Apocalypse-Proof
Your Home
When the power dies and the gas pumps stop, your house is all you have.
That is not a movie plot. Ready.gov says to be ready to stay home for days without power, and warns the gas pumps may stop too. Brian’s large-print guide protects your home and car from the weather, from intruders, and from theft.
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How the world ends at your house
Not with a bang. With a dry tap, a dead fridge and a generator in the wrong place. FEMA, the CDC, the Weather Service and the fire service already publish every warning, in places nobody reads until the day it happens. Brian read them, taped them up, and found the cheap fix for each one.
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2 minutes
You could have as little as two minutes to get out once the smoke alarm sounds.
- Says
- National Fire Protection Association
- The fix
- Chapter 2: alarms on every level, 1 hour, $25 to $100
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Minutes
A generator run indoors can kill you that fast. Its exhaust is a poison you cannot see or smell.
- Says
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
- The fix
- Chapter 3, 30 minutes, under $25
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6 inches
Of fast-moving floodwater can knock over an adult. A foot of it can carry away most cars.
- Says
- National Weather Service
- The fix
- Chapter 7, 10 minutes, free
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No gas
Gas stations may close in an emergency, and with the power out they may not be able to pump at all.
- Says
- Ready.gov, run by FEMA
- The fix
- Chapter 6, the half-tank habit, 1 hour, $25 to $100
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1 gallon
Of water per person, per day, for several days. Count your household and do the math tonight.
- Says
- Ready.gov, run by FEMA
- The fix
- Chapter 1, 1 hour, $25 to $100
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Scammers
Pretend to be from your gas, electric or water company, and threaten to cut you off unless you pay on the spot.
- Says
- Federal Trade Commission
- The fix
- Chapter 10, 10 minutes, free
Day three. The whole street is dark.
No lights, no heat, no fridge, and the gas station down the road cannot pump. Whatever you did not store before, you do not have now.
If the power is out for more than a day, Ready.gov says to throw out medicine that needs the fridge unless its label says otherwise. Most people find that out too late.
Chapters 1 and 3 get you ready tonight, while you are calm: the five things every house needs first, and how to keep the food and medicine safe and the generator outside.
Get the blackout plan in the guide
When it is time to go, your car has to be there.
Leave early enough to avoid being trapped, Ready.gov says, and keep half a tank of gas in it at all times. That only works if the kit is in the trunk and the car is still yours.
Police in Narberth, Pennsylvania warn that in some cases thieves can relay the signal from a key fob left inside your house, then unlock and start the car without it.
Chapters 5, 6 and 18: the plan for when to stay and when to go, the car kit that keeps you moving when the roads close, and the pouch that stops the relay.
Get your way out in the guide
When the water comes, your insurance may not.
Most homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage, FEMA says. Almost a third of flood claims come from places that are not high-risk.
A new flood policy usually takes 30 days to start. The storm will not wait 30 days.
Chapter 4 is the half-hour plan: look up your address on FEMA’s flood map, ask your agent one question and write down the answer, test the sump pump and get your papers off the floor. Under $25.
Get the questions in the guide
“I am paranoid so you do not have to be.”
My neighbors have called me Tinfoil Hat Brian for years. I earned it. But this guide is not about being scared. It is about being the one house on the street that is ready when everything goes dark.
Once you have done the cheap, boring things first, you stop lying awake wondering. There is no bunker in here, no secret plan and nothing illegal. Just the water, the flashlights, the alarms, a front door that holds and the phone call to your agent.
Straight talk: the rules in this guide are not my opinion. Every one names its official source at the end of its chapter, checked in November 2026.
Would your house last the first three days?
Five checks from the guide’s 10-minute self-audit. Tick only what is true today, not what you have been meaning to do.
Every empty box points to the chapter that fixes it.
Ready for the storm, the blackout and whoever comes next.
Every chapter opens with the same three lines, so before you start you know what it stops, how long it takes and what it costs.
