“I’d hunker down with what I have and protect it, and be as unnoticed as I could be.”
My kids love “The Walking Dead”. And of course they are always coming up with ideas. (”I would go to Costco, and then build a tunnel to get to the Lowes hardware store - man- we’d be set!”). And while the odds of Zombies is very low (although some animals CAN take over other animals! And rabies effect’s one’s brain and takes over certain functions...)
I have tried to point out that there are real-life situations (such as a major earthquake - we’re near Seattle or economic collapse) that could turn our area into something similar to the Walking Dead.
Except instead of slow-moving stupid zombies it could be gangs of roaming people, hungry and armed. “So NOW what will you do? Prepare for that - not some imaginary zombie!”
Not presenting yourself as a target of easy opportunity would be one thing. Lit up house at night? Hell no. Cut your grass and such? No....stay out of sight and leave only when you have to, IMO. Having a few semi-auto weapons and PLENTY of ready loaded magazines would be a definite must.
The kind of ‘zombies’ we’d get wouldn’t want to work hard for what they take and they’d look for low hanging fruit.