Vivid Ready
A household manual for when the power, the water, or help stops. It works with no signal and no account, on a phone that has been here once before.
- 174 how-to pages
- 12 subjects
- 37 library pages
- Offline once loaded
What has happened?
- Someone is hurt or ill
- The water has stopped, or I do not trust it
- There is no electricity
- We are cold, or cannot cook
- Nothing is being collected
- Food will not keep, or I do not know if it is safe
- I am on my own and cannot find a grown-up
Or name it
Browse by subject
- Water15 pagesFiltering, storing, treating and finding water when the tap stops.
- Fire, heat and cooking17 pagesMaking fire without matches, and cooking and heating on very little fuel.
- Growing, foraging and keeping19 pagesProducing food: the bed, the coop, the hive, the hedgerow.
- Preserving food17 pagesMaking a glut last, without making anyone ill.
- Medical and health28 pagesWhat you can genuinely do at home, and where the ceiling honestly is.
- Sanitation and hygiene9 pagesWaste, washing and pests, when nothing is being collected.
- Energy and power9 pagesSmall electrical systems, safely, and the fires they start when done wrong.
- Shelter and home systems11 pagesKeeping the building watertight, warm and hard to get into.
- Making and mending18 pagesRepair first, then the crafts that only matter if this runs long.
- Navigation, comms and mobility12 pagesKnowing where you are, reaching people, and moving safely.
- Security, mindset and training9 pagesThe drills. A plan you have never rehearsed is a guess.
- Documents, money and the hard things10 pagesPaperwork, cash, caches, and the conversations nobody wants to have.
When nothing is wrong
- LibraryThe playbook. 37 pages on what to do, and why.
- How to174 process pages. The actual doing, step by step.
- SearchEvery page, offline, by word or by page code.
- Tools5 calculators: dosing, sizing and rationing.
- InventoryWhat this household has, and what runs out first.
- DrillsWorth practising now, and when each was last done.