Social Networking As A Survival Tool

Preacher's post Better Mobility reminded me of something I wanted to bring up. In my survival kit (or at least on my list of things to make sure I grab) is my Smartphone, or my Tablet if I have space. Now having a phone, certainly at the start of the outbreak, is just logical (make sure you keep it on vibrate!) but why bother with a Tablet?

Reading Mira Grant's book Feed has made me really realise how useful social networking would be in an outbreak. Twitter, Facebook, blogs, and sites like this. The internet backbone and communications will stay up for a while, length depending on a lot of factors. If we are really lucky it could stay up for long enough for us to really get organised and to start sharing information about where the swarms are, what methods of evasion and combat work best, and so on.

And you can be sure that social networks will be talking about zombie outbreak long before the official news does!