THE BLACKOUT SUPPLY PLAN · a retired disaster responder's store-by-store list for an ordinary American home

By the second morning the stores are shut or stripped, and help is still days away.

For 28 years I drove the trucks in after the storm. Every time, the families who suffered most were the ones who meant to stock up next payday. This book is the exact list, store by store and in order, so everything your family needs is already on your shelf before the lights go out.

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This is what the first three days look like from the staging yard.

Hour one, the batteries and flashlights are gone. By the first evening the water aisle is bare and the ice is gone. On the second morning a lot of stores never open at all, because their registers, lights and doors run on the same power yours does. The phones are jammed. People drive from store to store burning the gas they will want on day four.

Then the cold settles into the house. A propane furnace still needs electricity for its blower and igniter. A well pump stops. Somebody brings the camp stove or the generator inside to get warm, and carbon monoxide has no smell.

The trucks do come. I was on them. They come days later than anybody thinks, and the line for one case of water is long.

I'm Dale Prescott. I worked disaster logistics and mass care in the field from 1994 to 2022: the Kentucky ice storm, Katrina, Ike, the Joplin tornado, Sandy, Maria, the 2021 Texas freeze. Every deployment taught me the same thing. The families who came through it fine had a shelf in the garage before the warning came.

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Most families buy the wrong things, in the wrong order, too late.

The money gets spent. The trouble is the version people grab: the tiny power bank that arrives dead, scented bleach that can't treat water, a milk jug that grows bacteria, a crank radio with a handle that snaps the first night.

The blackout most families get

Driving to the store after the warning, with everyone else in town.
hour one
Flashlights in three battery sizes and none of them fit.
night one
Water in old milk jugs, or no water at all once the well pump stops.
day two
A camp stove or heater brought inside to warm up.
night two
The result
cold, thirsty, waiting in line

The Blackout Supply Plan

The store-by-store list: Walmart, Tractor Supply, Dollar Tree, Costco, Harbor Freight, the surplus store.
item by item
The right version of each item, and the cheap trap sitting next to it on the shelf.
with about-prices
How much for one, two or four people, for 72 hours and for two weeks.
by household
The first night: one warm room, safe water, safe light, and the carbon monoxide rule.
hour by hour
The 8-payday build plan, so it all fits a normal budget.
with checklists
The Blackout Supply Plan
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One case of water on the shelf beats any spot in the line.

03

Real pages. Every item is spelled out.

Real pages from the real book. This is exactly what opens on your phone.

Page 18: what quits when the power quits.
Page 31: the Walmart core kit.
Page 41: the bucket toilet done right.
Page 53: the five-dollar warm room.
Page 113: the 8-payday plan.

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Turn your main breaker off for one evening.

Pick a Saturday in daylight. Tell the family, then switch the main breaker off at the panel and leave it off until bedtime. Keep the fridge and freezer shut the whole time.

Walk the house with a notebook. Which room gets cold first? Does the furnace still run? Can you get water out of the tap? Which flashlight works, and which one is dead? Where are the candles, and do you really want them lit near the kids? Every problem you write down that evening is one you fix on a calm day, at normal prices, instead of on the worst night of the year.

That's one page. The book has 139.

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Ten chapters, store by store, in the order you should shop.

What I saw in the field, what most families get wrong, exactly what to buy instead, and a short "do this this week" list at the end of every chapter.

6stores covered
10chapters
139pages
8printable checklists
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The Blackout Supply Plan: A Former FEMA Responder's Store-by-Store List for Keeping Your Family Fed, Warm and Safe When the Power Stays Off

Dale Prescott · 139-page book · reads on any phone, tablet or computer

  • The first 72 hours, as a field responder sees them, and why help takes days
  • The order the shelves empty, and how to read your own house
  • Walmart: the one-trip core kit and the traps beside it
  • Tractor Supply: water storage, lanterns, propane and the bucket toilet
  • Dollar Tree: the five-dollar warm room
  • Costco and Sam's Club: the two-week pantry for one, two or four
  • Harbor Freight: power stations, generators and the safety rules
  • The surplus store: gear built to be abused
  • Living alone, apartments, medicines, pets and the neighbor check
  • The 8-payday plan and the first night, plus eight printable checklists
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The Blackout Supply Plan by Dale Prescott, book cover

Twenty-eight years of showing up after the storm.

I'm Dale Prescott. I grew up outside Joplin, Missouri, started as a volunteer firefighter at nineteen, and spent 28 years in the field as a disaster responder. My job was logistics and mass care: water, food, generators, cots and tarps, moved to the people who needed them.

I have stood at distribution points in ice storms and hurricanes and watched people wait hours for one case of water. I have also met the families who didn't need to come at all, because their garage shelf already had it.

I'm retired now, in a ranch house in southwest Missouri with a propane furnace and a well pump, the same problems you have. This is the list I keep in my own garage.

Questions, answered straight

"Is this a doomsday prepper book?"

No. It covers the blackouts that actually happen: an ice storm, a hurricane, a winter freeze, a grid failure that lasts three days or two weeks. Calm and practical, with no politics and no end-of-the-world talk.

"Do I need a lot of money?"

No. The plan is built over eight paydays, a few items at a time, in the order that protects your family first. Every item has an about-price and the cheaper version that works.

"Is this an official FEMA publication?"

No. It is my own book, written from my own years in the field. It does not speak for any agency.

"I live alone, or in an apartment. Is it for me?"

Yes. A full chapter covers living alone, apartments and high-rises, mobility, medicines and pets, and every list has amounts for one person.

"How do I get it?"

Press any Buy button on this page. Pay once on the secure checkout. The page that opens right after you pay has your download button, and the same link is sent to your email. No account, no password.

"Is it a subscription?"

No. One payment of $27, one time. No membership and no monthly anything.

The Blackout Supply Plan by Dale Prescott

The next warning gives you a few hours. The shelf takes a few paydays.

The store-by-store list, the cheap traps, the two-week amounts and the first night plan. All in one book.

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