Oh, wow…for me to come up with a do-able plan for this challenge is tough. I’ve thought about it all day and can’t come up with any realistic plan I could execute for either A or B. Although I live in a rural area with farm ponds and creeks everywhere, at 81 I simply would not have the physical strength to walk any distance and haul any amount of water back to my house.
At the start of any long-term situation, I have stored 75 gallons of potable water; 100 gallons of non-potable water for cleaning/flushing; I have bottles of bleach for purifying water if necessary and I could boil water. So, assuming one gallon per day used and no rainfall to resupply, I could theoretically make out alone and on my own for a bit over 5 months.
More realistically, I have the benefit of family who live close and would come to get me (and my prepper supplies) to stay with them. Or if family could not get to me, my small rural Southern neighbors would not likely let me or any of our elderlies die of thirst. Hmmm….even now, I still believe in the basic goodness of most folks. Plus at my age, and as a Christian, I’m mentally and emotionally okay with whatever each day brings. 🙂