Before
the storm

Prepping while you can.

A survival guide and first aid reference for your phone. Clear steps, real sources, and guides that still open when the signal is gone.

In development. Coming to iPhone and Android.
The Before The Storm home screen with five sections: Medical, Prepping, Power and water, Digital and Weather

One app for the bad day

Read it now, while things are calm. Keep it for the day the power, the phones or the roads let you down.

Medical

107 first aid guides, one clear step at a time, from a nosebleed to CPR. The steps adjust for a baby, a child, an adult or an older person.

Built

Prepping

What to stock and what to do first. A two-week food shelf, an emergency kit and a dental kit, each as a checklist you tick off.

Built, more coming

Weather

Live radar centred on your state, with a replay of the last 24 hours. A threat level drawn from official alert feeds is on the way.

Radar built

Power and water

Blackouts, generators, keeping food cold, and making water safe to drink.

Being written

Digital

What to do when the internet, the phones or the card machines stop working.

Being written

Family

Check in with your family over small mesh radios when there is no cell service.

In testing

Built for beginners. Deep enough for preppers.

No jargon and no lectures. Each guide shows one step, one picture and what to watch for.

Home screen
Five sections, one screen
Medical reference screen listing the most used first aid guides
Find a guide fast
A first aid step showing how to remove a tick with tweezers
One step at a time
Live weather radar over Oregon with replay buttons
Radar with a 24-hour replay
107first aid guides ready today
98sources, listed inside the app
0bars of signal needed to read a guide
0accounts to create

Where the guides come from

Every medical step names its source, and the full list sits on a Sources page inside the app.

Sources we read

  • MedlinePlus, from the U.S. National Library of Medicine
  • American Heart Association CPR guidance
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Ready.gov and FEMA
  • The Stop the Bleed booklet from the American College of Surgeons
  • Merck Veterinary Manual, for the pet guides

What this is, and is not

Before The Storm is a reference to read and learn from. It is general first aid information, not medical advice, and it does not replace a doctor or emergency services. In an emergency, call 911 if you can.

Weather radar comes from the U.S. National Weather Service and needs a connection. The guides and checklists do not.