If you had less than an hour to get all of your irreplaceable possessions loaded up and out of the house, what would you take? Photographs, guns, ammo, computers, personal documents. What else?
Guns and my motorcycles.
Life is always better with clean underwear ans socks. Prescription medicine. The kids.
From an earlier link:
10:40 p.m. The Elbert County Sheriff's Office reports a Noah's Ark at their fairgrounds.
"Elbert County Fairgrounds remains open with space for evacuees and animals. Total count of animals currently at the Fairgrounds is as follows: 28 chickens; 216 horses, 5 drafts/14 foals; 5 cows, 2 calves; 27 Alpacas; 14 dogs; 25 cats; 22 goats; 1 ducks; 4 burros; 2 guinea pigs; 3 sheep; 19 miniature horses; 19 mules; 8 lamas; 3 stallions; 1 yak."
http://gazette.com/live-updates-black-forest-fire-near-colorado-springs-rages-toward-douglas-elbert-counties/article/1502210
As of Wednesday night there were also 833 evacuated residents at the Elbert County Fairgrounds.
My daughters baby blanket, favorite doll, meds, and our picture’s negatives, important paper box (titles, will, insurance information etc), a keepsake my motherIL gave to my husband before she died, and a necklace my Mom gave me....then I walked out the door.
It is amazing when you stand in the living room looking at all the stuff and realize nothing really matters if your family is safe.
pets would be at the head of the list
All of that and my dog!
All of my guns, ammo, and valuable papers are in a large fireproof safe in my all metal shop building. The only thing in that shop that I would have a real problem replacing are my antique wood working hand tools. In any case it would be a real surprise to find that building on fire. I store all flammables in a separate outbuilding that I would have no problem losing. Everything in my house is just material things and are insured anyway.
I would be sure to take at least one gun with plenty of ammo for personal protection. :)