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Flashlight50
Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 23 2009, 6:53 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 23 2009, 6:53 PM EDT
Has any one thought about how burning zombies would cause the ashes to fly into water sources. Or will it contaminate the rain.

I think it is pretty much not going to happen but I am looking for insight because I am not scientific and want to hear about what others think about this idea. 0  out of 1 found this valuable. Do you?    
IrishHitman
IrishHitman
1. RE: Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 23 2009, 6:57 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 23 2009, 6:57 PM EDT
It's possible... Do you find this valuable?    
DevilNuts
DevilNuts
2. RE: Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 24 2009, 9:32 AM EDT | Post edited: Mar 24 2009, 9:06 PM EDT
There would be some measure of unhealthy chemicals, but no more than what's in the rainwater after a few hundred years of us pumping all kinds of shit into the air every day.

I imagine that rainwater will actually get much, much cleaner than we have ever seen it, due to the fact that 99% of all air pollution will come to a halt when the power goes out.

If the infection is viral, it will be killed in the burning process, so you shouldn't worry about being infected from it, if that's what you meant. That is the whole reason we burn things, Do you find this valuable?    
SkipNChurch
SkipNChurch
3. RE: Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 24 2009, 3:13 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 24 2009, 3:13 PM EDT
Thinking DevilNuts is right on with his assessment.

Burning should destroy the active anything in the infected persons brain matter. By time anything formerly wet is reduced to ash, most components are reduced to the barest chemical minimums.

I do worry that if the Brooks' "virus" is cause of infection, is not of human origin, may have found another vector.

If at all possible, untrusted, untested waters will require chemical cleaning at minimum, and hopefully, given time and space, distilling for best decontamination.

Hadn't even thought about zombie remains like ash prior. Will have to do some netsearch and see what might be, and can be done for vectors like this.

SnC *NotSureIfZombieSpringsWaterDrinkableNow* Do you find this valuable?    
IrishHitman
IrishHitman
4. RE: Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 24 2009, 3:19 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 24 2009, 3:19 PM EDT
"There would be some measure of unhealthy chemicals, but no more than what's in the rainwater after a few hundred years of us pumping all kinds of shit into the air every day.

I imagine that rainwater will actually get much, much cleaner than we have ever seen it, due to the fact that 99% of all air pollution will come to a halt when the power goes out.

If the infection is viral, it will be killed in the burning process, so you should worry about being infected from it, if that's what you meant. That is the whole reason we burn things, "
Whether the virus is destroyed by burning the corpses depends on how hot a fire we're talking about, and the resiliance of the virus itself.... Not everyone will have a working industrial furnace to do the job properly.

Besides, the virus could enter the water system through many other routes and be transported via rain. Do you find this valuable?    
inu-dude25
inu-dude25
5. RE: Zombie Contaminated Rain!
Mar 24 2009, 8:38 PM EDT | Post edited: Mar 24 2009, 8:38 PM EDT
I wouldn't worry about it too much. If it can infect and spread through our water sources than we're all screwed anyway. If we lose our most precious commodity, humanity won't surive more than a short while at best on the bottled stuff. Do you find this valuable?