So for the last several evenings, we
have been battered by terrible storms. You don’t live in Oklahoma for 20+ years
and not learn to take thunderstorms seriously. It is called “Tornado Alley” for
a reason. Of course without the local weathermen breaking into your favorite TV
shows to brag about their “most accurate” radar data, we have to just kind of
wing it as far as bad storms. We had to almost drag Lance and Hunter down off
the roof from their sniper positions. Lance is practically living up there now.
Could be an issue later.
Still, when you see those storm lines
come rolling through with the dark swirling clouds, well, it makes your
butthole pucker a bit. And there was a pretty terrifying moment when we had a
brown out. It might have been just a tree limb hitting a power line or the
winds whipping about. Thankfully, we do still have power. But it did provide me
for an interesting bit of information.
When weather got bad at my house, the
animals always sought shelter. Whether we are talking about the semi-wild cats
or our dogs that we could never seem to hang on to, they knew when the weather
was getting bad and would seek shelter.
Here is the thing… Zombies do the same
thing.
They actually sought shelter from the
storm and cleared out from the parking lot. This made me look at the zoms in a
different light. We thought that they were just wandering mindless creatures
but they seem to have some sort of inherent instincts still hardwired into
their mushy brains. I have heard a theory about “genetic memory” where you have
instincts at birth. Too many of our ancestors did not fear that slimy tube of
flesh crawling through the muck and decided to pick it up. We would later learn
that a water moccasin was something to be feared. And because of all those encounters,
today, we just know it instinctively.
If this theory holds true, then maybe
zombies have some base instincts hard wired in. I say that but I am guessing these
maggot bags would run smack dab into a chainsaw hoping to chew on the flesh of
the operator. So, I am not Carl Jung. Sue me.
Still, this gives me hope for a future
plan that I have been postulating. I am still kicking around this plan but I
want to test a theory. 1) If bad weather can drive zoms indoors, clearing the
apartment complex across the way or rural barns could become a lot more
dangerous. 2) Are zombies warm-blooded or cold-blooded? Because if they are
cold blooded, we could gain a real advantage in the winter…
