Matthews Household Emergency Guide — offline use

Start here: open START-HERE.html (or offline-hub/index.html) in any browser — works with file://, no internet.

Guide files:
- START-HERE.html — obvious first file; opens the offline hub
- offline-hub/index.html — self-contained hub (contacts, search, chapter links)
- offline-hub/chapters/ — HTML copies of info-bank + crisis Q&A, gear, sources
- Matthews-Household-Emergency-Guide.html — full guide HTML (primary long-form)
- Matthews-Household-Emergency-Guide.md — plain markdown twin (same substance)
- Matthews-Household-Emergency-Guide.pdf — print-friendly PDF
- crisis-qa.md — standalone Crisis questions Q&A (§21)
- info-bank/ — offline depth chapters 01–16 + perplexity/ raw reports + MERGE-NOTES.md + INDEX.md
- Matthews-Emergency-Offline-Pack.zip — whole tree for USB / phone copy

Household: Rowan House, Irthington, Cumbria CA6 · 5 adults + small dog
Last updated: 27 Sep 2026 (Europe/London) · Offline hub + zip pack

What this is

A Faraday-bag / no-network pack for the Matthews household. Practical UK guidance for storms, power cuts, flood awareness, and snow isolation. No server, no Umbrel, no CDN required.

How to use (3 steps)

1. Copy zip to USB / phone — unzip Matthews-Emergency-Offline-Pack.zip onto a labelled USB stick and/or phone storage (Files / Downloads). Keep the whole folder together so relative links work.
2. Open START-HERE.html — tap or double-click; it opens the offline hub. From there: full guide, PDF, Crisis Q&A, info-bank chapters, gear notes, sources.
3. Faraday bag — store a spare phone/tablet powered off in the bag, plus the labelled USB. The hub is for when the device is usable offline — not while sealed in the bag.

Copy to devices

Best offline pack: use Matthews-Emergency-Offline-Pack.zip, or copy the entire emergency-prep/ folder (minus *.b64 junk) onto phone storage and/or a labelled USB.

1. Phone / tablet: Unzip or copy to Files / Downloads / Books. Open START-HERE.html with the browser. On iOS, Files → tap → Share → Safari/Books. On Android, Files → Chrome/Firefox.
2. Kindle (or e-ink): Sideload the PDF via USB, or print to PDF from the HTML.
3. USB stick: Keep the whole folder on a labelled USB. Store with silica gel.
4. Laptop: Double-click START-HERE.html or open via browser → File → Open.

Do not depend on cloud sync alone — the point is offline.

Open locally

• Use file:// / “Open file” in any modern browser.
• Hub and chapters include dark-readable high-contrast CSS and large tap targets.
• Chapter search on the hub filters titles client-side (no network).
• Markdown originals remain in info-bank/ if you prefer any MD reader.

Print / PDF

• Prefer the generated Matthews-Household-Emergency-Guide.pdf if present.
• Or: Browser → Print → Save as PDF (A4).
• Print §3 (family plan) and §4 (phone numbers) for the fridge.

Faraday / EMP bag storage

Store together:

• Charged spare phone or small tablet with the pack already copied (device powered off in the bag)
• USB with whole pack: START-HERE.html + offline-hub/ + guide HTML/MD/PDF + info-bank/ + crisis-qa.md + this README
• Silica gel packet

Honest limit: Consumer Faraday bags can help shield small, powered-off electronics from some EMP/static/RF. They are not magic armour for the house, car, or gear left plugged in. See §13 of the guide and info-bank Ch.12.

Annual refresh

Each year (e.g. September):

• Update phone numbers, meds, and fill-in blanks
• Rotate water / food / batteries
• Re-copy the whole pack (or regenerate the zip) to phone and USB after edits
• Recharge spare device
• Confirm Starlink account status and Anker units on-site (§13 / Ch.13)

Starlink / Anker (§13)

Filled from order-email extract in gear-from-email.md (27 Sep 2026):

• Starlink Mini Kit (ACC-6061989-11400-10 / ORD-75117339-26063-96) + Roam 10GB plan notes
• Anker SOLIX C1000 + 100W solar; C300; power banks 321 / 633 + Nano II 65W
• C1000/C300: order confirms only — confirm on-site (no delivery emails found)
• C1000 Wh: confirm on unit label (not in email)

Related

• Gear extract: gear-from-email.md
• Research brief: UK-IRTHINGTON-PREP-BRIEF.md
• Info bank index: info-bank/INDEX.md or offline-hub/chapters/INDEX.html
• Perplexity digest: info-bank/16-perplexity-deep-research-digest.md
• Merge log: info-bank/MERGE-NOTES.md

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