The Blackout Ready Home
Your 30 Day Family Blackout Plan
Simple steps to keep your family warm, fed and safe when the power goes out, starting tonight with what you already own.
- Instant PDF download
- 30-day refund
- Read on any device
Your house doesn't fail all at once. It fails in an order.
- Minute 0Lights, internet and the well pump stop.
- Minute 1The furnace fan stops, even on gas.
- Hour 4Food in the fridge is no longer safe.
- Night 1The house turns cold, or hot.
- Day 2–3Phones and card machines fail.
- Day 3+Pipes can freeze and burst.
One safe backup for each of the five things your home needs.
- Water
- Food
- Heat and cooling
- Power and light
- Toilets and clean hands
- 3 daysone weekend
- 2 weeksa job a week
- 30 daysyour full plan
Every backup starts free or low cost. No generator needed to begin.
15 short chapters in 8 parts. One plan.
Big print, short sentences and a checklist at the end of every part.
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1Understand Your HouseThe Failure Clock and a 10 minute house audit.
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2The Five BackupsWater, food, heat and cooling, power, toilets. Three budget levels each.
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3Stay SafeCarbon monoxide, fire, generators and a first aid kit list.
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4The 30 Day PantryA per-person shopping list and a 7 day menu.
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5Home SecuritySafety in the dark, storm scams and a grab bag list.
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6Action PlansThe First Weekend Plan, then 2 weeks, then 30 days.
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7Special SituationsOxygen and CPAP, cold medicine, babies, living alone, apartments.
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8When the Power Comes BackThe 9 steps that protect your home, food and health.
The Family Blackout Binder
14 printable pages and cards: emergency contacts, a medical sheet, warm and cool room setups, a grab bag list, a Safety Card for the kitchen and a Fridge Door Card. Fill them in with a pen and keep them where anyone can find them in the dark.
Hey, I'm Clay.
I make calm, practical videos about getting an ordinary home ready for hard days. No fear, no bunkers.
The best blackout advice in America is free. The trouble is that it's spread across dozens of long government pages written for officials. So I put the parts that matter for one home into one plan, in the right order, in plain words.
Every number is checked against public sources you can look up yourself. The lessons come from real outages: the 2021 Texas freeze, Hurricanes Helene and Beryl, and the 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal.
Everything your home needs, in one plan.
Pay once and keep it. It lands in your inbox right away.
Winter storm season is weeks away. Get your home ready on a calm day, not in the dark.
- The 102-page plan, 15 chapters in plain words
- Your First Hour: 12 free steps for tonight
- The Big 5 Backup System, with 3 budget levels
- 30 day pantry list and a 7 day menu
- The Family Blackout Binder: 14 printable pages
- Free updates when the book is updated
Digital PDF, delivered instantly. Nothing is shipped.
Fair warning: the book can't do the work for you. Plan on one weekend to get your home ready for 3 days, then about one small job a week.
Try it for 30 days.
Do your First Hour tonight and read the plan. If you don't think it was worth it, email me within 30 days and you'll get a full refund. No forms, no hard questions.
Fair questions.
Is this a physical book?
No. It's a digital book, a 102-page PDF you download right after you pay. Nothing is mailed to you. If you'd like it on paper, print it at home or at any print shop. It's sized for standard US Letter paper.
How do I get it, and can I read it on my phone?
You'll see a download button as soon as checkout finishes, and Gumroad emails you a link too. It opens on any phone, tablet or computer. On a phone you may want to zoom in or turn the screen sideways, because it's laid out like a printed book.
Do I need a generator or expensive gear?
No. Your first 12 steps are free. Every backup in the book has a starter level that is free or low cost, and you build up over time with money you already have.
What if it isn't for me?
Email within 30 days of buying and you'll get a full refund. No forms and no hard questions.