Stockpile

Two weeks at home without a shop run, for a family of four. Not a bunker, just a pantry that has thought about things.

Item	For 14 days	Keeps	Note
Drinking water	224 L	Rotate yearly	4 L per person per day. Start with one week and a way to treat more.
Rice	10 kg	1–2 years sealed	The national currency, frankly.
Instant noodles	40 packs	6–12 months	Do not be the family that runs out of Maggi first.
Sardines, tuna, chicken curry tins	30 tins	2–3 years	Ring-pull lids. Can openers are the first casualty.
Oats, biscuits, crackers	4 kg	6–12 months	Hup Seng: emergency food since before emergencies were cool.
Dhal, beans, ikan bilis	3 kg	1 year	Protein that doesn’t need a fridge.
Cooking oil, salt, sugar, kicap	3 L, 1 kg, 2 kg, 1 bottle	1–2 years	Also your best barter goods.
Milk powder, Milo, coffee	2 tins each	18 months	Morale is a resource. Budget for it.
LPG cylinder	1 spare	Years	Cooking when TNB is having a moment.

Swipe the table sideways to see every column.

30 days of every regular prescription. Ask your doctor; most will help if you explain.
Paracetamol, adult and kids’ versions.
Oral rehydration salts (ORS), a box. Diarrhoea, not zombies, is the real flood killer.
Antihistamine, antiseptic, burn gel, plasters.
Mosquito repellent and coils. Standing water after a flood is a dengue nursery.
Soap, sanitiser, wet wipes.
Sanitary pads, diapers if needed. The first things to vanish from shelves.
Heavy bin bags, 50. Toilet liners, raincoats, ground sheets, flood barriers.
Unscented household bleach. Cleaning, and water treatment in a pinch (follow the label’s dosing).

Store it on high shelves. A stockpile on the floor is a donation to the flood.

Humidity ruins dry goods. Freeze new rice for three days to stop weevils, then seal it.

Eat the old Maggi on a normal Tuesday, buy new on Saturday. Stockpiles that never rotate become archaeology.

Not the car porch, not the kitchen above the stove. Under a bed is fine; under a bed on the ground floor of a flood zone is not.