Class numbers, not a panic list
You do not have to be ready. You have to take the next rung.
This site is for the unprepared, the confused, and the frankly scared. Florida gets practice with storms. The ladder is not a storm site. First we learn how to prepare. Then we look at the kind of emergency, and whether the move is to leave or to stay.
Climb in order
101 is the planning class. 201 is a week. 301 is a month while services come back. 401 and 501 are on the ladder so you can see the shape. They are not written yet.
- 101 Basic Planning Think the what-ifs through on paper. Where you would go, what goes in a small bag, whether the house is safe enough to stay, and which people you actually trust.
- 201 More advanced A week Stay supplied for about a week. Food, water, medicine, the power you actually need, and a way to cope when the cell network and the internet are gone.
- 301 Deep planning A month of restoration Plan for a month while services come back. Household power versus small DC power, and enough battery sense to not hook the wrong things together.
- 401 Later rung Beyond a month Reserved for the stretch past restoration: repairs, skills, and helping other people without giving your household away.
- 501 Later rung Practice Reserved for the rung where gear matters less than what you have already rehearsed.