patgund | That was a fun commute....

Well, between the shambling hordes on the freeway and and mindless hordes on the streets, my trip from work was ziggied more than usual. Salt water in my Saturn's windshield fluid tanks helped a lot. As did the occasional squirt out the window, (thank you Culver City Toys R Us for the Super Soakers!)

A quick stop by the remains of the flat to scavange. Fire damage seemed to be confined to the kitchen, bathroom, and some of the upstairs apartment. I was able to grab my sword, staff, some clothing, first aid kit, the necklace

seattlejo gave me, pictures of Little Bit, and my snuffles bear, TomGund. The MacMini and hard drive were also thrown into a bag as well.

Then out to BitMum and Little Bit. The chunk of SB county they're in is very safe right now, and they're waiting for

cormac to show up, (and I can retrieve my pistol. I suspect we're going to go north in a bit - BitMum knows some safe areas to the north, and the route there can lead me on to Seattle via mostly rural routes.

I made a quick trip to the local WalMart. Pretty picked over, but sleeping bags, tents, and dried food were to be had. As well as a couple hunting knives and axes. And some DEET-based insect repellent, incase this does have a insect vector.

Things have quieted down some. Between the zombies seeming to focus more on the malls (FOOD COURT!! Oh,sorrry), and the fact that this virus seems to have a finite life span, I suspect most of the people who would get infected have been infected. We may be looking at flareups for a while though.

On edit - I seem to be correct. CNN is reporting that CDC is claiming the virus has roughly 36 hours before it "burns out" the host and the zombie goes from walking dead to dead dead. It's gonna be one hell of a cleanup though, and months until the flareups stop for good.