Don’t Fear The Zombies

Those of you who lie awake nights worrying about a massive assault by the undead can rest a bit easier. A California security firm is now offering special training on repelling a zombie attack! More than 1,000 military, government, and law enforcement personnel will attend their five-day annual counterterrorism summit in San Diego where they'll grapple with different "terrorist scenarios" on a 44-acre training site. Those who sign up for the "Zombie Apocalypse" are "going to see a lot of stuff go down," promises the president of the firm, HALO. Even though the Zombie mission is definitely a "whimsical, tongue-in-cheek" scenario, it will serve a real-world function by helping train emergency responders to deal with extreme medical situations when people can become "crazed and violent," triggering widespread panic.