US college ready for disaster: Web site details response to pandemic of flesh-eating zombies

Oct 1 04:17 PM US/Eastern

of flesh-eating zombies

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GAINESVILLE, Fla. - No one expects a zombie apocalypse. But the University of Florida is making sure officials are ready for a night of the living dead, just in case.

The school has a plan for responding to the undead on its Web site among outlines for dealing with hurricanes and pandemics.

The exercise lays out how university officials would respond to attacks by "flesh-eating, apparently life impaired individuals." It notes that a zombie outbreak might include "documentation of lots of strange moaning."

A University of Florida spokesman says the exercise was written by an employee at the school's academic technology office to "add a little bit of levity" to disaster preparation discussions.

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On The Net: Zombie Attack, Disaster Preparedness Simulation Exercise

http://lss.at.ufl.edu/services/reports/cms/zbsd(underscore)exerci se.pdf

The Canadian Press, 2009