🧟 How to Prepare: Zombie Apocalypse

Part of the LeonLink "How to Survive" series. Updated Oct 26, 2026. Bracketed numbers point to the sources at the bottom. For general education only, not medical advice.

Zombies aren't real, but scientists use them to teach real outbreak math, and the CDC used them to get people to pack emergency kits. Prepare for zombies and you're ready for hurricanes, blackouts and pandemics too.

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What the math says

A classic outbreak model found that without fast, aggressive action, zombies overwhelm humans. Quick, repeated response was the only way to win [1].

Where to go

A statistical-mechanics model of a U.S. outbreak found remote, low-density areas hold out far longer than cities [2]. Plan a route away from crowds.

The real kit

The CDC's zombie campaign pushed one message: build a kit [3]. Pack water (1 gallon per person per day), food for at least 3 days, a radio, a flashlight, a first-aid kit, medications and copies of your documents [4].

Make a plan

Choose a meeting place near home and one out of town, and know two ways out of your neighborhood [4].

Quick quiz: would you survive?

In the models, which areas survive longest?

What did the CDC's zombie campaign tell people to do?

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72-hour emergency kit →Hand-crank weather radio →Long-shelf-life emergency food →Water storage container →

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