KELLER ZOMBIE SURVIVAL SCALE
2009 October 8
Following up on a previous post about zombie survival probability by geographic area (see: Is Your State Zombie Safe?), below are the complete results of Bart Keller’s study.
The Keller Scale gives a numeric score between 1 and 100 for each US State primarily based on population density and combat readiness. The higher a State’s score, the more likely its citizens are to survive a zombie outbreak. States scoring low are seen as vulnerable to being overrun by the undead.
NOTE: Keller’s next project will be to incorporate Canadian Provinces into his zombie survival scale, so look for that soon.
i live in pa 26? a lil low bu i think texas should be higher for sure like every single person in texas has a gun or 2
Not true. In fact, Texas only has a roughly 40% household gun ownership – and that ranks behind 31 other states (out of 50). So Texas is not even in the top 1/2 of all states.
You’d think Hawaii would have a better rating. Though I suppose with the general tourist population and apparent lack of gun ownship, the people on Hawaii better learn how to use melee weapons real well.
I just have a feeling that west tennessee (memphis and maybe Nashville) are what are lowering Tennessee’s survival rate?
Probably. This is a ranking by state – and not broken down by county, etc. So it is a population calculation by state and land mass. That is at least where that part of the equation comes from.
Tennessee has 143 people per square mile on average, and 43.9% gun ownership. Obviously, some areas would be harder hit than others, but this is a general state estimation.
Meaning: if you live out in the middle of nowhere and are armed to the teeth, then you’re probably good. But if they rest of your state dies because they’re not ready and they are all bunched together, then the whole state gets a bad rating. Doesn’t mean everyone’s going to die, just more likely that a lot of people will.
well memphis is still to blame then