Kate Sullivan's Home Emergency Handbook

How it works

1You pay

Through Gumroad's secure checkout: card, PayPal or Apple Pay. I never see your card number.

2The book opens

The download link comes up right away and lands in your email. Phone, tablet or computer.

3It stays yours

Keep it, print the walk-through pages, and open it again whenever you like.

Nothing ships, and you don't need an account or a password.

The honest math

The way it usually gets sold, next to the way my mother did it, checked for today.

The way it gets sold

A portable generator$600 to $1,000, plus fuel and upkeep

Or a few nights in a motel$120 to $200 a night

The "survival" bucket kit$150 and up, food you won't eat

And the panic run to the storeempty shelves, icy roads

One bad storm$400 and up

Ruth's way, today

Light: a headlamp, a lantern, batteriesabout $30

Warmth and water: the one warm room, jugs, blanketsabout $35

Food, radio, first aid, the can openerabout $28

What to do, in what order, every seasonthis book, $29.99

Onceabout $120

Typical US prices; yours will differ. The starter shelf is the 18 items in Lesson 12 (about $93), sorted by store at the back of the book. A generator can be worth it, and the book shows how to run one safely.

Look inside

Real pages from the real book. This is exactly what opens on your phone. The type is set big on purpose.

Lesson 1, the first five minutes — Page 7: the first five minutes, with Ruth's way and the honest verdict.

Lesson 4, the warm room — Page 21: picking the one warm room, and how to keep it warm.

Lesson 9, no flame indoors — Page 47: no flame indoors. What Ruth did, and why one thing changed.

Lesson 12, the $100 shelf — Page 65: the $100 ready shelf, every item and its store.

The shopping list — Page 360: one shopping list for the whole house, store by store.

Lesson 22, the carbon monoxide check — Page 123: the one old way you should never do again.

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What's inside

The year-round core, then winter, spring, summer and fall, and the long haul. Every lesson opens on what my mother did, then the honest verdict, then today's way.

What to do in the first five minutes, when the lights go out, before you move · p. 7

The one warm room, which room, how to seal it, and how to keep it warm · p. 21

No flame indoors, what Ruth did with the gas stove, and the one thing that changed · p. 47

The four-hour fridge rule, what's still safe, and what goes in the trash · p. 42

Wrap the pipe first, and what to do if one already froze · p. 85

When the furnace quits, the checks you can do yourself · p. 73

Rationing through a snow-in, making a week's food and water stretch · p. 118

Cooling one room, getting through a heat wave without AC · p. 194

The hurricane timeline, what to do three days, one day and one hour out · p. 211

Staying or going, how to decide, and where to go · p. 305

Scams after the storm, the knock at the door after the power comes back · p. 325

And that's a fraction of it. 64 lessons, 398 pages, every season, a shopping list by store and printable pages.

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Prepping, the way my mother did it

Kate Sullivan's Home Emergency Handbook

64 lessons, 398 pages, every season of the year
The $100 ready shelf and one shopping list, store by store
Ruth's way and an honest verdict on every old trick
A drawing and a "done right" photo for every lesson
7 days to change your mind: email me for every cent back

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From the comments on my channel

"I think it makes a lot of sense to get these supplies ready before the first big storm hits... A little preparation can go a long way."@VernonStephens-z6b on YouTube

"I like how this breaks everything down into simple steps. Preparing ahead is so much less stressful than scrambling when a storm hits."@excelexpert1224 on YouTube

"We lost power for two days last winter, and I wish I had been better prepared. I'm going to check my own supplies this weekend..."@PsyTube-d5l on YouTube

These are comments on my videos, not reviews of this book. It's new, so there aren't any yet, and I won't make them up.

Kate Sullivan

The winter of 1978 I was nine, in Terre Haute, Indiana. The snow came up past the windows and the power went out, and my mother, Ruth, never once looked worried. She'd filled the bathtub, picked the one warm room, and stocked a shelf in the hall closet every October.

I spent twenty years in home security after that, and the people who got through storms best were never the ones with the most gear. This book is my mother's way, written down and checked honestly for today: what still works, what needs a change, and the one thing you should never do again.

Kate

Questions, answered honestly

Is a paper book coming in the mail?

No. It's a digital book, a PDF. Nothing ships. It opens on your phone the moment you pay, the link sits in your email, and you can print any page you like. The walk-through pages are made for printing.

I'm not good with computers.

You don't need to be. You press one button and the book opens. There's no account and no password. If it doesn't open, write to me and I'll walk you through it or refund you. You won't be left stuck.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge me again?

No. One payment, one time. No membership and no monthly anything. I couldn't charge you again if I wanted to.

Do I need a generator?

No. The book is built around getting through without one: the one warm room, water, food that needs no power, light and a plan. If you already have a generator, there's a lesson on running it safely.

Is this a doomsday prepper book?

No bunkers, no fear. It's calm, ordinary home preparedness, the way our mothers did it: a stocked shelf, a plan for the first hour, and knowing what to do for each season's storms.

I live alone, or I'm not very strong anymore. Is it for me?

Yes. It was written with that in mind: no heavy lifting, nothing that needs a ladder unless you have help, and a plan for checking in with someone every day of a storm.

Thirty dollars for a book?

That's less than one night in a motel during an outage. And if it doesn't earn its place in your home, you have seven days to tell me, and you get every cent back.

Calm, simple home prepping, my mother's way.

How it works

The honest math

The way it gets sold

Ruth's way, today

Look inside

What's inside

Get your copy

Kate Sullivan's Home Emergency Handbook

Kate Sullivan

Questions, answered honestly

Is a paper book coming in the mail?

I'm not good with computers.

Is this a subscription? Will you charge me again?

Do I need a generator?

Is this a doomsday prepper book?

I live alone, or I'm not very strong anymore. Is it for me?

Thirty dollars for a book?

Ready when you are

Be ready before the next storm