- Chapter
- 3 Power outage: generators and the fridge
- Stops
- Generator carbon monoxide, backfeeding shocks, spoiled food and a dead medical device
- Time
- 30 minutes
- Cost
- Under $25
Fortify your home against the weather
5 chapters. The five things first, smoke and CO alarms, the power outage and the generator, flood, and when to stay or go.
Stormproof your car
2 chapters. The car kit and the half-tank habit, and water over the road.
How to protect against intruders
4 chapters. The intruder’s walk-around, a front door that holds, the knock at the door, and the 2 a.m. plan.
Lock it down
6 chapters. Locks worth the money, windows and sliding doors, the garage, storm shutters, a safe room, and safes.
Protect your car from theft
2 chapters. Key fob relays, and catalytic converter theft.
See all 19 chapters
Fortify your home against the weather
- The five things every house needs first
- Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms
- Power outage: generators and the fridge
- Flood: the water does not read the map
- Stay or go: sheltering in place, evacuating and the go-bag
Stormproof your car
- The car kit and the half-tank habit
- Water over the road: turn around
How to protect against intruders
- Walk your house like an intruder would
- The front door: the strike plate and the long screws
- The knock at the door: fake workers and door-to-door scams
- The 2 a.m. noise: your plan
Lock it down
- Locks: which ones are worth the money
- Windows and sliding doors
- The garage and the side door
- Storm shutters: boarding up windows, doors and the garage
- The safe room: one room that holds
- Safes: what the ratings mean
Protect your car from theft
- Keyless theft: why your fob needs a pouch
- Catalytic converter theft
Plus the 10-minute self-audit at the front. At the back, a shopping list of 75 items sorted by store, and a nine-page fill-in workbook for your shutoffs, floor plan, way out, contacts, medicines, papers and cars.
Tap a page to read it full size.
Six rules for the worst day of your life.
Five come from the National Weather Service, the CDC, FEMA and the fire service. The last one is Brian’s. Read them out loud to whoever lives with you, even if you never buy the guide.
- If you are told to leave, leave.
- Never drive or walk into floodwater. Turn around.
- Never run a generator inside your home, basement or garage.
- If your house is on fire, get out, stay out and call 911 from outside.
- If someone is in your house, do not go looking. Get safe and call 911.
- Stuff can be replaced. You cannot.
Put it in the kitchen drawer tonight.
Print it, keep it next to the flashlight, and do one “Right now” box before bed. When the lights go out, you will know exactly where it is.
- 19 chapters on protecting your home and car from the weather, attackers and theft, in large print
- The 10-minute self-audit that tells you where to start
- A shopping list of 75 items sorted by store, with what to look for on the box and a price range
- A fill-in workbook for shutoffs, your way out, contacts, medicines and papers
- The official source for every rule, chapter by chapter
- A 110-page PDF you can read on a phone or print on letter paper
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Questions before you buy
What exactly do I get?
One 110-page PDF in large print, sized for US Letter paper. Read it on a phone, tablet or computer, or print it and keep it where you can find it in the dark.
I am not handy. Is this for me?
Yes. It is written for people who are handy at best. Every chapter has a “Right now” check you can do from your chair or in a five-minute walk, and the guide says plainly which jobs belong to a licensed pro.
What is not in it?
No weapons, no booby traps, no bunker and nothing illegal. Wiring and gas work belong to a licensed pro, and the guide tells you when to call one.
How do I pay, and how fast do I get it?
By card or PayPal on a checkout run by Payhip. Your download opens as soon as you pay, and the link also comes by email. Your card statement will show TINFOILBRIAN.COM.
I live outside the US. Is it still useful?
The sources are US agencies such as FEMA and the CDC, so some rules and numbers are American. Most fixes work anywhere, but follow your own local officials and codes.
What if I am not satisfied?
Email hello@atyondevelopers.com within 30 days of buying and we refund you in full, no questions asked. The same goes if the file will not download or open.