It depends on where you started and the reasons behind the ZA. Two things are for sure. You’re on your own and you’re no longer at the top of the food chain. Shelter where you can. Practice noise and light discipline in case the Zombies are attracted to them.
The choice you face first is shelter in a city/town versus rural area. Each has benefits and dangers. Best to consider it all and then make a choice.
Sheltering in a more densely populated area offers an opportunity to stay well supplied, have multiple safe zones prepared while moving about, and an opportunity to connect with other survivors (of course they might not be friendly). What’s the down side? There are more corpses to reanimate and come looking for you. Areas with a sparse population basically have just the opposite issues. High ground is your friend too. High ground is more easily defended and provides a view of your surroundings.
Where ever you shelter be sure to familiarize yourself with the setting. Safely hide and store your supplies. If you’re scavenging supplies it’s likely others are too. You may not take from other survivors but they may not have a problem taking from you. Have at least a couple of exit strategies in case one is blocked during a bug-out. A bank vault might seem like a safe place to ride out the ZA but if they get in, you’re just a meat piñata. If you’re alone getting sleep is going to be difficult. I don’t know if Zombies are good at stealthy approaches and I’m not willing to find out. You’re going to have to find a place where you can safely sleep. For this I’d go with examples like those found in the films “Omega Man” and “I Am Legend.” Defensible buildings that can serve as a base of operation, with multiple exits that are protected from intrusion but could be used as an escape. A group could follow the same logic, but the group offers a greater opportunity to escape to where there are fewer Zombies. Sleep and work can be shared and security assured against most surprises. Of course all of the aforementioned depends on how our foe, Mr. or Ms. Zombie “behaves.”
Stay tuned for a brief treatise on Zombie behavior.
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