What would you take?
5If your house was burning and you knew your family and pets were safe, what would you take if you had time?
I would wanna take my plants bc those are like my babies and I’ve collected a lot over the years (even brought back some from vacation) but I’d die trying to get them out bc theirs to many. So I’d wanna take my medication (bc if zombies take over one day I have lots on unused antibiotics and that’s gonna be useful lol). My jewelry, even though it insured I still have things like my moms engagement ring and it just means a lot. Also my shoes. I’ve spent a lot of money on shoes and it’s not like you can go out and bu the same pair again. Heck I’ve been looking for a decent pair of stiletto knee high boots that doesn’t cost me over a $100 (that’s my style) for like 4 years and can’t find those. When I lived in my apartment I used to keep majority of my shoes in a huge Rubbermaid bin so if there was a fire I could just throw it out the window. I would say photos but right now those are buried and now days everything is backed up. So legacy box would actually be useful lol.
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My sword and my computer.
Oh, wait, I don’t have a sword… hmmm, maybe I need to rectify that.
The big “M” on the wall. Oh wait, I’m not Mary Richards
My wallet, any cash I have, mobile phone, my car, a few external hard drives, and some clothes.
I’d probably take my stamp collection since I started it 50 years ago and I have stamps from countries that no longer exist. They have no real value but I have memories on how I got each of them. I haven’t even looked at the collection in over 20 years but it’s something I think I should rescue.
@cengland0
Cash and some clothes are a good one too. You gotta have clothes to wear.
We had to evacuate last summer because of wildfires. It was a really tough decision on what we would take and what got left. I did grab two of my favorite plants, some photos and keepsakes but we left most everything. I did store my cnc in the gun safe with a few other pieces because it’s rated for fire. I truly hope we don’t have to make that decision again! It was emotionally jarring. I can’t imagine how it would’ve if we had actually lost everything if the fires had come any closer. I truly feel for those dealing with it now.
@sillyheathen
Omg, I’m so sorry. When I asked I didn’t even think of people that were in the fires, or any fire for that sake. I had just renewed my renters insurance so it was on my mind.
@sillyheathen thank heavens you were safe. How awful for you. I’m so sorry.
@gwen2k it was really disconcerting but I’m truly thankful we didn’t lose anything. I just hope we don’t have to have a repeat this summer.
@sillyheathen My cousin, growing up, lived in the canyons outside of LA. Each kid got a box they could pack whatever they wanted and one travel suitcase for clothes. They had practice packing fire evacuation drills although at times that stuff was stacked by the door. She said it really helped her evaluate what was important to her and made a life long impact (including making the decision as an adult she was never going to live in a fire zone anywhere ever again).
My IRK bags
@ybmuG oh I’m definitely packing those this go round. Well hopefully there won’t be a go round but if there is, they’re coming! That and my Jason mask, zombie risk and Wendi! Also Kirk but he’s not officially joined the shed yet.
@sillyheathen it’s the important things that matter.
I’m at a point in my life where there just really isn’t much that I have a physical attachment to, in terms of belongings. Likely just my baby blanket. I’d probably make sure I have my iPhone, airpods, and a charger so I could call people/coordinate things. I’ve accumulated enough “stuff,” sometimes I kind of hunger for a clean slate.
Phone, keys, wallet, radios, go bag (already packed with insulin, snacks, whatever I think I might need for 24 hours). Hopefully the car is parked far enough away that I can throw the kids in and drive down the street far enough where they don’t have to watch.
Disaster prep is already done, backups of important documents are stored off-site, far away, so rebuilding is just a matter of getting the insurance check. The in-laws are a county away, so hopefully whatever disaster hits me doesn’t hit them, and I have even worse case plans made, though never implemented. Thankfully Michigan is relatively boring when it comes to disasters.
If you aren’t prepared, the Red Cross has a great disaster prep page that will get you started.
@fuzzmanmatt
Wow, your really organized.
@Star2236 I wasn’t! Then I started volunteering with my county emergency management and suddenly things just started falling into place. Realistically I’m over insured, and probably over prepared for my environment, but you just never know. And being diabetic, I stare death in the face constantly so I’m pretty much ready for whatever might happen.
the clothes on my back, and my desktop PC.
I’ve got in the neighborhood of 6 TB of Archived TV and Movies, some of which are out of print/circulation…
I have a buddy that lives 100 mi away from me…one of these days I’ll figure out how to set up an auto updating offsite back-up at his house…
@earlyre check out Nextcloud. I use that for a similar backup scenario.
The main thing I would take is my water and fireproof safe that has backups of my computers and around 14TB of data.
Would also take the emergency backpacks we have setup.
@Macoland
What do you keep in your emergency backpack?
@Star2236 Basic stuff. Food (PB Crackers, etc), A few water purifying straws, some clothes, empty water bottles to use with purified water, small first aid kit, solar powered flashlight, crank radio, and some general meds like Tylenol. I am sure there might be a couple of other things, but that is what I can remember off of the top of my head.
Fenris. Dunno what I’d do or even who I’d be without him.
@PooltoyWolf He packs well and doesn’t eat much, and could seriously provide some much needed fun in a shelter, especially for the kiddos so…
Though I would like to see the looks on the faces of the red cross people when you inflate him and set him next to your cot.
@ybmuG This made me smile wide. C: