How would you handle this

[Nightlord]

You wake up in the middle of the night, hearing banging on the front door. You look out of your reinforced windows to see a cluster of six zombies trying to bash down your front door. You also know that your area is crawling with zombies, within earshot. You estimate you have five minutes to prepare for the siege.

The question is:

What would you do?

[Mr. Denver]

Well with the information given it sounds like the shit has already hit the fan. So most likely my home would already be locked down and ready for a zombie siege. That haveing been said I would double check the doors and make sure lights are off and guns/equipment and such are ready to go. And I would make sure my wife is okay and aware of whats going on.

If I was caught off gaurd I would push our liveing room furniture against the door and make sure the dead bolt is thrown and then get our bug out equipment ready and then put our siege equipment in a safer place of the house if it is not there already. Then I would stay up the rest of the night and make sure the situation doesnt deteriorate and if it does my wife and I would leave.

Trying to rekill the zombies in front of the door would not be a good idea since there are other zombies in the area and the sound of gunfire would draw more of them. Plus you dont have a good shot at the six zombies through the door so you would just weaken the door trying to hit a zombies.

[ancient_serpent]

You wake up in the middle of the night, hearing banging on the front door. You look out of your reinforced windows to see a cluster of six zombies trying to bash down your front door. You also know that your area is crawling with zombies, within earshot. You estimate you have five minutes to prepare for the siege.

The question is:

What would you do?

If I already know there are zombies (assuming a small outbreak) in the area, I would have already established a watch and a defensible outer perimeter.

If you are saying that I wake up, hear and see the undead at my door and discover that a zombie outbreak has taken place in my area on a news station...
Knowing that others are within earshot leads me to think that I should dispatch those near my residence quietly. Would probably eaither use one of the hand weapons in my office or a .22.

[Nightlord]

Ok, I will provide some more information:

You wake up, to the sound of heavy banging on the front door. You look out of your reinforced windows, seeing a cluster of about 6 Zeds trying to smash down your door. You have studied the horde in this area, and know this a scout group... Any major noise would alert the rest of the horde. You know that your SUV and equipment are in you garage, however an escape now would alert the undead to your location. This is a particularly smart horde, and this may be a trap. You know your door would hold for another 5 minutes or so, but that is all...

The question is:

What would you do?

NOTE: You were planning to leave tomorrow anyway.

[Tater Raider]

You know that your SUV and equipment are in you garage, however an escape now would alert the undead to your location.

Who cares? I'll be Gone with the Wind if it's an attached garage and if it's detatched then things get more interesting but when it's safer to bug-out then it's time to bug-out.

[Grey Mann]

Considering that this thread is in WWYD, and not ZCT, those fellows outside are not zeds but rather some angry human aggressors.

That said, I'd sit back and have a nice brew with milk and honey while waiting for the police I have called to clear off my lawn.

Should any of them make it inside my home, I'd shoot the motherfuckers dead. Then finish my tea while awaiting the police.

[raptor]

Ok even though this is WWYD we do not discuss killing people. The undead are fair game thus since that is the OP's intent I am moving it to Zombie Combat tactics.

[OldSchool45b]

Suppressed M4 though the door to the brain pan, or maybe open a window that faces the door (I have one from my kitchen) and zap them. Maybe them laying on the floor in front of the door will keep the other zeds away.... My back porch is what would worry me. 8ft high, 40' long glass all across the living and dining room and no way to hit them without opening the door or going through the glass. Luckily we have a 6ft fence around all sides and I've not see a zombie movie where they climb fences....

[bae]

Well, I'd make some popcorn, start warming up the boiling oil, and drop rocks on their heads. Because by the time we are worrying about hordes-o-zombies, I'd have partnered up with a nearby friend of mine, who has access to this, only a short walk from my house:

[Roger Brough]

Does anyone know if these particular zombies have hearing?

