Power outage prep list
Your power outage prep list, built for your home.
Enter your ZIP and answer a few questions. Prepper builds the exact list your household needs to get through a long outage: what to buy, how much, and where to get it.
About 4 minutes. No account needed.
- Water
- 60 gal
- Meals
- 168
- Items
- 146
- Case of bottled water4 cases$20
- LED headlamp2 headlamps$60
- Wool or heavy fleece blanket4 blankets$120
- Hard-sided cooler1 cooler$45
- Canned tuna, chicken or salmon20 cans$40
- NOAA weather alert radio1 radio$35
Plus 140 more items, each with the quantity, a store link, and why it’s on the list.
What your list covers
Water
When the taps stop
How much to store for everyone in your home, and how to keep it safe to drink when the pumps go down.
Power and light
Phones, lights, devices
Backup power sized to what you actually need to run, plus light for every room and every person.
Heat and food
Staying warm and fed
Safe ways to heat and cook without power, and food that keeps once the fridge goes warm.
The plan
What to do, hour by hour
A before, during and after playbook for a long outage, including the mistakes that actually hurt people.
- 1Enter your ZIP
- 2Answer a few questions about your home
- 3Get your list, sized to your household