"Between the Edward Cullen vampire and the Benicio Del Toro werewolf, people aren't afraid anymore, but there is no way to romanticize a zombie."

"Hiding places are innumerable, escape is only one, but possibilities of escape, again, are as many as hiding places."

1. Has an initial hiding spot been chosen that allows for a viable exit strategy.
2. Faced with a whole range of potentially workable escape plans, has the most viable - and quite possibly ONLY viable - course of action been chosen?

"A veritable Waterloo of Zombie cinema, this lamentable reel-stain is, at its best moments, a forced and pointless test of endurance."

A Zombie’s Ode Oh your crispy flesh, your sweet and flaky skin. How i long to chew your face for the brain you keep within. The zombie hoard is coming; you’re quick to take a stand. And while you try to fight them off I’ll nibble on your hand. My valentine, my human, we’ll never be apart. I’ll give to you my zombie flesh if you give to me your heart.

"A short blast from this personal protection device will give anyone silly enough to attack you an exclusive muscle massage that will render them incapable of managing much more than drooling for about five to ten minutes."

moaning, dead and stink

pink eyes blinkless in the night

think I pissed my pants

Would love to read a book of all Zombie poems.  I wonder if there is one in print already.

More research is required.

"The brain is dead if there is no electrical activity.  Without blood irrigation, all channels would flatten, and there would be no brain function, and no sitting up or walking around."

1) Bleach for Blindness According to the Environmental Protection Agency, prolonged exposure to bleach in the ocular cavity can cause permanent blindness. This is an important fact because: a) it is commonly theorized that Zombies use sight to find their victims, and b) Zombies are thought to have no defensive reflex, so would not attempt to remove harmful substances from their bodies. Therefore, throwing bleach into a Zombie's face and eyes could render it blind in short order. 2) Bleach as Bomb Simply put, the key explosive ingredient in many grenades, land mines and mortar rounds is also found in common household bleach in small amounts. So, if you have time on your hands, and a collection of unusual materials (potassium chlorate, heat source, hydrometer, etc.), you can cook up your own batch of plastic explosives to blow unlucky Zombies from here to kingdom come. Detailed directions can be found HERE.

Start by shutting off the water to the building.  This may be contrary to instinct, but the danger of contaminated fluids compromising your existing reserves outweighs any potential benefit.  Next, locate the building's water heater.  It's a large metal tank usually housed in the basement, utility closet or laundry room.

The average home water heater holds 50 to 75 gallons, or 6,400 to 9,600 ounces.  In simple terms an adult male should drink 64 ounces of water per day, give or take.  So, once the heater water has been properly purified (see: Bleach: It Does a Body Good), it will provide enough drinking water for two people to be fully hydrated for at least 50 days.

Along with available food rations (see: Marie Osmond Knows Zombie Survival), that will give you plenty of time to fashion needed weapons, communicate with other survivors, and develop a solid plan for escape or further fortification.