Midland ER310 crank NOAA radio
$79.99 Amazon
Hand crank, solar trickle, USB out, and a slot for 6 AA cells. NOAA weather and AM/FM are the news when phones are down. The ER310PRO adds a 10,000 mAh bank for $99.99.
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Two Weeks Offline — Paper Pack, Household Concierge, and Building/HOA Audit built on this checklist.
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Tom's list says aim for 2 weeks.
Estimates only. Tom's list gives quantities only for water (1 gallon per person per day), food (2 weeks) and prescriptions (30 days). Every other number here is a simple rule of thumb, shown under each item. This is not medical, emergency-management or official guidance. Check with your local emergency office, your building or HOA rules, and your pharmacist.
Part 1
The checklist
Eight areas, 23 items. Do the paper and cash items first. They cost almost nothing, and nothing else works without them.
Money
0/2Information and contacts
0/5
Communication
0/3
Power
0/2Water and food (aim for 2 weeks)
0/3Health
0/2Home and offline life
0/4Digital hygiene (helps before and after)
0/2Part 2
How much water
One gallon per person per day, for drinking and basic washing. In a high-rise the pumps stop with the power, so store it before you need it.
People
Days
56gallons needed
47-gal jugs, tap-filled
640-bottle cases
Needed
StoredJugs 28 galBottled 31.7 gal
Part 3
What to buy
Sized for 4 people for 14 days. Amazon prices were read on 27 Oct 2026 from the product page. A logged-out read and a White Plains 10601 read gave the same prices. Your price depends on your delivery address. Costco and EcoFlow prices were read on 24 Oct. Tap In my list to build your own total. It stays in this browser.
$1,044.2630 items in your list
Radio and talk
$149.98
Midland LXT600VP3 walkie-talkie 2-pack
$69.99 Amazon
FRS, no license. The “30 mile” claim is open country. In a high-rise, expect the same floor and the stairwell.
Midland GXT1000VP4 GMRS 2-pack
$89.99 AmazonOption
Swap for the LXT pair if you will file the FCC license first ($35 for 10 years; confirm on fcc.gov). Do not buy a landline phone. Most apartment “landlines” ride the internet.
Power and light
$137.67
Anker Zolo 20,000 mAh power bank
$37.99 × 2 = $75.98Amazon
30W with a built-in USB-C cable. Two banks give four phones several top-ups. Charge them now.
Energizer LED Headlamp PRO, 2-pack
$14.99 Amazon
Hands free for cooking, stairs and the closet. Batteries included.
Energizer Auto-On LED flashlights, 3-pack
$19.38 Amazon
They sit in wall outlets and switch on when the power cuts, so the hallway is never dark. Pull one out and it is a flashlight.
Energizer Ultimate Lithium AA, 12 count
$27.32 Amazon
Six go in the ER310 as its backup. Lithium cells keep their charge in a drawer for years.
EcoFlow RIVER 2 power station, 256 Wh
$177.65 AmazonOption
New, read for delivery to White Plains 10601. Cheaper than the $198.57 refurbished eBay listing read 24 Oct. Runs phones, lamps and a router, not the apartment.
Jackery Explorer 300, 292 Wh
$259.00 AmazonOption
This page did not load on 24 Oct. A little more capacity than the RIVER 2 for $81 more.
EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic, 1,024 Wh
$499.00 EcoFlowOption
Four times the RIVER 2. A solar panel only helps if it sits outside on a balcony.
Water
$107.48
Reliance Aqua-Tainer 7 gal jug, 2-pack
$53.74 × 2 = $107.48Amazon
Four jugs hold 28 gallons. Fill them from the tap while the building pumps still work. The single jug showed no price.
Food and cooking
$222.75
Swing-A-Way manual can opener
$14.98 Amazon
An electric opener dies with the building.
Quaker Old Fashioned Oats, two 64 oz bags
$16.88 Amazon
8 lb, about 90 servings. Soaks soft in cold water if the stove is out.
