You might laugh, but the CDC has set up a page of widgets and resources for your website to promote being ready for the coming zombie apocalypse. With the tagline “If you’re ready for a zombie apocalypse, then you’re ready for any emergency,” the social media promotion hopes that if people prepare for the comically worst, they’ll actually have a plan in place in the event of a real disaster.

All of the widgets on the page can be easily applied to your own sites with just a little cut-and-paste of the coding they’ve provided. Not all of the widgets have the zombie apocalypse theme, however, so some (like the CDC content syndication feeds) might be applicable in more formal settings.

You can find the zombie page by clicking here.

What do you think of the promotion? Do you think it doesn’t treat emergency response seriously enough, or do you think it’s a fun way to get more people engaged and thinking about disaster preparedness?