Initially I'd fill a bath with water (because water will stop pretty soon without power) and gather any key resources around my home; anything that can be used to fight a zombie such as a hand axe, club hammer, wheel brace, shovel, garden fork, etc. I'd also gather any food and medicines and locate everything on the top floor of my house.
I'd then make the house as secure as possible by using any spare wood to barricade the downstairs entrances and windows. I'd prepare areas to defend the house at the two staircases in case they breached the entrance (luckily one staircase has walls both sides. I'd prepare an escape route at the top of the house with a rope or ladder in case both of the staircases were also breached. Finally I'd make sure that the detached garage was also as secure as possible so that when the time came I could get to anything I leave in there and also the car and spare petrol (I have a can of petrol for the mower and also two cars so would drain the petrol from one car as spare). The advantage of staying in my own house is that I know the local area, where to forage for food and water if required (the local shops if they were safe and not looted) and back routes to places if I need to get to them.
Longer term I'd still need water and food. So if it were safe to do so I'd be driving out to the country to find a location with running water and a secure building near open countryside. The countryside would provide an opportunity to trap animals for food if supermarkets had been emptied already. Trapping food would be a learning experience but possible I think.
I'd then make the house as secure as possible by using any spare wood to barricade the downstairs entrances and windows. I'd prepare areas to defend the house at the two staircases in case they breached the entrance (luckily one staircase has walls both sides. I'd prepare an escape route at the top of the house with a rope or ladder in case both of the staircases were also breached. Finally I'd make sure that the detached garage was also as secure as possible so that when the time came I could get to anything I leave in there and also the car and spare petrol (I have a can of petrol for the mower and also two cars so would drain the petrol from one car as spare). The advantage of staying in my own house is that I know the local area, where to forage for food and water if required (the local shops if they were safe and not looted) and back routes to places if I need to get to them.
Longer term I'd still need water and food. So if it were safe to do so I'd be driving out to the country to find a location with running water and a secure building near open countryside. The countryside would provide an opportunity to trap animals for food if supermarkets had been emptied already. Trapping food would be a learning experience but possible I think.
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