About Outage Kit HQ
Outage Kit HQ gets your home through a power outage or winter storm. Each guide answers one question, such as what to pack, which food to keep, how to stay warm or what size generator to buy, and gives you the numbers to act on.
Who it's for
Households in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. Some readers have a storm on the forecast or the power already off and need one answer now. Others want a kit ready before winter without paying for a boxed set full of things they already own. Homes that run on power for health or water, with a CPAP, oxygen, insulin or a well pump, get plans built around those needs.
Why readers start here
Search for outage advice and you get kit-seller checklists, forum threads that argue, and agency pages spread across four countries. Outage Kit HQ puts the official figures on one page, names the country each one comes from and does the arithmetic for your household. You get the runtime, the water amount or the generator size, and the working to redo it for your own home.
How we research
- Primary sources in every guide. Ready.gov, FoodSafety.gov, the CDC, gov.uk, Get Prepared Canada, Australian state emergency services, the CPSC, the NFPA and manufacturer manuals, linked in the sentence that uses them.
- A date on every page. Each guide shows when it was last updated and when each source was checked.
- Your country, your numbers. US, UK, Canadian and Australian figures side by side, with the calculation shown.
The editor
Alexander Gusev edits every guide on Outage Kit HQ. Each page starts from the agency guidance, the safety data and the appliance manuals, and ends as one clear answer you can act on in the dark.