In a disaster- what would you save?
 

With the fires in California :( I was looking at pics of burning homes and wondered- what would you save- if you had time- out of your home ahead of a disaster (fire, hurricane, tornado etc)

In a situation where danger is not immediately imminent for me it would be my pets (family obviously :p ) and then photos/videos and a couple of special Disney items- some clothes and important papers (bank info/house papers/ssn's etc)

If I only had moments-I would grab the house papers/photos/videos (all in one place already)- pets, kids and car- and go.

What would you save if you could?

My life

my dogs
my guitar
my pictures
my a$$

in that order

The cat (I'm presuming that Lani can save herself but if not, her too) and an envelope with important papers that really should be in a safe deposit box somewhere.

I've lost pretty much everything I owned to fire before. It wasn't all that traumatic and in the long run not much of a problem at all.

I'm packing up the car now. Photos, videos of Maddy as a baby, documents, some clothes

Same as most people here:

Pets
Important paperwork


Then, probably my computer, which has about a decade of photos...

Katie, is one of the SD fires near you?

My Jack Sparrow big fig.
My autographed copy of Spice World.
My collection of paper clips from all 50 states.
and
My hula girl beaded curtain.

Katiesue~ yes, how close are you to the danger? I am stressing over the fire coming close to Otay Lakes but so far I am not loading anything up.

I think I will make some cd's of photos I haven't yet and damn, I could fill a car with all of my albums....

Important documents? Hmmpf. I guess I have a few important documents. Mostly bills but they'll just keep coming.

Let us know how you are, please!!!

I am going to plug in the phone to charge it {for some reason, the house phone is acting up}, go and fill up the vehicles, make a list of what we do have that is important. Mostly it is people and the pets. Must check on my friends and neighbors who might need assistance.

And, did I mention some of the family is headed up to Disneyland? So, I'm worried here and now I'm worried about them, too.

I couldn't leave my books! I'd be like that old lady from Fahrenheit 451; standing in the middle of all my books as the house burns down around me….

Seriously though (and in no particular order):

A few of my most valuable books
My computer CPU
Photographs
My ocean liner memorabilia
Important papers
Bill...
I have one really valuable painting that I would take if I had time and room in the car.