[drifts14x]

Furniture to the doorways. Grabbing the food stash and the weaps and tossing them up to the attic bug-in room. I'm sitting this one out for a few months. If society can't get it under control, I'll worry about bugging out. Also, good thing I bought all of that ammo, it will be mighty fun to have target practice from the attic window.

[whataburger]

my BOV is already equipped with BOBs, and armament.... so basically... goto the garage with my family get everyone secure in the vehicle, open the garage door, and execute our plan of evacuation to our designated area. I dont mind running over a few zeds on the way.

[Big Jake]

This is a situation in which i'd affix the suppressor to my .308 and insert my magazine full of subsonic RUAG ammo.

But I do realize that owning and obtaining a suppressor can be difficult, and subsonic ammo isn't just everywhere. Other weapons, like bludgeoning items or other improvised tools might fit the bill. But first, make sure that the door is totally barricaded. Also, getting hydrated while you still have time is always a good move, because your body is really gonna need some water as mortal fear and stress enter your heart.

[foxx]

Where's my spear? The boards I put up on the windows and doors have just enough space for my spear to slip through. They just happen to be as high as a Zombie's head. Some rooms have swords, those work just as well, and are just as silent. The key is patience, eventually they will come look right through the little slits.
Once the time comes to bug out, I'll set off the alarm I have rigged up in the shed. That distraction will allow us to drive away in relative safety.

[VinnieD]

Just six zombies? I'd throw on my shoulder rig with my .357 mag revolver, throw my 12 gauge over my shoulder on a sling (these are for later), stick a hammer in my pocket, and grab my Mossberg .702 plinkster with a few full mags, and take the initiative by taking out the zombies through the door. Keep the chain on the door, let it open. Shoot through the gap to take down the first few zombies, hopefully before they can break the chain. If the chain holds up, the bodies of the first couple of zombies should stop the further ones from putting too much pressure against the door, giving me more chance to pick off the remaining zombies at my leisure. I've noticed the .22 doesn't produce a very directional bang, but mostly just a sonic boom, which is hard to determine direction from. Fired indoors the sound is going to be muffled even more. It may be low power, but at close range it should still do the job.

Should the chain fail, I can fall back to the bathroom (no windows, one door, and access to the attic) and use the open door as a bottleneck to draw the zombies in to finish off the remaining ones. If that's successful, I know the house is no longer secure, grab BoB, and I can head for the car, which is thankfully packed for at least some emergencies, with tools and first-aid, and head for higher ground and sparser populations, via back roads to avoid likely clogged highways.

If the bottleneck plan fails, I can climb into the attic and hole up, picking off as much of the hoarde as possible. If it turns out to be more than six, or the house is surrounded, I can just close up the attic and hunker down. It's not the most pleasant place, but zombies can't reach it, there is a potential escape route, including the ability to jump down straight to the car. Let's hope I remembered my keys.

Basically my strategy is the time tested means for one person to take on a group, which is create a bottleneck where you force your enemies to come at you one at a time, on your own terms, turning a siege defense scenario into just six single zombie encounter scenarios in rapid succession. The plan does hinge on the idea that .22lr won't make enough noise to attract a large group too quickly, but also allows for switching to higher power weapons if the .22s prove insufficient. The weak point is probably the layout of the house. It's a flat design, no second story, two entrances, large windows, and no hallways. There's just too many weak points, requiring a more active defense plan, which is why my plan incorporates creating an opening in one place to draw the Zs in on my terms rather than wait for incursions in multiple locations.

[dukman]

OP, I am confused. What siege? There are only six at my door stop, and since I already know the area is crawling with zombies, what makes me believe that they are FINALLY going to attempt a siege?? I already have reinforced the windows, so why would I have overlooked other entrances by that point in time? Shame on me if I had.

Sounds to me like basic protocol should be in place, make sure everyone in my shelter is alert, armed, and ready in case of a breach. After the zeds at the door move on, drop the alert status and go back to every-day-PAW-living.