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Prepare the nest. Sleep through the storm.

Supplies and field guides for the household at the edge of disruption — not a costume bunker.

Build a kit Read the field guides

Three ways in

Stay if you can. Leave if you must. Learn the skill either way.

14 days Stay-put nest Two weeks at home when the grid, roads, or stores pause. 72 hours Grab-and-go bag What you can carry when you have to leave the nest. 24–72 hours Car / get-home kit If you are stranded between work and home.

Six supply rooms

Same rooms TruePrepper and Ready.gov keep circling — we just put them under one nest.

Water Water Store it, filter it, treat it. One gallon per person per day is the starting line — not the finish. Food Food Familiar calories you can cook with little water, little fuel, and no heroics. Power Power Light, charge, and heat without guessing which battery dies first. Medical Medical Stop bleeding, keep prescriptions, and stay clean when pharmacies close. Shelter Shelter Stay indoors, stay warm or cool, or leave with a roof you can carry. Comms Comms Hear the warning. Reach your people. Keep the papers that prove who you are.

Nest supplies

Affiliate picks by room. Confirm the live price and specs on Amazon — we do not invent them.

All supplies

How we stock the nest

A method borrowed from Ready.gov, Red Cross, and sane kit sites — then we attach a buy link.

  1. Name the event you will actually meet Outage, storm, smoke, evacuation. Not a movie. Your county’s hazard list first.
  2. Fill the room, not the cart Water before gadgets. Food you already eat. Light you can share batteries with.
  3. Stage three kits Stay-put nest, grab-and-go bag, car kit. Ready.gov stores supplies at home, work, and car for a reason.
  4. Practice once A tourniquet, a radio, a meeting place. Gear you have never opened is theater.

Field guides

How-tos you can run on a Saturday. Pillars you can cite.

Comms How to make a family comms plan on one index card Comms Comms and papers: hear the warning, prove who you are Shelter How to shelter in place for a night that goes wrong Shelter Shelter: stay in the nest, or carry a roof Medical How to build a home trauma kit you will actually open Medical Medical supplies that match real injuries, not a costume kit Power How to ride out a blackout without draining the only battery Power Power, light, and heat when the grid drops

All field guides

Start with the officials, then shop

We cite these pages instead of rewriting them from memory.

Ready.gov — Build a kit Water, food, radio, first aid, and the rest of the federal baseline. Ready.gov — Make a plan Alerts, shelter, evacuation, and how you find each other. Red Cross Ready Kit, plan, be informed — plus first aid and CPR. The Prepared — beginner checklist Why two weeks at home beats a 72-hour fantasy.