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Blatantly stolen from the StraightDope mailing list and republished here, as a public service to my dear FBnet buddies:
"When the zombies take over, how long till the electricity fails?"
Dear Straight Dope:
After watching Dawn of the Dead, I am left to wonder about one thing: If we were to suffer an apocalypse where most of the living became flesh-eating zombies, how long, assuming I survived, would I continue to receive hydroelectricity from my power company? Is it a mean-time-before-failure situation, or would the system automatically shut itself down after a few days? (I am assuming that most of the people who were supposed to be maintaining things at my hydro company would be out looking for brains, and that the surviving hydro employees would be busy digging shelters, etc.) Also, what's the outlook like for people whose chunk of the power grid is supplied by coal, nuclear, and other types of energy? Just wondering how many solar panels I should be putting on my roof! —Jason, Vancouver, BC, Canada
SDSTAFF Una replies:
Believe it or not, this is a question I've been asked before. Many people wonder how key parts of civilized society might continue after a post-apocalyptic Dawn of the Dead / Night of the Comet / Omega Man / Teletubbies Go to Paris scenario. Your question has two possible answers depending on which scenario of zombie conquest you envision.
The rest of the answer is here: http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mzombiepower.html
So, who here has back-up generators and solar panels? Do you have an extensive record collection and a large stock of food? Oh, and could you please email me a map of where you live?
Thanks.
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 10:26:27
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oh ho this is total tre territory!!!!
Zombies being the coolest if a bit evilest thing in the world!!
Hospitals are the way forward. If you can get a "cold" surgical hospital that has no A and E and clear that of zombies they have impressive back up generators and food stores, and the one I work in has my dad's CD collection in one of the theatres so that'd be grand and it has big thick doors to block all onslaught of zombies because zombies are not athletes (to quote romero)this should be easy and sharp long instruments to destroy the brain and on site incinerators for disposal of the undead scums.
***need to get out more***
http://www.diamonddead.com
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 11:52:47
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Zombies are in no way cooler than penguins!
She said "I'm a virgin" I said "Which version"? |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 11:58:29
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Ah, but what about Zombie Penguins?
Tre, your hospital sounds delicious, er, I mean very nice. Just out of curiosity, what would you estimate the net mass of brains to be in your facility?
"Send more...paramedics!!!"
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 12:18:31
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small. I think.
Nurses in my department are already like zombies.
Surgeons are stroppy zombies. Stamping their stroppy zombie feet and drooling insults everytime you tell them they can't have something.
Me and my Da and my Da's girlfriend could take them all on (as long as his mrs didn't bugger up a nail or something)
Penguins? I could take on a penguin. I reckon though penguins would win in some sort of penguin zombie wrestling match with their pecky pecky beaks and funny waddle shuffle. Zombies still are cooler |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 17:32:32
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Jen - you are a genius.
I'm a bit of a survivalist myself. Remember Tremors? I'm like the guy with the reinforced concrete walls and stockpiled guns and food. I like to aim for zombies which look like Rosie O'Donnell.
Just kidding.
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SpudBoy
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Posted - 06/12/2004 : 22:43:23
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Cheesy my boy, you need to get yourself a few o them leadslingers right quick. I think you'll do just fine.
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 03:58:29
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Dawn of the dead/Night of the living Dead/Day of the Dead, Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2/Army of Darkness, Bad Taste/Brain Dead, They Live, Shivers, Shaun of the dead and The Dawn of the dead re make.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 05:46:21
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If we're sticking with 'monsters' then vampires are far cooler than zombies. Zombies are like sheep, and there is nothing cool about sheep. They have so much wool for a start.
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 05:52:36
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Oh dear how wrong can you be!
vampires are indeed very cool. But all vampire movies. Suck. And vampire cults, teenagers who dress in black and file their teeth are wrong.
Combining sheep and vampires... when I was at uni, Bangor the official hell mouth of wales, there were a large number of freaky goings on that largely didn't make the nationals. The one that did was the vampire boy the welshie lad who broke into some womans house killed her and drank her blood and made little crucifixes around her corpse and pulled out some of her internal organs.
Cymru... the big country....
can't get into anything these days. Always on the peripheral. Always terrified, exhausted, annoyed, pissed, anxious, out of it-out of the loop, out of my mind, out of time.
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Homers_pet_monkey
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 05:56:30
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Wait a minute, you didn't say anything about zombie movies. You said Zombies themselves are the coolest thing. Vampires as mythical creatures are much more interesting than zombies. Simple as Brummie.
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 06:11:02
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You looking for a fight here monkey boy?? don't make me do it!!
can't get into anything these days. Always on the peripheral. Always terrified, exhausted, annoyed, pissed, anxious, out of it-out of the loop, out of my mind, out of time.
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fudd
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 07:56:22
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
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Posted - 06/13/2004 : 09:38:13
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Instant Martians?
I think bumblebeeboy made some once, and they had their very own miniature Martian landscape playground. Are they still alive, bumble? Wait. No, those were sea monkeys.
The Serpent and the Rainbow is amazing, when you consider the possibility for manufactured "real" zombies - wow. What was that Haitian Zombie powder recipe again?...
If the only tool you have is an elbow macaroni,
all your problems look like Schroedinger's cat. |
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