All you guys coming up with these plans and i'm wondering what itd hurt to stay in the basement and protect your wife while watching the only entrance(s). What is the real point of "clearing" your house besides to protect your things? Are they worth your life if a bad guy gets you in the back? Infinite amounts of arbitrary "holes" can be found in a plan when us average joes try to make them. Unless you train religiously for such a scenario (which I'm sure many of us don't) then there's no way to be ready. The safest bet is to hold the ground you already have and protect those dearest to you. My $.02 of course.