An apartment blackout kit
What to put aside in an apartment before the power fails, without a generator indoors and without pretending one power station fits every unit.
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These notes are original to BlackoutSmart. Numbers that come from an agency are attributed and linked. They are not a substitute for local emergency orders, an electrician, or a clinician.
Generator and carbon monoxide safety
CDC and Ready.gov limits for portable generators — outdoors, 20 feet from openings, never as indoor heat — without a model catalog or a medical protocol.
Hurricane-season power prep
What Ready.gov says to do before, during, and after a hurricane, and where a battery or radio fits without replacing an evacuation order.
Keeping a fridge and freezer cold in an outage
FDA time limits for an unopened refrigerator and freezer, and how to use a power-station calculator without treating the result as a food-safety test.
Winter storm outage power
Ready.gov’s winter-storm terms, carbon monoxide limits, and what a battery can and cannot do for heat.