Barilla penne and spaghetti, 8 × 1 lb
$15.99 Amazon
Pasta needs fuel and water to cook. The no-cook rows here are oats, beans, tuna and peanut butter.
Bush’s Best Black Beans, 12 × 15 oz
$17.76 Amazon
Ready to eat from the can. Pair with the rice and tuna below.
Coleman Triton+ 2-burner propane stove
$99.39 Amazon
One hot meal a day, outdoors only. Never in the apartment, the garage or a closed balcony. The exhaust is carbon monoxide.
Coleman 16 oz propane cylinders, 2-pack
$26.99 × 2 = $53.98Amazon
Four cylinders. A no-name 4-pack was $43.75.
First aid and medicine
$88.53
First Aid Only 298-piece family kit
$18.69 Amazon
The family kit the 24 Oct list was missing. It replaces the $34.49 hiking kit and costs less.
Tylenol Extra Strength, 225 caplets
$18.63 Amazon
Adult acetaminophen. Follow the label. No doses here.
Children’s Tylenol, dye-free, 4 fl oz
$7.68 Amazon
Dose by weight from the label or your pediatrician.
Imodium A-D 2 mg, 24 caplets
$11.48 Amazon
Anti-diarrheal for adults. Ask a doctor before giving it to children.
Liquid I.V. electrolyte mix, 16 sticks
$23.30 Amazon
Electrolyte drink mix, not a medical oral rehydration salt. For a sick child, ask a pharmacist for ORS.
Adventure Medical Kits Hiker
$34.49 AmazonOption
The 24 Oct pick. A good grab-bag kit, small for four people.
Hygiene
$48.48
Glad ForceFlex 13 gal bags, 140 count
$24.52 Amazon
Trash, and a toilet liner if the water stops.
Papers and backups
$182.72
SentrySafe FBWLZ0 document bag
$21.98 Amazon
Fire- and water-resistant. Passports, IDs, insurance cards, and the paper list of accounts.
Seagate 2TB portable drive
$129.99 Amazon
Copy photos and documents, open a few to check, then unplug it and leave it unplugged.
Rand McNally 2027 Large Scale Road Atlas
$30.75 Amazon
Paperback. Phone map downloads still need a charged phone.
Costco staples
$106.65Kirkland Organic Peanut Butter, 28 oz, 2-count
$11.69 Costco
Online price, read 24 Oct. $9.79 in the Port Chester warehouse.
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 12 × 7 oz
$20.99 × 2 = $41.98Costco
24 cans. $1.75 a can online, $16.69 a pack in the warehouse.
Kirkland Jasmine Rice, 25 lb
$27.99 Costco
Search-card price. Needs fuel and water to cook.
RapidCare first aid kit, 265 pieces
$59.99 CostcoOption
Bigger case than the family kit above, at three times the price.
Bottled water cases
Costco sells the 40-bottle Kirkland case only in the warehouse. Online, it is the 48-case pallet at $459.99, about $9.58 a case. Buy six cases in store, or fill two more jugs ($53.74) instead.
Cash
Two to four weeks of essentials in small bills, from your bank. Not a listing, and not in the total.
Prescriptions
A 30-day supply of each, from your pharmacy. Ask about an early refill. Insurance often allows one before a declared emergency.
How these prices were read
- Amazon: the buy-box price on each product page, read 27 Oct 2026. The nine items carried over from 24 Oct had not changed.
- Costco: signed out, delivery ZIP 10017, warehouse Port Chester, 24 Oct. The online price is the delivered price.
- EcoFlow DELTA 3 Classic: the sale price on us.ecoflow.com, 24 Oct.
- Product photos load from the retailer’s image server. The illustrations are original to this page.
- No affiliate links. Prices move. Check the total before you buy.
List by @tomowenmorgan (Tom Morgan), posted 22 Oct 2026. Buy list added 24 Oct and completed 27 Oct 2026.