The Day-Two List by Mitch Harris

Day two

Let me tell you about the second morning. A summer storm took your power at supper and you handled it fine. Candles, a card game, the kids thought it was camping. Now it's 6:40 a.m., the house is 84 degrees, the freezer has stopped humming, and the nearest open store is fourteen miles off. You reach for your phone to check the road and it's at nine percent. Nothing bad has happened yet. That's the point. Day two is when people cry in the driveway. I've stood in a lot of driveways, and not once was it over the thing they'd been afraid of. It was always a small thing nobody had checked.

What's inside

Chapter 1 — The Day-Two Rule: I'll show you the shape every bad week takes, and you'll tape the sheet up tonight.
Chapter 2 — The Week the Power Quits: I'll show you light, heat, a fridge you can trust, and where the generator goes.
Chapter 3 — When the Pressure Drops: I'll show you how to hold a week of water and make it safe to drink.
Chapter 4 — The Pantry That Holds Its Price: I'll show you two weeks of food you already eat, bought when it's cheap.
Chapter 5 — The Day the Card Readers Go Down: I'll show you how much cash, in which bills, and where it lives.
Chapter 6 — Payday With No App: I'll show you the paper backup, so an outage costs an afternoon and not the rent.
Chapter 7 — When the Call Isn't Who It Says: I'll show you the family password that beats a cloned voice.
Chapter 8 — The Slow Scams: I'll give you two rules that fit on an index card.
Chapter 9 — The Week the Job Quits: I'll walk you through the loss inventory and a ninety-day plan.
Chapter 10 — When the Rate Goes Up: I'll show you fifteen things the crews do at home. The cheapest one comes last.
Chapter 11 — Telling a Real Warning From a Fake: I'll show you three boring sources and a sixty-second check.
Chapter 12 — The People Part: I'll show you the three-door check-in list.
Chapter 13 — The Day-Two List: I've held the cheapest item in the book back until last. You already own it.

13 chapters · 13 checklists you can tear out · 13 worksheets · 160 pages · PDF, EPUB and large print

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Sample page 16 — Chapter one: the list starts blank

Sample page 21 — The kitchen drawer, day two

Sample page 63 — The bank folder, two columns

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What changes

	Now	With the list
The fridge in an outage	You open the door to have a look, guess, and end up throwing it all out.	Keep the door shut, put a thermometer in, and use the FoodSafety.gov clock: about 4 hours for the fridge, 48 for a full freezer.
The thermostat	Wherever it's been sitting since you moved in.	Turn it back 7 to 10 degrees for eight hours a day. The Department of Energy's own page says up to 10 percent off heating and cooling.
The water heater	Wherever the installer left it.	Set it to 120 degrees, the DOE's number. One dial, ten minutes, and you're done.

This book is for you if

You want your place to be fine for a bad week: a storm, a layoff, a scam call, an outage.
You'd rather use the flashlight you already own than buy a $3,000 generator.
You like a list on the fridge better than an app. So do I.
You've got people to look after, or you're the one living alone.

It is not for you if

You're after a bunker, a bug-out plan or the end of the world. I'm talking about a week, not a collapse.
You want gear reviews. I give one price tag per item and no brand names.
You want dates and predictions. I don't have any, and I wouldn't trust anyone who does.
You want it to be exciting. Boring is the whole point.

The book

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About Mitch Harris

Mitch Harris spent thirty-one years on a line crew for a rural electric co-op in Missouri, the last twelve as a crew supervisor, restoring power after ice storms, tornadoes and one substation fire. He grew up on a farm the co-op did not reach until 1971, which is where the root cellar, the generator and the paper list came from. He is not an economist or a security expert. He is the man who put your lights back on, and he knows what a house looks like on day two when a system behind it quits. He is retired now, with two grown kids and five grandkids, and his wife says he has been prepping since before it had a name.

Questions

Is this a paper book?

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I'm not good with computers. Will I manage?

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Is there a subscription or a monthly charge?

No. One payment, one time. Every future edition of the book comes to you free.

Why isn't all this just in your videos?

A lot of it is, spread over a lot of videos. Here it's all in one place, in the order a house fails, with a checklist and a worksheet for each system. You can build the whole list on a Sunday.

What if I lose the file?

Reply to your receipt email and I'll send you fresh links. Files get lost. Paper on the fridge doesn't.

What if it's not for me?

Thirty days, full refund, and you keep the book. Reply to the receipt email and it's done.