Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
It's funny...I sat here reading that question over and over for about...20 minutes and I have YET to come up with just ONE answer. So is it fair that I've asked a question that I can't answer myself? lol...
In my mind, it's not the valuable things that I can put a price on that I'm having trouble choosing from. It's all the things that don't have real value to anyone else but me. I can see my grandmothers quilt in the closet, the photo albums in the corner that contain my entire life memories, the letters and cards I've kept for years...
I guess the real lesson is that really, none of those matter in the end. Nothing matters as long as you and your loved ones are safe.
But I'd sure miss my guitar... :)
Oh man. After Sam is out safely there's not much that I'd really need. I suppose it comes down to what I got from two grandfathers. One's Ruby ring. I got it mostly because my hands are big enough to wear it, it's a size 14. The other is my grandfather's pitcher. He sold seeds door to door when he was 10 and got enough to give his mother a carnival glass pitcher with eight glasses. 6 of the glasses are lost forever but I have the pitcher and two remaining glasses.
Fortunately, both are right near the door so I could put the loose items in one of my motorcycle helmets. I'd need a ride after I burned out!
Everyone should have a fire plan in the house. We do and feel a bit safer. Also, a fire blanket and extinguisher. See above for my answer to Jangle.
I also have a fly bag. I was more answering in the spirit of the question than the actuality.
I also have a fire plan, two fire extinguishers and two really obnoxious fire/CO detectors that I test at least annually.
My papers and passwords and passport are stored in a fire safe inside my gun safe, it would be a 'when cooled' recovery plan.
Shit. There would be some ammo cooking off, I hope none of the neighbors gets hit. And a couple pounds of black powder that would probably leave a mark. Plus a local fire department that is legendary for saving the foundation, it would be a mess...
Haha yeah, the black powder would leave a mark for sure! Seems like a similar plan to mine, good to hear you have it although I never for a moment thought you would not.
I did just wire the spare key for the fire safe to it's own handle. If some bad guy can crack the gun safe he can crack the fire safe, right? That way I'm sure I can find the key in a rubble situation...
My crypto wallet uses push notification. One finger print on my phone is my brothers and mine is on his phone. Just in case.
Nice thing about my house is it's so flimsy the black powder explosion wouldn't be contained at all after it left the can. It would still have some serious power...
Plans to be prepared I think. Nothing to gain being ill-prepared and considering how simple it is to have a plan...Crazy that so many don't.
Yep. I'm not exactly over prepared, but I have at least a rudimentary plan in place.
Faith's mum lost her house and everything in it, all except for her purse and the dog plus the nightie she was wearing...It was 4am.
Anyway, this is pretty easy for me as I'm a prepper.
I would grab my go-bag.
It contains just about everything I may need to salvage my life from. Passports, some cash, passwords, phone numbers, membership numbers, bank accounts, a debit card with a few thousand on it, a hard drive with crypto-keys, a spare phone (always charged) which is a mirror of my actual phone. Birth and marriage certificates, copies of wills and power of attorney documents. Some gold and silver, keys to my vehicles and garages, some photos...You get the idea. It even has some clothes as we may be naked or in PJ's when we leave.
To be honest it is in a location that I'd be able to pick it up on the way out, or reach it if I exited a different way. We have a fire evacuation plan and know it by heart and part of that is to have a go-bag.
I'm fortunate to have a large storage area detached from my house so we have things in there. It is unlikely it would burn down if my house did so that's where the bulk of our photos are, precious documents etc. I'm a shooter so I have gun safes, all fireproof up to 1200C for up to an hour. Houses don't take that long to burn.
We would be devastated if this happened to us. My mother in law was. She lost her husband when he was 33, (Faith was 11) and in the fire she lost every single photo or keepsake of him. It was pretty tragic.
So, I know this is probably not really one thing but it sort of is...Go-bag. If you don't have one, make one.
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