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Linda Fairbrook · Five plain books for the house

It's not the storm.
It's the four days after.

I wrote five plain books on getting an ordinary house through the two weeks nobody's coming: water, power, heat, food and the go bag, in the order things fail. I'm a retired teacher, and I've been through the smoke weeks, the shutoffs and the evacuation warnings.

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Take one for the season that's on you, or take the set. Every book stands on its own.

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63Chapters, with printables
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Linda Fairbrook at her kitchen table

A note from Linda

"I'm not a survivalist. I'm a retired fourth-grade teacher whose well pump stopped with the power in October of 2019, and the tap ran dry by the afternoon. I've spent the years since making sure this house never gets caught like that again, one gap at a time. These books are what I wrote down along the way, so you don't have to learn it the hard way."

Linda Fairbrook · Twenty-eight years of fourth graders · A wooded acre in the Sierra foothills, with Greg

Take one, or take the set

Every book stands on its own. Together they're my whole method.

My main book, the four seasons, or the whole set with my checklist.

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The Prepared Home

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Volume I · 180+ pages · 21 chapters

The Prepared Home

Two weeks on your own: water, food, power, heat and the go bag, for every emergency.

My whole method, in the order things fail at a house. The night the power goes. Two weeks on the shelf. The day the county says leave.

  • Two weeks of water in the garage, counted
  • The generator lives outside, and why
  • The fridge, the freezer and the thermometer
  • One warm room, one cool room
  • The go bag by the garage door
  • The five-minute drill, and coming home
The Deadly Freeze

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Volume II · Winter · 100+ pages · 12 chapters

The Deadly Freeze

The winter storm plan for your home.

Winter without power at my house, from the first Saturday of October to the week the atmospheric river sits on the roof.

  • One warm room, one heater, one alarm
  • The pipes: the drip, the doors, the shutoff
  • The generator in the wet
  • The car kit from the first snow
  • The atmospheric river week
  • When to leave, in winter
When the Big One Hits

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Volume III · Earthquake · 90+ pages · 10 chapters

When the Big One Hits

The earthquake plan for your home.

What the Survey actually says, and what it means at your house. Cascadia and the San Andreas, the first sixty seconds, and the two weeks when nobody's coming.

  • The first sixty seconds
  • The house before: strapped, and under the bed
  • Gas, and the wrench on the meter
  • Water when the mains are broken
  • My sister on the third floor: the city plan
  • When to leave, after a quake
Embers at the Door

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Volume IV · Fire season · 100+ pages · 10 chapters

Embers at the Door

The wildfire plan for your home.

My home ground. The week we couldn't see the ridge, what a red flag day changes at my house, and the five minutes to leave.

  • Red flag day: the hour after the alert
  • The clearing: the five feet, the vents, the gutters
  • The smoke week, and the filter
  • The shutoff that comes with the wind
  • The car bag and the papers
  • Coming home after the order lifts
Survive the Surge

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Volume V · Hurricane and flood · 90+ pages · 10 chapters

Survive the Surge

The hurricane and flood plan for your home.

The one I wrote for the family on the coast. What the warning means, the 72 hours before, your zone, the surge, and the wet week after.

  • Hurricane warning: what it changes tonight
  • 72 hours before: the list, in order
  • Your zone, and when to leave
  • Water over the road. You turn around.
  • After the surge: the walk-through
  • The family on the coast
The five books on Linda's shelf beside the weather radio

On the shelf

For the night you least expect.

Print them once and put them where you'll find them in the dark. When the power goes, the phone dies and the internet goes with it, the plan's still on your shelf. Mine live by the garage door.

Print at home on ordinary paperBig type, made for a flashlightNo signal, no battery, no login

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Questions from the kitchen table

Plain answers.

Which one should I start with?

If you only want one, take The Prepared Home. It's my whole method for any emergency. If there's a season bearing down on you, take that season's book; each one stands on its own. If you want to be done with it, the collection is all five and my checklist.

Are these real books or files?

They're PDFs. You'll get an email within a minute of paying, with the download. Read them on a tablet, a laptop or a phone, or print the pages you want on ordinary letter paper at home. I set the type big, 14 point, for reading glasses.

Is this a survivalist thing?

No. It's an ordinary house, two people, and the hardware store and the warehouse club. Nothing in these books asks you to buy a bunker, a weapon or a year of food. Most of the steps cost less than twenty dollars, and every one has the price next to it and where I paid it.

What's in the checklist that isn't in the books?

Seven sheets, laid out bigger and plainer than anything inside the books: the water count, the warm-room card, the under-the-bed card, the red-flag-day card, the 72-hours-before list and the family card. They're the pinned-up versions, made for the fridge or the door. You can only get them with the collection.

What if it isn't for me?

Thirty days, full refund, no questions. Reply to the email the book came in and it's done. You keep the files.

Is this medical, legal or electrical advice?

No. I say what I do at my house and what it cost. Your county, the National Weather Service and your fire agency are the ones to follow, and the transfer switch is a licensed electrician's job. When they say leave, leave.

When the power's out, so is the internet, and so are my videos. Print these and they're on the shelf the night you need them.

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