Free Power Outage Planner: Water, Food and Battery

Who is at home?

Adultsand teens

Childrenunder 12

Dogs or catspets

How long should you be covered?

Government guidance is at least 72 hours. A week is a good target if you live somewhere with ice storms or long outages.

What must stay powered?

Tap everything you want to keep running. We use typical power draw, and you can fine-tune below.

Fine-tune watts and hours

Your plan for 3 days, 4 people

Water

Food

Battery

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Your top pick

Your shopping list

Built from your numbers. Tick items as you get them. Progress is saved on this device.

Planning figures: 4 L (1 gallon) of water per person per day, pets counted at half a person (Canadian guidance asks for at least 2 L per person for drinking), about 2,000 kcal per adult and 1,500 per child per day, battery = watts x hours / 0.85. These are estimates. See water, power sizing and food.

Print your numbers with the free 72-hour kit

Checklist, water planner and emergency contacts in one PDF.

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Next steps

Water plannerStore it, then filter what you did not store. Choose a power stationMatch the battery number above. Food plannerPantry first, then kits. Pets in an outageWater, food and warmth for animals. Readiness scoreSee what you are missing. Live outage mapsCheck your utility.

Outage planner