Get your family bug-in ready, one level at a time — and know when you’re done. A calm, step-by-step home plan in 3 levels. You test the first one in a single evening.
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Lights on, fridge humming, phones charging. Nobody is thinking about any of it — which is exactly how it should be.
Because no one drew the line for your household. Lists keep growing, shelves keep filling, and there is never a point where you get to say “that’s it.”
This book gives every level a written “enough” line and a test. When your home passes, you mark the level done, write the date, and get on with your life until the next review.
A level is done when it passes three checks
People, pets, and what your home runs on. The plan starts with who actually lives there.
Turn that count into a written “enough” for each level, category by category.
Fill what would fail first in your home, first. Nothing past the line.
Run the test, mark the level done with a date, and set the next review.
Start with the simplest number in the plan. One gallon per person, per day, is the common baseline. How many people live in your home?
A starting point, not your final line. Pets, hot weather, and health needs raise the number; the book walks you through each one, and through the other six categories. This page is general information, not medical or emergency advice. In an emergency, call 911.
Enter your household once and see your line for every level.
Twenty printable mission cards so your kids help run the test evening.
A spreadsheet that turns your line into this week’s shopping list.
Plain-spoken preparedness books for regular households.
Short plans with a clear place to stop. No bunker, no doom, no politics — just a home that can handle a rough week, and a family that knows what to do when the lights go out.
Bug-In Survival for Families is the first book in a series on the self-reliant home.
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