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The free preparedness library
Plain guides to the things that stop working, written for one country at a time, with every figure quoted from the body that published it.
All of it is free and none of it needs an account. Nothing you read here is stored, counted or sent anywhere. Where a page gives a number, it names the authority that published it and links to their page, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Guides1
Reference tables4
- Reference tablesWhat 19 governments tell households to keep at homeNineteen national civil-protection lists, side by side, with a link to each authority. They disagree about iodine, about medication, and about how many days to plan for.Last checked against its sources on
- Reference tablesHow much water to store, and for how many daysEvery country publishes its own figure, and the totals range by a factor of seven. This is what each one says, and why averaging them is wrong.Last checked against its sources on
- Reference tablesEmergency numbers and public alert systems, country by countryWhich number to call in 19 countries, which channel warns the public, and whether it reaches you by itself or only if you signed up.Last checked against its sources on
- Reference tablesHow the Readiness Standards Index is madeScope, sources, field definitions, the two places this involves judgement, and how to cite it. Written so the figures can be checked rather than trusted.Last checked against its sources on
Official sources1
About this library2
- About this libraryAbout RainWillComeWho runs this site, how it is paid for, what it does with your data, and how to tell us a page is wrong.Last checked against its sources on
- About this libraryHow this library is written and checkedWhere the figures come from, why we never average them across countries, what we refuse to write, and what the review date on each page means.Last checked against its sources on
Written for readers in United States. The guides name that country's own agencies and its own official figures.
Also in: Deutsch, Nederlands
The guidance is free because it is public. Governments publish it. What is missing is the work of putting it in one place and keeping it current. What RainWillCome sells is the part a page cannot do: remembering your household, doing the arithmetic for the people actually in it, printing it so it works when the screen does not, and watching for the things that would change it.