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Failure Point Worksheet
| Electric Power | Refer, & Freezer | Generator | 3500 Watt Gen / Costco | ||
| Gas Furnace Blower | Generator / Wood Heat | 3500 Watt Gen / 1 Cord Wood | |||
| Elect Wall Heaters | Gen / Keros Heat / Wd Heat | Gen / Keros Htr / 1 Cord Wood | |||
| Base Board Heaters | Gen / Keros Heat / Wd Heat | Gen / Keros Htr / 1 Cord Wood | |||
| Elect Heat Pump | Gen / Keros Heat / Wd Heat | Gen / Keros Htr / 1 Cord Wood | |||
| Water Plant | Drink Water to Home | Buy Filtered Water | 2.5 Gal Store Drinking Water | ||
| Store & Filter as Needed | Hand Filter / Drip Filter | ||||
| Divert Gutters to Buckets as | 5 Gal Buckets Marked Dirty H2O | ||||
| Dirty Water to be Filtered into | 5 Gal Camp Jugs Marked Clean | ||||
| Clean Containers for Drinking | 55 Gal H2O Barrels w/ pump | ||||
| Wash Water to Home | Stored Dirty Water Used to | 5 Gal Buckets to Wash & Rinse | |||
| Flush Water to Home | Wash then Flush With | Then Fill Toilet Tank to Flush | |||
| Sewage Plant | Sewer Back Up | Porta Potty | Porta Potty w / Bags (Plenty ) | ||
| Trench Latrine w / Shelter | Shovel / Yard / Blk Plastic Shltr | ||||
| Outhouse | Plywood & 2x4s, 4x4s, Nails, etc | ||||
| Telephone Co | Unable to Call 911 | Dev Relationships on Your St. | BarBQ / Deserts to Get to Know | ||
| People on Your Street | |||||
| Dev Relationship At Church | Church TLCs | ||||
| Natural Gas Co | Unable to Heat Home | Wood Heat if Available | 1 to 2 Cord of Dry Wood & Kind | ||
| Kerosene Indoor Heaters | 5 Gal Cans of Kerosene / Heater | ||||
| Grocery Stores | No Resupply, Food | Store Comfort Foods | 1,3,6, or 12 Mo of Comfort Foods | ||
| Runs Low or Out | |||||
| No Supply of Milk | Store Powderd Milk & Vanilla | 1,3,6, or 12 Mo of Milk & Instant | |||
| Instant Breakfast | Breakfast | ||||
| Banking | Cash Availability | Have Cash on Hand | 1,3,6, or 12 Mo of Cash on Hand | ||
| Access To S-D-Box | Remove Valuables to Safe | Home Safe | |||
| Important Documents | Have Copies of All Imp Docs | Keep in Home Safe | |||
| Severe Drop In Wl St. | 1/3 Cash, 1/3 Gold & Silver, 1/3 Stk | Brokerage Fees | |||
| Commerce | Unable to Use Credit | Cash for Transactions | Cash on Hand | ||
| Long Lines at Stores | Shop at Dinner Hour | Patience / Security | |||
| Receipts by Hand | Encouragement | Patience / Gods Love | |||
| Schools | No Heat / No School | Provide Home Schooling | Kids Bring ALL Books Home | ||
| No Elect / No School | Structure Same as School | Have Same Time for Recess | |||
| No Fuel / No Busses | Walk Kids to School | Block Co-ops to Walk Kids | |||
| Public Transportation | No Fuel / No Busses | Bicycles / Walk | Mtn Bikes w/ Racks & Locks | ||
| No Elect / No Max | Bicycles / Walk | Good Walking Shoes | |||
| NO Fuel / No Taxis | Bicycles / Walk | Good Walking Shoes | |||
| Media | News Blackout` | Short Wave Radio / Batts | Min 7 Band Radio w/ Batteries | ||
| Bulk Transport | Planes Grounded | Delayed Long Distance Travel | Patience / Alt Travel Means | ||
| Trains Grounded | Delayed Shipment / Travel | ||||
| Government, State | No Fire Response | Extreme Care With Fire | Common Sense | ||
| No Police Response | Maintain Own Security | Pepper Sprays / Other SD Means | |||
| Real Estate Trans | Manual Records @ County | Patience / Pray / God's Love | |||
| Fuel Suppliers | Can't Pump Crude Oil | Store Fuel | 5 Gal Containers For Fuel / 55 g Drums / stabil | ||
| Can't Crack Crude Oil | Store Fuel | 5 Gal Containers For Fuel / Drums | |||
| Can't Ship Gas | Store Fuel | 5 Gal Containers For Fuel /. Drums | |||
| Can't Pump Gas | Store Fuel | 5 Gal Containers For Fuel / Drums | |||
| Government, Federal | Postal | Postal Delays | Patience / Pray / God's Love | ||
| Medicare | Payment Delays | Patience / Pray / God's Love | |||
| Social Security | Payment Delays | Patience / Pray / God's Love | |||
| FAA | Air Traffic Problems | Patience / Pray / God's Love | |||
| Gov Agencys | Lost or Corrupt Data | Copies of Important Documents | |||
| Military | Gov Declares Martial Law | Pray! Pray! Pray! |
From the Rough & Ready Outfitters preparedness library. Provided for informational purposes.