Thirty questions

Do you store drinking water for every person for at least three days, about a gallon per person per day, plus a share for pets?

Do you know how to make questionable water safer (a rolling boil, or unscented bleach at the current CDC dose) and keep those supplies in the house?

Do you know where the main water shutoff is, and has someone in the house actually found it?

Can you light the rooms you use and charge a phone for three days if the grid is down?

If anyone depends on powered medical equipment, is there a backup you have tested, or a plan to leave for power?

Are carbon-monoxide alarms installed, and would any generator stay outdoors, away from doors and windows?

Do smoke alarms work on every level, and does everyone know two ways out of each sleeping room?

Do you have a real plan for a summer power outage (cooling) and a winter outage (warmth) where you live?

Have you decided what would make you leave home, and named the place you would go?

Is there several days of food that does not need a refrigerator, and a manual can opener if you store cans?

Could you feed the household for about two weeks if stores were closed, including infants, special diets, and pets?

Do you rotate stored food, and do you know the USDA time limits for a fridge and freezer during an outage?

Can you find a first-aid kit in the dark, and do you keep more than a few days of daily prescription medicines?

Does an adult in the house know basic bleeding control and when the right move is to call 911?

Are soap, sanitizer, trash bags, and any diapers or menstrual supplies stocked for a short disruption?

Can you receive weather warnings without a charged phone, such as with a NOAA Weather Radio?

Does every adult know an out-of-area contact and two meeting places (one near home, one farther)?

Is a paper list of key phone numbers stored with the kit, not only in a phone?

Do exterior doors lock, and have smoke and carbon-monoxide alarms been tested in the last month?

Have you kept photos of stockpiles, valuables, and your home layout off social media?

Do adults know when to call 911 versus a non-emergency police line?

Is there a go-bag you could carry out quickly, and a smaller kit that already lives in the car?

Do you keep enough fuel to get clear of the neighborhood, plus two written routes?

Are children, pets, and anyone who needs help included, with carriers, seats, and medicines?

Has the household agreed who handles kids, pets, the go-bag, and utility shutoffs?

Is there someone outside the home who would check on you, and someone you would check on?

Have you walked through any part of the plan in the last year?

Is there some cash in small bills at home, separate from a banking app?

Are copies of IDs, insurance, and key account info in a grab-and-go folder or stored securely offsite?

Do you know DisasterAssistance.gov is free, and that damage should be photographed before cleanup?