Checklist
The 72-hour kit: small enough to build, useful enough to matter.
The first three days are not about living off-grid forever. They are about keeping everyone watered, fed, lit, informed, medicated, and less miserable.
Water
- □One gallon per person per day
- □Portable filter
- □Purification tablets
- □Collapsible container
Food
- □No-cook meals
- □Manual can opener
- □Electrolytes
- □Pet food if needed
Light & power
- □Headlamps
- □Battery bank
- □Charging cables
- □Small radio
First aid
- □Bleeding control
- □Common meds
- □Gloves
- □Printed medical info
Documents
- □IDs
- □Insurance
- □Cash
- □Emergency contacts
Warmth & sanitation
- □Blankets
- □Ponchos
- □Trash bags
- □Wipes