Editing Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness

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"What is zombie apocalypse preparedness?" you ask.  Why, it's disaster
preparedness, capped off with a trip to the rifle range and booze, of
course!
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Here's what I thought might each be a fun Sunday afternoon/evening:

= Ideas =

== Course Work ==

Italics shows the ''Zombie Apocalypse media reference''<br>
Initial letters denote '''''Z'''''ombie reference or '''''A'''''pocalypse reference

* First Aid and CPR certification
* Amateur radio ARES/RACES usage ''ZA - I am Legend, Neville often tries to contact people via HAM''
* Brewing and distillation of alcohol (we probably oughtn't run a still in the space, however...)
* Water distillation and purification
* Penny stove building workshop: http://www.csun.edu/~mjurey/penny.html
* Electricity generation
* Tinkering: fabricating unavailable yet critical tools or devices out of items you might find in a common house or office
* Chainsaw maintenance
* Salvage and safe use of common demolition/mining explosives - ''A - Tremors, blowing up Graboids''
* Defensive driving
* Archery/fencing/sword/other-running-out-of-ammo-disaster-skills
* Reloading, nothing like making your own ammo
* Methane gas production ''A - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Bartertown's power source''
* Hand printing, copying, and cipher methods
* Semaphore signaling
* Scripture cheatsheet for whipping up/controlling dirty masses of post apoc. fundies
* Bee keeping
* Animal [http://www.sparkybeegirl.com/iuhclasses09.html#farm husbandry] (keeping chickens, goats, rabbits and other edible pets)
* Urban [http://www.sparkybeegirl.com/iuhclasses09.html#plants gardening] ''ZA - I am Legend, farming in NYC''
* Food preservation
* Tunnel digging techniques
* Trap door construction (for escape hatches and booby traps)
* Barricading techniques ''ZA - Night of the Living Dead, et all...''
* Sharpshooting ''ZA - Night of the Living Dead, a shot to the head kills a zombie''

== Field Trips ==

* A trip to a rifle range (ie: not just small-bore handguns)
* A trip to a batting cage

= Planning =
== Workshops == 
=== Dynamic Entry ===
* Coordinator    : Jonathan Foote
=== Brewing Workshop ===
=== Trolling Defence with Knives ===
* Coordinator    : San Mehat
* Materials      : One sharp knife - serrated, and one dull knife, unserrated
* Opt. Materials : Salt, Vinegar, Fava Beans, a nice Chianti
* Test subjects  : <TBD based on mailing-list/irc channel content>
=== How to Build a Disaster Kit ===
* Coordinator    : 
* Materials      : 
* Opt. Materials : 
* Test subjects  : You!

== Field Trips ==
=== Rifle Range ===
Shannon volunteers to do the calling around to find out about hours, group rates &c at local rifle ranges.
=== Batting Cage ===
Shannon volunteers to do the calling around to find out about hours, group rates &c at local batting cages.


== Interested Parties ==
Put your name down if you are interested in attending any or all of these. We can get more specific on each event later.

* [[User:OpenBuddha|Al B]]
* [[User:TurksHead|Shannon]]
* [[User:Zedd|Zedd]]
* [[User:Gadlen|Lee]]
* [[User:rachel|Rachel]]
* [[User:zazenergy|Laura]]