in the basement I take the chainsaw all day, stairs are only so wide and if I'm starting at the top of the stairs they can only fit through the door one at a time, the helping someone in the flipped car question I answered I would distract, the question didn't say you had to draw them to you, hell you could throw a stick of dynamite a half a block in the other direction (provided you had something like that, but a draino bomb would prolly work and be easy to source). honestly I would want some allies, what you dont know someone else would, besides strength in numbers