Dispatch · No. 11
The power is out. The city and the country have different problems.
A practical power-outage plan for city apartments and rural homes: the first hour, safe water, food, heat, communication, and when to leave.
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Home
Durable home goods, sustainability, emergency preparedness, repair, construction, water filtration, energy, storage, and garden equipment.
Buying guides
Learn before you choose.
Practical comparisons and field notes for the questions behind this collection.
Review guide · Emergency communication
Emergency radios: first decide who you need to hear
Compare CB, FRS, GMRS, and NOAA weather radios for outages, with specific Midland options, U.S. licensing requirements, range limits, and a simple test plan.
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A generator is not a neighborhood plan
The practical policy questions behind a resilient community: public cooling and warming centers, backup power, water, access, maintenance, and who pays.
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Water when the power goes out
A practical household water plan covering storage, filtration, treatment, rotation, and everyday use.
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Objects that earned a place.
Permanent object pages bring together reasoning, field data, limitations, partner options, and related knowledge. The collection grows carefully—not all at once.
Home · Tableware
Jujube-Wood Rice and Soup Bowl
Warm, lightweight wooden tableware with naturally varied grain
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Home · Preparedness
Midland ER310 Emergency Weather Radio
A credible weather radio with multiple ways to stay powered
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Home · Preparedness
Midland GXT67 PRO GMRS Radio
A rugged handheld for a licensed, practiced GMRS setup
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Home · Preparedness
Midland T61VP3 FRS Walkie-Talkie Pair
Two matching radios for a nearby household communication plan
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Home · Preparedness
Midland 75-822 Portable / Mobile CB Radio
A real CB option for road travel and an existing local CB group
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Books · Sustainability · Home
The Resilient Farm and Homestead
Whole-systems design grounded in twenty years of practice
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Books · Home · Natural Building
Earthbag Building
A hands-on manual for building durable forms from earth and labor
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Home · Water
1.5-Gallon Gravity Water Filter
A simple stainless gravity system for daily and emergency use
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Gravity Water Filter
Daily use and emergencies
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Hand-Crank Emergency Radio
Useful before the emergency becomes interesting
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Stainless Food Storage Set
Storage that can take heat and time
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Portable Power Station
Useful power without a fuel can
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Household Repair Kit
The tools that prevent a small problem becoming a project
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Countertop Compost Bin
Makes the sustainable habit easier to keep
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Knowledge before equipment.
Guides, techniques, comparisons, traditions, and first-hand notes connect naturally to every object in this territory.