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Apocalypse-Proof
Your Home

Your front door is probably held shut by screws no longer than an inch.

That is how most doors are installed, a Florida sheriff’s office says, and police say a kick at that spot is the most common way in. Brian’s large-print guide finds every weak spot like it in your home and car, with the cheap fix and the official source for each one.

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Large print. 38 chapters. Full refund within 30 days. Brian is an AI character; the sources are real.

The fine print on your house

None of this is a conspiracy. Sheriffs, the Weather Service and the fire service already publish it, in places nobody reads. Brian read it, taped it up, and found the cheap fix for each one.

  1. 2 minutes

    You could have as little as two minutes to get out once the smoke alarm sounds.

    Says
    National Fire Protection Association
    The fix
    Chapters 21 and 22: alarms on every level and two ways out of every bedroom
  2. Minutes

    A generator run indoors can kill you that fast. Its exhaust is a poison you cannot see or smell.

    Says
    U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
    The fix
    Chapter 23, 30 minutes, under $25
  3. 6 inches

    Of fast-moving floodwater can knock over an adult. A foot of it can carry away most cars.

    Says
    National Weather Service
    The fix
    Chapters 24 and 37, free
  4. Half

    Of the garage burglaries in one Illinois village came through an unlocked side door, its police found.

    Says
    Oak Park Police Department
    The fix
    Chapter 7, 30 minutes, $25 to $100
  5. 2 people

    One keeps you talking at the front door while the other gets inside. Police have warned about this exact trick.

    Says
    Police in Cedarhurst, N.Y. and Washington Township
    The fix
    Chapter 10, 10 minutes, free
  6. Noon to 6

    The hours police reported burglaries most often in 2025. Not the middle of the night. The middle of your afternoon.

    Says
    FBI crime data
    The fix
    Chapters 1 and 8
Brian on his front porch at night with a flashlight, looking out at the dark street

It is 2 a.m. Something downstairs just made a noise.

Where is your phone? Which doors did you lock? Who calls 911, and what do you tell them?

Most people find out what their plan is in that exact moment. That is the moment I want you to stop.

Chapter 11 gives you the plan tonight, while you are calm: where everyone goes, what to tell the dispatcher, and why you never go downstairs to look. Twenty minutes.

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Brian in his driveway at dusk, dropping his car key fob into a small blocking pouch

Your car can leave without your keys.

Police in Narberth, Pennsylvania warn that in some cases thieves can relay the signal from a key fob left inside your house, then unlock and start the car without it.

And a garage remote left in an unlocked car is “like a key to your home,” say the Howard County Police.

Chapter 12 shows the pouch that stops it, the free test that proves it works, and the sleep setting hiding in your owner’s manual. Ten minutes, under $25.

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Brian in a yellow rain jacket on high ground, holding up his hand in a stop sign before a flooded road

Turn around. Then check your policy.

Most homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage, FEMA says. Almost a third of flood claims come from places that are not high-risk.

A new flood policy usually takes 30 days to start. The storm will not wait 30 days.

Chapter 33 is the one-hour call to your agent, with the questions to ask, and the home inventory that proves what you owned. It costs nothing.

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Tinfoil Brian standing with his arms crossed

“I am paranoid so you do not have to be.”

My neighbors have called me Tinfoil Hat Brian for years. I earned it. But this guide is not about being scared. It is about the opposite.

Once you have done the cheap, boring things first, you stop lying awake wondering. There is no bunker in here, no secret plan and nothing illegal. Just the strike plate, the smoke alarm, the shutoff valve and the phone call to your agent.

Straight talk: Brian is a made-up character and his photos are made with AI. The rules in his guide are not made up. Every one names its official source at the end of its chapter, checked in November 2026.

Where is your house weakest?

Five checks from the guide’s 10-minute self-audit. Tick only what is true today, not what you have been meaning to do.

Every empty box points to the chapter that fixes it.

The cover of Apocalypse-Proof Your Home

38 chapters. Thieves first, then the weather.

Every chapter opens with the same three lines, so before you start you know what it stops, how long it takes and what it costs.

