About a year ago, a friend of this blog who resides in Buffalo, NY (home of the chicken wing, and the late Rick James) volunteered a few hours of his time for the producers of a very low-budget horror movie called "Zombie Chickens". He wore a mask making it seem as though his face was zombified, and lurched around along with dozens of other Buffalonians in order to simulate, with tremendous accuracy, the sort of disaster that would be caused by a plague of Zombie Chickens descending upon Upstate New York.

(As far as we know, this movie is not out yet. Or maybe we just don't know the right people.)

We mention this because Salvation Army Twin Cities has a similar gig going on in late August. From the 21st through the 25th, the Salvation Army is looking for hundreds of volunteers to help simulate a large-scale disaster so that the Minnesota National Guard can practice their people-saving skills and complete their CERFP certification. Disaster Actor Volunteers will be given a story to act out, and then they will be saved from rubble, de-contaminated, bandaged, and triaged. You may not wind up in a B-grade horror movie as an extra, but you will be contributing to the safety of your community by helping the National Guard complete the training they need.

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance! We want our National Guard to be Properly Prepared, don't we?