So, where I`ve moved to I need to be prepared at any given time for 'long term emergencies' and by that I mean being on my own w/out power for long term or being able to get into town.

And, at that the town is not 'filled' with supplies. The town is 1 city block with 1 grocery store/misc, the other grocery store is 2 or 3 blocks away too both are a 20-25 minute drive from my house in the best weather.. 30-40 minute with mild snow/ice on the road and probably 1hr minimum w/out power, and 1ft+ on the ground and not plowed. The nearest larger supermarket is about 45 minutes in "best weather" from the house, and also larger towns.

My most common emergencies will be power outages lasting 5+ days and fires or extreme freezes/cold temps causing power outages and pipe bursting issues and large amounts of snow-fall keeping me in my house, and accompanied by now power.

I'd like some help in coming up with a check-list of stuff I should have on hand. I'd like the list to contain things as minor as shovels to as extreme as diesel generators and anything in between.

Basically, looking for group effort in creating a master list of "want to" / "need to" haves.


Some info about us the house:
We have at least 1 month food on hand at any given time, we live on a well and septic system, our pressure tank is "120g" but has approx 45g of water available. Our water heater is propane on-demand, but does require minor power for pilot, the only other usage of propane is our stove for cooking. Our tank is 250g, and I have 2 100lb (33g) and 2 30lb(13g) tanks full too. Our primary heat source is wood stove, we have 1 cord on hand ready to use (adding another 1 or 2 soon). It was in the teens last night and I did not put a large log on when we went to bed and it was 61 when we woke up, and 23 outside. The house is a 2 story, approx 2k sq.ft, 2x6 walls, double insulated ceiling, basement that is insulated and a concrete floor.

My plans so far are to add a second pressure tank of equal size, and a 2000g above ground water tank, diesel generator (We have a 6500watt (max) gas one already).

So, if you got 8ft of snow in two days, had no power, had one way into your house (one lane road too) and min 1hr + to town.. what would you stock on hand to last you until you got power? Let's assume that it's a freak winter and power is out for a month straight (1 week is not uncommon to happen a few times a year so saying 1 month is not uncommon for a bad storm that could happen like an earthquake in CA!)

Let's start that list