I never said the a Zombie only plan was what was needed. Instead it was a fun way for our family to prepare for all the above disasters - adding in the Zombies made it a little less scary when preparing for a volcano or earthquake which are likely over the long run.

Our family has a Zombie survival plan but not because we expect Zombies. We do expect at least one disaster in the PNW in the next 50 years. If could a volcano, earthquake etc.. The point is to be ready for anything with Flashlights, Food, Shelter and all you need to survive a partial collapse (or complete) of the infrastructure that supports us. Plus we have different rally points for the family depending on what kind of disaster happens, we didn't plan for sparkly vampires but we did draw up plans for Mt Rainer, Mega Quake, Nuclear/Bio Terrorism as well as Zombies. To sum up - People may laugh at us because we have what we call the World War Z plan but really its about being prepared for any disaster.

If it cost money for the institution they should be able to write off the cost as a donation to SETI@home. Just sayin, if its about money the SETI@home guys could make the offer and make this a win/win instead of more of the usual zero sum game we usually see. Dr. Knowfun "The hardest thing of all is to find a black cat in a dark room, especially if there is no cat." --Confucius