The First Hour Card

Nobody reads a book in the dark. People reach.

The First Hour Card is one printed page you tape inside a kitchen

cabinet door, at eye height, where a hand reaching for a flashlight

finds it without looking. On it: the exact order to do things in the

first sixty minutes of a blackout, in type large enough to read by

flashlight, with blank lines for your utility number and the two

neighbors worth checking on.

A second card covers what changes once an outage passes twenty-four

hours. Also inside: the three mistakes almost everyone makes in the

first ten minutes, and why the candle in the drawer is the worst option

in the house.

6 pages. PDF, delivered immediately. Print it tonight.

Educational material only. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced

in cooperation with any agency or utility.