The Family Power-Outage Kit

This is the kit we’d build for a typical family facing the most common emergency there is: the lights going out for a couple of days. Nothing here is doomsday — it’s the stuff that turns a stressful blackout into an adventure the kids might actually enjoy.

Start with a power station to keep the fridge cold and the phones alive, add a water filter in case of a boil-water notice, and round it out with flashlights, a few days of easy food, and a battery or hand-crank radio. Buy the anchor pieces below, then grab the small stuff on your next grocery run.