The zombie apocalypse would be a serious threat

REBUTTALSPANIC & CHAOS“If the dead began to consume the living the military would be able to grasp complete control of many cities and towns and be able to establish marshal law in those areas while at the same time defending key means to live. ”I strongly disagree. Let’s take the Government response to Hurricane Katrina [1]. Now a Hurricane is nowhere near as catastrophic as the Zombie apocalypse would be, given: It only affects one place, rather than every place simultaneously. The Government were moderately prepared for a Hurricane, having run drills for such an event However, we can see in retrospect that their response was far from optimal. To assume that the Government would be able to respond to the extent needed to nip this outbreak at the bud is laughable. Now, remember that the outbreak happens simultaneously around the world. This means less privileged countries would even less hope. NOT SO EASY TO KILLMy opponent makes some good points. Of course any place where military/well-armed people were able to establish a stronghold may be relatively safe. Once it had been established that zombies were killed with a headshot and that they feared fire, humans would certainly be able to fight off zombie hordes to some extent. This fact doesn’t negate the resolution! On the contrary, given PANIC & CHAOS, it seems highly unlikely that militaries would be able to secure entire cities, or even large sections of the cities. The best solution would be to evacuate all areas of dense population. How pray tell, would the super-stretched military achieve that outrageous goal? Zombies might be easy to kill, but they are not your standard enemy. Save for carpet bombing entire cities, I don’t see how a finite number of humans could fight off the ever increasing undead hordes bashing against their defences. Even if every member of every armed force in America [Around 2.4 million people, 2] faced off against the rest of the population [Around 308 million, 3] they would still be outnumbered 128 to 1. That’s pretty bad odds, though admittedly not completely indicative of what the statistics would be. SELF-SPREADING EPIDEMIC“If there aren't zombies near the vacinity, the dead won't rise. For example if zombies begin attacking a city, another city miles down the road won't have the dead reanimate. ”I think my opponent might not fully understand a Romero-type zombie apocalypse works. There is no “starting point”. When the dead start to rise, they start to rise EVERYWHERE, ALL AT ONCE. NEVER SAFEYes, if the people are aware that someone has died in their compound they can take the necessary precautions. I am talking about the possibility of unknown undead roaming around within your ‘safe’ compound. This is really only a post-collapse danger anyway. CONCLUSIONThe zombie apocalypse would no doubt bring society as we know it to an end, as portrayed in Romero’s excellent zombie movies. We’re talking about an undead ground force rising up and growing exponentially everywhere simultaneously. The army are not prepared to deal with this and would utterly fail. Perhaps some cities would fare better than others, some even able to maintain some kind of order but ultimately, all but the strongest shelters would fall under the undead march. “They’re coming for you Barbara. Here comes one now. ”SOURCES. http://www.ojr.org...http://en.wikipedia.org...http://en.wikipedia.org...