7-Day Power Outage Pack

A calm, day-by-day plan for staying warm or cool, fed, safe and connected when the power is out for days.

Plan the first hour. Get through the first week.

TWO PDFs IN ONE DOWNLOAD

- Quick Pack (13 pages): the one-page plan, the checklists and the sheets to fill in. Open this one first.

- Full Guide (56 pages): the reasons, worked examples and sources.

WHAT YOU GET

- A day-by-day plan for the first hour, the first day, days 2 to 3 and days 4 to 7, with a daily routine.

- Stay-or-leave decision tables for a cold home and a hot home, with clear signs for when to call 911.

- Heating and cooling guidance by type: electric, gas or oil that needs electricity, heating that works without power, and wood.

- A carbon monoxide section on generators, heaters, cooking and alarms, with a never-do table and steps if an alarm sounds.

- Safe light without candles, fridge and freezer timelines, what to eat first, and how to cook safely without power.

- Water for stored supplies, treatment, winter pipes and wells, plus plain advice on staying clean and sanitary without water or power.

- Backup power explained: generators, portable power stations, home batteries, and why grid-tied solar panels shut off.

- A device power-budget worksheet with a worked example, so you can work out your run time in watt-hours and what to power first.

- Guidance for medical needs, powered equipment and medicine that needs cooling, and who to tell.

- Radios, phones and alerts, plus ways to stay warm, calm and connected, with tips for babies, children and older adults and safe ways to check on neighbors.

- A checklist for when the power comes back: food safety, protecting your appliances, and getting back to normal.

- A one-page summary and three printable worksheets: a contact sheet, a power-budget worksheet and an outage log.

WHO IT IS FOR

For any household preparing for a multi-day power outage from storms, winter weather, heat or grid failure, including homes with electric or gas heating, medical needs, babies or older adults.

GOOD TO KNOW

- Print it, or keep it on your phone or tablet. US Letter, prints on A4 too.

- Digital download: read the free sample first. We cannot refund a guide once it has been downloaded. If the file is faulty, will not open or is not what we described, email hello@afternormal.co and we will fix it, replace it or refund you.

- General educational information, not medical, legal or emergency advice.