I priced the current “rapture prep” shopping spike because the topic went viral, and it overlaps with standard emergency-prep spending.

Method: pulled public checklists (Ready.gov, CDC, Red Cross) and recent retail prices, plus legal-cost ranges from LegalZoom and ARRL fee pages. No theology, just consumer costs.

Highlights: • Per-person 72-hour kit: $250–$500 • 30-day family build: $1,400–$3,000 • “Going” paperwork (wills/guardianship/passwords): $1,390 first year, then $60/yr • Entry power: $500–$2,000 (inverter generator or basic solar station)

Article includes the receipt-style graphic, a cost matrix, and sources inline. Feedback on the math welcome, and if you spot better public price pages I’ll update.