2 The front door: the strike plate and the long screws
Stops
Burglars who kick or pry a door open at its weakest point, the frame
Time
30 minutes
Cost
Under $25

  1. Your home vs. thieves

    11 chapters. The strike plate, deadbolt grades, rekeying, fake workers at the door, the 2 a.m. plan.

  2. Your car vs. thieves

    6 chapters. Key fob relays, the most-stolen list, catalytic converters, what never stays in the car.

  3. Your home vs. the weather

    17 chapters. Alarms, fire escape, power outages, flood, winter storm, heat, smoke, tornado, hurricane, earthquake.

  4. Your car vs. the road

    4 chapters. The tire number on the door, the car kit, water over the road, stuck in snow.

See all 38 chapters

Your home vs. thieves

  1. The burglar’s walk-around
  2. The strike plate
  3. Deadbolt grades
  4. Rekeying
  5. Windows and sliders
  6. Light and sight lines
  7. Garage and side door
  8. Packages and mail
  9. Camera settings
  10. The knock at the door
  11. The 2 a.m. noise

Your car vs. thieves

  1. Keyless theft
  2. The thieves’ list
  3. Catalytic converters
  4. Layers thieves can see
  5. What never stays in the car
  6. If your car is stolen

Your home vs. the weather

  1. The five things first
  2. Water, food and medicine
  3. Your shutoffs
  4. Smoke and CO alarms
  5. Getting out of a fire
  6. Power outage
  7. Flood
  8. Winter storm
  9. Heat wave
  10. Wildfire smoke
  11. Tornado
  12. Hurricane
  13. Earthquake
  14. Stay or go
  15. Pets
  16. Insurance and inventory
  17. After it is over

Your car vs. the road and the weather

  1. Tires
  2. Car kit
  3. Water over the road
  4. Stuck in snow

Plus the 10-minute self-audit at the front, and a fill-in workbook at the back for your shutoffs, contacts, medicines, pets, papers, cars and keys.

Page 6: how to use this book, cheap things first, one at a time
Cheap things first, one at a time.
Page 8: the 10-minute self-audit
The self-audit. Every “no” sends you to a chapter.
Page 16: the workbook page for drawing your floor plan and two ways out
The workbook. Draw your two ways out before you need them.

Tap a page to read it full size.

Six rules come before any of it.

Five come from the National Weather Service, the CDC, FEMA and the fire service. The last one is Brian’s. Read them out loud to whoever lives with you, even if you never buy the guide.

  1. If you are told to leave, leave.
  2. Never drive or walk into floodwater. Turn around.
  3. Never run a generator inside your home, basement or garage.
  4. If your house is on fire, get out, stay out and call 911 from outside.
  5. If someone is in your house, do not go looking. Get safe and call 911.
  6. Stuff can be replaced. You cannot.
Tinfoil Brian holding a flashlight and raising one finger, about to give you one more warning

Put it in the kitchen drawer tonight.

Print it, keep it next to the flashlight, and do one “Right now” box before bed. That is how this starts.

  • 38 chapters on your home and car, in large print
  • The 10-minute self-audit that tells you where to start
  • A fill-in workbook for shutoffs, contacts, medicines and keys
  • The official source for every rule, chapter by chapter
  • A PDF you can read on a phone or print on letter paper

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Questions before you buy

What exactly do I get?

One PDF in large print, sized for US Letter paper. Read it on a phone, tablet or computer, or print it and keep it where you can find it in the dark.

I am not handy. Is this for me?

Yes. It is written for people who are handy at best. Every chapter has a “Right now” check you can do from your chair or in a five-minute walk, and the guide says plainly which jobs belong to a licensed pro.

What is not in it?

No weapons, no booby traps, no bunker and nothing illegal. Wiring and gas work belong to a licensed pro, and the guide tells you when to call one.

How do I pay, and how fast do I get it?

By card or PayPal on a checkout run by Payhip. Your download opens as soon as you pay, and the link also comes by email. Your card statement will show TINFOILBRIAN.COM.

I live outside the US. Is it still useful?

The sources are US agencies such as FEMA and the CDC, so some rules and numbers are American. Most fixes work anywhere, but follow your own local officials and codes.

What if it is not useful to me?

Email us within 30 days of buying and we refund you in full, no questions asked. The same goes if the file will not download or open. The address is at the bottom of this page.