The Next 30 Days

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People tend to panic when they get caught in a zombie apocalypse.  I understand.  I mean, it's a pretty horrific situation at first.  And it depends where you are.  If you're anywhere near the initial outbreak, that can be rough, but put any distance in that equation, and things get a lot easier.  If there is one piece of advice I can give to people, it is this:  Don't panic. 

I know, easier said than done, right?  But consider this, most people get mobbed because they panic and they make a mistake.  The first day is rough, but if you can make the first day, it usually means you're someplace zombie-proofed and secure.  If you can make the first week, you probably also have some food, and if you don't, you'd had some time to think and probably get some.  If you can survive the first month, then in a lot of circumstances, that's all she wrote.  There's a lot of scenarios where zombies don't last longer than that.  Any circumstance where it's a rage virus, or a bacteria.  The point is, any outbreak where the people are still technically "alive", physiologically speaking, is good.  Most zombies have zero survival instinct.  They just want to feed, and once they get past that initial food source, (that being their victims) odds are they are going to starve.  So if that's the case, relax, you've got this licked!  As long as you have some kind of water, you're going to beat them.  30 days is also crucial because it's the point where you can decide that they are not going to start falling off if they haven't already.  That way, if you don't know the physiology already, you can begin to figure it out and make your next moves.  I know in every zombie movie you've ever seen you get some scientists take on things, or you had the benefit of seeing how the outbreak starts, but that's probably not going to happen in real life. 

Typically after 30 days, if they don't start dying off, things have probably reached a "new normal" if you will.  So get out your calendar, write it on your "goal wall", or your wish list, or whatever.  Hell, put in your blackberry if you've still got a way to power the sucker.  Survive the first 30 days, and things are looking up!  Though honestly, in my job, just the first 30 minutes of any apocalypse would be an improvement!