Stored + a source
1 gallon per person per day, minimum 3 days. Plus rain capture for anything longer.
When the grid drops, the prepared barely notice. The checklist, and the backup that actually lasts.
1 gallon per person per day, minimum 3 days. Plus rain capture for anything longer.
Headlamps and a hand-crank lantern beat candles — safer, and no batteries to run out.
Two weeks of food that needs no fridge and little or no cooking.
A battery bank for phones, a generator for essentials, and a DIY build you can repair.
A non-electric heat source and warm layers for a winter outage.
Beyond a store-bought generator, the DIY route we reviewed is the Easy DIY Power Plan — a small generator you build and can repair. And water is half the battle: Joseph's Well covers the source.
Garden beds, rainwater sizing, pantry days-of-supply and the weekly rhythm — free spreadsheet, straight to your inbox.