For "Walking Dead" Fans: Seven Scientific Reasons A Zombie Outbreak Would Fail Quickly

[Brigid]

http://www.cracked.com/article_18683_7-scientific-reasons-zombie-outbreak-would-fail-quickly.html?wa_user1=4&wa_user2=Science&wa_user3=article&wa_user4=recommended

[NewJeffCT]

1. I liked the CDC one

"we tend to not fuck around"

They make some good points, especially the last one, but I know one of the precepts of the World War Z book was that the zombie virus dramatically slowed down any sort of rot/decay.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. We do have one major modern day problem that might create a glitch.

Gasoline begins to deteriorate after 20 days.

Which is to say, that anyone who bunkers down in a high-zombie zone may be at a major disadvantage because they would have to gather their food and supplies on foot.

Best to high-tail it to a small town in the mountains.

[d_r]

3. because their dead

[DebJ]

4. Because they are slow, slow, slow!

I don't even get why it is scary, unless there are zillions of them.