How Much Water to Store Per Person, and Where to Put It
One gallon per person per day, for at least three days and ideally two weeks: the math for a family of four, the containers, and where 470 pounds of water can sit.
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Water Filters for Emergencies: What They Remove and What Gets Through
What an emergency water filter stops, what slips past it (viruses, salt, fuel, metals), and how to pair a gravity filter with boiling or bleach so the water is safe.
How Much Food to Store for a Family of Four for Three Months
A family of four needs about 750,000 calories for three months: 300 to 480 pounds of grain plus beans, oil and milk, or 13 weeks of the meals you already cook.
How to Pack Rice, Beans and Wheat to Last 30 Years
Seal white rice, wheat and dry beans in Mylar and buckets with oxygen absorbers, keep them cool and dry, and they stay edible for decades. Here is how, step by step.
Kerosene and Oil Lamps: Safe Lighting When the Power Is Out
How to burn a kerosene or oil lamp indoors in an outage: the right fuel, fresh air, clearance, refilling cold, and when a flashlight is the safer light.
Old Canning Methods That Are No Longer Safe, and Why
Open-kettle, oven, dishwasher and paraffin canning are no longer considered safe. What each one gets wrong, why the jars still seal, and the tested method to use instead.
Generator Safety: Carbon Monoxide, Placement and Backfeeding
Run a generator outdoors, at least 20 feet from windows, doors and an attached garage, keep CO alarms inside, and never plug it into a wall outlet.
How the guides are organized
Every guide belongs to one of five sections, ordered the way a household meets trouble when the grid or the supply chain fails. Water comes first because it runs out in days. Food storage covers the pantry you eat from and the sealed long-term layer behind it. Off-grid power sizes generators, solar and batteries to what a house truly has to run. Homestead skills is about refilling the pantry with a garden, a laying flock and a pressure canner, and the old ways section keeps the household know-how that needs no power at all.
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