The Ready House, Volume One: Home Safety, Power Out, the Cold Night, the Ice Storm Shelf, Mama's Pantry Shelf and Mama's Beds

Your next outage will not wait until you are ready.

When the power goes out in winter and help is days away, the people who do fine are not the ones with the most gear. They are the ones who already know the first hour, the cold night and the pantry shelf.

The Ready House puts all of it in one place: 120 pages in plain words, ten printable cards, and a box to tick for every step. Most of it costs under ten dollars. A few things cost nothing.

$27, one time. Instant download. Press Buy Now above and you can print your first card tonight.

Why this book exists

Twenty years in the Army, fourteen winters in a log cabin in East Tennessee, and a husband who spent thirty years on the power lines. When the lights go out, a lot of country homes are last in line to get them back. These pages are what gets a family through that wait, written the way you would tell a neighbor.

What a bad night actually costs

1. The CDC says a closed fridge keeps food safe for about four hours without power. Most people have no plan for hour five.
2. The Consumer Product Safety Commission counts about 85 carbon monoxide deaths a year from generators. Most of them were people trying to get warm.
3. A cold house is not the danger. A cold, panicked house is. A plan is what takes the panic out.

What you get for $27

1. The first hour. Twelve things to do first when the power goes out, with the rule, the catch, the cost and the time.
2. The cold night. Ten ways to stay warm, ranked deadliest to safest, so you know what never to do.
3. The ice storm shelf. Ten Dollar Tree buys to make before the first ice storm, and five things we never touch.
4. Mama's pantry shelf. Twelve plain cans and one hand opener that eat cold with the stove dark.
5. Mama's beds. Nine ways to heat the person, not the house, with what never goes in the bed. New.
6. Home security. Fifteen cheap, plain fixes that make your house the one a burglar walks past.

Bonus: ten printable cards

The Nightly Walk Card, Power Out Card, Cold Night Card, Ice Storm Shelf Card, Cold-Can Week Card and the new Tonight's Bed Card, plus the door script, a neighbor list, a going-away checklist and a home inventory sheet. Print them, tape them to the fridge or the nightstand, and you are not relying on memory at 2 a.m.

Do it while the lights are on

Every part ends with three jobs for this week and a shopping list with real prices. You can finish the first ones in one trip and under ten dollars. Every step comes from a named source you can read for free: the CDC, Ready.gov, the Red Cross, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the FDA, the National Weather Service, the U.S. Fire Administration, the National Institute on Aging, Tennessee's power co-ops and North Carolina's health department, all listed at the back.

"Solid Basic Information! Thanks for making it available. Helps in organizing an emergency blackout system for your home and vehicle." (5-star customer review)

Your next step

Press Buy Now and the PDF is in your inbox in a minute. New chapters are added as new videos come out, and the download link on your receipt always gives you the latest file.

Not the right time? Start with the free one-page Nightly Walk Card and see if you like how this works: https://payhip.com/b/QpD1n

P.S. The cheapest time to get ready is a calm night with the power on. The Ready House is built for that night.