Government Agencies Are Still Preparing Us for the Zombie
Apocalypse  The best way to get young people interested in
emergency preparedness: zombies.  At least, that's what FEMA
claims: last week, the group praised the CDC's "Zombie
Preparedness" program as a great way to spread awareness of
dealing with real-life disasters.  During the group's monthly
webinar, FEMA's Dante Randazzo said—  Zombie-preparedness
messages and activities have proven to be an effective way of
engaging new audiences, particularly young people who are not
familiar with what to do before, during or after a disaster.
It's also a great way to grab attention and increase interest in
general.  Bonus: you get to unnerve paranoid horror enthusiasts
and conspiracy theorists. If the government doesn't consider
zombies to be a legitimate threat, why do they keep warning us
about the walking dead?  The CDC's zombie preparedness campaign
began as a way to "spice up our general preparedness message."
(Being ready for a disaster isn't sexy. You kn