# Sources for the 72-hour kit guidance > Where 72 Hour Kit's guidance comes from: Ready.gov's kit and water pages, the American Red Cross survival kit list, Ready.gov's pet guide and National Weather Service pages. - Canonical URL: https://72hourkit.com/sources/ - Checked: 2026-10-25 ## Guidance we built on, checked 25 October 2026 - [Ready.gov, build a kit](https://www.ready.gov/kit): the basic disaster supplies kit, additional items, maintaining the kit. - [Ready.gov, storing water in plastic soda bottles](https://www.ready.gov/storing-water-plastic-soda-bottles): cleaning, sanitizing, filling, labeling and replacing self-bottled water every six months. - [American Red Cross, survival kit supplies](https://redcross.org/kit): 1 gallon per person per day; 3 days for evacuation, 2 weeks at home; 7 days of medication; documents and family items. - [Ready Illinois, water](https://Ready.Illinois.Gov/plan/water.html): two quarts to drink and two for food and sanitation; who needs more water. - [Ready.gov, pets](https://www.ready.gov/pets) (contents read from Ready.gov's pet preparedness leaflet): the pet emergency kit. - Ready.gov power outage safety tips ([page](https://www.ready.gov/power-outages); content read from Ready.gov's power outage leaflet): generators 20 feet from windows, doors and garages, carbon monoxide alarms, refrigerated medicine. - [FoodSafety.gov, keeping food safe when you lose power](https://www.foodsafety.gov/blog/three-ways-keep-food-safe-when-you-lose-power): 4 hours, 48 and 24 hours, the 40°F rule. - [National Weather Service, NOAA Weather Radio help](https://www.weather.gov/mob/nwrhelp): the seven channels and SAME codes; [county list](https://www.weather.gov/nwr/Counties); [using SAME](https://weather.gov/nwr/usingsame); [weekly test example](https://www.weather.gov/sgf/nwr_rwt). ## Figures the tools work out - Meals are counted as three a day per person; the official lists say "several days" or "3 days". - 16.9 oz bottles and cases of 24 are converted at 128 fluid ounces per gallon. - The go-bag uses 3 days and the home supply 14 days, following the Red Cross. --- 72 Hour Kit · Contact: contact@72hourkit.com