The Family Stay-Home Guide
14 days at home with the power out and the stores closed - the whole house covered
Fourteen days at home, power out, stores closed. Could your house do it?
Room by room and person by person: kids, parents, pets, the apartment version; the Stay or Go tree; the neighbor sheet; the lights-out weekend drill; morale for long days
26 cards - 10 minutes to start - 1-6 people
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The key numbers come from FEMA, CDC, USDA, NOAA and the Red Cross - listed in the back.
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What you'll do with it
- Store the right amount of water: 1 gallon per person per day. For a family of 4, two weeks is 56 gallons - the guide shows where to put it and how to date it.
- Build a 14-day pantry from food you already eat, and keep the fridge shut: a closed fridge stays cold about 4 hours, a full freezer about 48 (USDA).
- Size a power station on one worksheet: what you want to run, how many watts, how many hours. Done.
- Set up the family check-in: two fixed times a day, one out-of-state contact and three meeting points - written down before anyone needs them.
- Walk your home with a pen - Yes, Improvable or No for every area - and choose now the 4 signs that mean it's time to leave, not at 2 a.m.
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
- Day 1 to Day 14 at Home
- Stay or Go: The 4 Signs
- Store 56 Gallons for Two Weeks
- When the Tap Stops
- Keep the Well Pump Running
- The Well After a Flood
- The Fridge Clock
- Build a 14-Day Pantry
- Meals With No Power
- Light and Phones
- Size a Power Station
- Generator Rules
- One Warm Room
- One Cool Room
- Seal One Room: Shelter in Place
- One Contact, Two Check-In Times
- When Phones Go Down
- Find the Shut-Offs
- The Neighbor Plan
- Older Parents and Medical Devices
- Wheelchairs, Walkers and Stairs
- Babies and Kids
- Pets for 14 Days
- Apartments: Small Space, No Generator
- Keep Spirits Up, Keep Moving
- The Lights-Out Weekend
The key numbers come from FEMA, CDC, USDA, NOAA and the Red Cross - listed in the back.
This weekend
- Fill water jugs and write today's date on each one.
- Write one out-of-state contact on a card and tape it to the fridge.
- Charge every power bank and the power station, and write the date on each.
Try it for 30 days. If it doesn't help, email us and we'll refund you.
Also in
- The Stay-Home Bundle - $32 (Bought one by one: $46)
- The Family Emergency Plan Bundle - $55 (Bought one by one: $79)
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.
$29 - instant PDF, 42 pages, printable
30-day money-back guarantee - you keep the PDF.
Want the numbers worked out for your family?
The guides show you how. The Personal Plan does the math for your household - your gallons of water, your days of food, the battery size for your devices, and a shopping list. It starts with 5 free questions.
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