[cyclotic]

I fully understand. In this case though, I knew flooding was highly possible and I live on the East Coast. It just seems the wise thing to do is to get your seriously irreplaceable stuff, like family photo’s out to a friends house who live up the hill.

You have my sympathies about having to leave everything behind. It must be heartbreaking.

But in this particular case, losing the irreplaceable was unnecessary.

[mbynack]

I agree. I live near the gulf coast and I have things organized in the event of a hurricane evacuation order or a wild fire. My family and animals come first. All my important papers are in an envelope in a safe. That includes vehicle titles, insurance information, home inventories, passports, and other important records. I have external backup drives for my computers that I can just unplug and take with me. I’ve scanned all my family photos and they’re saved on two or more different backups.

When Hurricane Opal came through we had 12 hours notification before the evacuation, so I packed my file cabinets, photo albums, etc. in my RV. One of the main reasons I own an RV is to allow me to take all my animals with me.

[Bearshouse]

irreplaceable stuff, like family photo’s A few years ago a cousin gathered all the old family albums and had them all scanned and put on CD's for any family member who wanted one. Best idea ever.

[ssfromla]

Ok. I missed parts of the story so thank you.