Power outage
1 to 3 days
How many days could you last on your own?
PrepScore is a free emergency preparedness check. Tick off what you already have, and it weighs your supplies against the risks where you live, tells you how long they'd carry you, and shows the few gaps worth fixing first.
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PrepScore manifestWeekend Ready
11days on your own
58PrepScore / 100
Weekend Ready
Solid for a short outage. Thin after day three.
- Water
- Food
- Power
- Medical
- Comms
- Evacuation
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Where you live changes the plan
An apartment on the 14th floor and a farmhouse on a well fail in completely different ways. Start with your situation.
City apartment
Water pressure loss, elevators out and more.
Suburbs
Multi-day outages, winter storms and more.
Rural
Long emergency response times, well pump failure and more.
Hurricane coast
Storm surge and flooding, week-plus outages and more.
Wildfire country
Fast evacuations, smoke and more.
Earthquake country
Water mains break, falling objects and glass and more.
What matters in which emergency
The three most critical items for each kind of event. A go-bag is everything in a wildfire and useless in a blizzard.
Long grid-down
2+ weeks
Evacuate now
15 minutes notice
Shelter in place
1 to 4 weeks
Unsafe tap water
days to weeks
Major earthquake
72 hours to 2 weeks
Gear guides
What to buy, how much you need and what to skip. Picks at three budgets, with the trade-offs spelled out.
How many days could you last?
Check off what you have. Get a score, your top gaps and a card to share. About 3 minutes, no sign-up.
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