Extreme Heat Ready
A Cool-Room Plan, Heat Illness Warning Signs and the Power-Out Summer
The forecast shows 104°F for four days straight, and the nights barely cool off. The house gets a little warmer every afternoon, and your mother lives alone across town. This guide puts the next four days in order.
Set up one cool room, know where you will go when the house passes about 90°F, check on the people at risk twice a day, and know the signs that mean call 911.
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What you'll do with it
- Set up one cool room - lowest floor, shady side, windows covered by day - where everyone rests if the air conditioning or the power fails.
- Find two cooling centers by dialing 2-1-1, and go when the house passes about 90°F inside - above that, a fan is not enough.
- Drink on a schedule, not by thirst, and plan double water for summer: 24 gallons for a family of four for 3 days.
- Check on older relatives and anyone who lives alone at least twice a day, and never leave anyone in a parked car - not even for a minute.
- Tape the Heat Illness Warning Signs page inside a kitchen cabinet: hot skin with confusion or passing out means call 911.
Look inside
Real pages from this guide. Tap a page to see it up close.
Start here
Where to begin, and every card with its page number.
One action per page
Time, cost, the steps in order, and what not to do.
Pages you fill in
Your family's own numbers, written down before you need them.
What's inside
- Who Is Most at Risk
- Set Up the Cool Room
- Find Your Cooling Centers
- Summer Supplies, Home and Car
- Heat Alerts and HeatRisk
- The Cool-Room Day
- Drink on a Schedule
- Check In Twice a Day
- Never in a Parked Car
- Pets in the Heat
- Heat Exhaustion: Cool Down Now
- Heat Stroke: Call 911
- Hot Outage: The First Hours
- Fridge Food and the Generator
The key numbers come from CDC, NWS, Ready.gov and the Red Cross - listed in the back.
This weekend
- Pick the cool room, shade its sunny windows and put a room thermometer in it.
- Dial 2-1-1 or call the city, and write the nearest cooling centers and their hours on Our Cool-Room Plan.
- Name two checkers for each older relative or neighbor on the Heat Buddy Check-In page.
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Also in
- The Complete Home Readiness Library - $59 (Bought one by one: $285)
Questions people ask
- Is this a printed book?
- No - it's an instant PDF. Print it at home on US Letter paper, or keep it on your phone.
- Does it work where I live?
- Yes. The guides are written for American homes in every state: gallons, °F, US weather and US stores.
- Do I need to buy a lot of gear?
- No. Most first steps use what's already in your house. When you're ready to buy, the guide shows what comes first.
- Is this medical advice?
- No. It's planning information. Talk to your doctor, pharmacist or equipment supplier about medicines and medical devices.
- How do I get it?
- Right after you pay: a download on the thank-you page, and an email with your download links. The links keep working.
- How is this different from the Personal Plan?
- A guide shows you how to get ready. The Personal Plan does the math for your household - your gallons, your days of food, your battery size and a shopping list.
Questions? Email get-ready@myrainydayplan.com.
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