United States
United States — Ready.gov
FEMA’s Ready.gov advice is longstanding: plan for several days of water, food, and supplies. No new civilian “3-day blackout order.”
One calm step today: check that you have about one gallon of water per person for a few days, then open the kit builder (US units) for the rest of the list.
Official advice
FORTRESS is a Department of Defense initiative about military installation resilience — not a household blackout order. Treat media “90-day” figures carefully unless a published DoD universal mandate appears.
Water
At least 1 gallon (~3.8 L) per person per day for drinking and sanitation, for several days — Ready.gov (page last updated 1 Jul 2026). Imperial first; metric in parentheses.
Emergency number
911 for police, fire, and medical emergencies.
Outage maps (sample of major utilities)
The US has thousands of utilities. These are common large ones — always check your utility or state PUC site.
- PG&E outages (California)
- Con Edison outage map (New York metro)
- Duke Energy outage map
- FPL outage map (Florida)
- Oncor outages (Texas)
- ComEd outages (Illinois)
Shopping note
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Spelling / units
US English (color, meter). Use flashlight (not torch). Imperial-first with metric.
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