If you only had 5 minutes

[nissangirl74]

Northern Arizona, Southern Colorado, and parts of New Mexico have been ravaged by wildfires this week. High winds have made the situation hard to control, so as a measure of safety, local officials have evacuated people from their homes. As of right now, no homes have been lost and no one has been killed. http://ktar.com/?nid=6&sid=1306743

If a fireman came to your house, knocked on your door, and told you had five minutes to grab whatever you could and get the hell out, what would you take? This was discussed on the local radio station earlier today and some of the responses were pretty standard: my wife, my kids, the dog (and other pets), gun, car keys, photo albums, medications. They discussed the importance of having an emergency plan so if you need to leave in a hurry, you could just grab and go. I admit that I don't have something like that set up, and I need to. I've been thinking about all the "papers" that we might need: birth certificates, passports, mortgage certificates, titles, things like that. I guess it is time to do some research because even people living in paradise need a plan.

Me personally, I would get Greg and the kids out, Greg's medication, the pets, my Dad's burial flag, the two pictures I have of my mom, a folder containing our important papers and all of the car keys. I'd have Priss drive the wagon, Greg (I'm guessing) would drive Peanut, and I'd put the two youngest kids in the Frontier with me and haul a** to safety.

Your thoughts?

[tm1218]

Take one last swim in my bathtub, while listening to some Coldplay.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

Man, I don't know what I'd do if I was told to evacuate. I'd probably be one of those stubborn ones who wants to stay.

I think I'm gonna bother my dad though to make up a folder/box full of our important stuff in case we really do need to get out, and quick. You never know when something crazy is gonna happen.

[nissangirl74]

A fire-proof safe would be sweet to have. I also thought about scanning all of our important stuff and storing it on a flash drive. That way I could have everything in the palm of my hand. Don't know if they would be considered official copies though.

[MinisterofDOOM]

A fire-proof safe would be sweet to have. I also thought about scanning all of our important stuff and storing it on a flash drive.

Honestly, that's all I'd take.
Kind of. I'd grab my important documents, then I'd grab my computer (obviously not the monitor, keyboard, etc...just the ATX tower itself) and GTFO. Pretty much everything else I own is replaceable.

And if we're talking more widespread doom, I'd probably try to fit my bicycle in the back of the car (rear seats folded down).

[Razi]

My dad could take the pathfinder, I'd put my bicycle in there.
We have a thing of our important documents which my parents can snag fairly quickly.
Then I'd take my laptop, my old keytar, throw in a jacket my dad gave me, and take my desktop computer if I have time, then gtfo in my car.
My mom could take the Q45, everything else we can replace.

[PHENOMenalVinyl]

A fire-proof safe would be sweet to have. I also thought about scanning all of our important stuff and storing it on a flash drive. That way I could have everything in the palm of my hand. Don't know if they would be considered official copies though.

Agreed that's actually a really good idea but idk this is a hard one. All IDE need is my family I live at home so nothing I have is of true value to me other than them and my dog. And we have a fireproof safe with all the important stuff in it so I guess take the safe? I mean if you look at it logically a firefighter can't say get out in 5 minutes bc he himself would die by the time he told my whole block then. But I'm in long island ny were screwed on a natural disaster. Like if the so called 2012 happens and a tsunami comes were fd. There's to many people in ny to ever truely evacuate. I think IDE grab a backpack with the essentials and sit in my tub and pray or my car lol

[RCA]

1) All family members
2) Pets
3) Wallet
4) No idea... Xbox, PC, tv idk.

[Jesda]

I have a box of ID and important papers I keep next to my bed (I'm not paranoid I swear) and a dog. I'd grab the keys to the Saab and GTFO. I keep all family photos in one box so I could easily get those. I own nothing else of value whatsoever.

My computers are cheap as dirt so I'd let them burn along with everything else.

[ADDirishboy]

My computer and my gf. That's really about it.

[MinisterofDOOM]

My computers are cheap as dirt so I'd let them burn along with everything else.

The only reason I'd save my computer is for the data it contains. Otherwise, it could burn, too.

[Jesda]

I should probably start doing online backups.

[nissangirl74]

I should probably start doing online backups.

That's why I didn't even mention ours.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Like most kids who grew up with 5.25'' floppy drives, the word "cloud" scares the SH*T out of me.

[nissangirl74]

I should probably start doing online backups.

That's why I didn't even mention ours.

I need to find a way to get all of our pics on the computers transferred to some kind of mobile medium though. Or, just post all of them up on photobucket. There are pictures on there that can never be replaced, especially on Greg's.

[AZ89two4Tsx]

How about just an external hard drive?

At Costco, they're crazy cheap. You can snag a 1tb external one for like $100.

[nissangirl74]

How about just an external hard drive?

At Costco, they're crazy cheap. You can snag a 1tb external one for like $100.

Sounds like a great idea. Small price to pay for being able to grab your info and running with it. Literally.

[Jesda]

I have a pile of hard drives in my closet, just stuffed with data and not plugged into anything. I feel like this is what Andy Rooney does.

I'm skeptical of the cloud concept too, less because of security and more because they always promise to be there for you but several of the companies suffer from data loss and outages. "Oh sorry did you read your agreement? We don't guarantee anything"

I had pics from my 2006 trip to California, Route 66, The Reagan Museum. and the Grand Canyon saved online, then I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to retrieve my online photos, they had been erased by a "glitch". That was probably the best road trip I had ever taken, and now I have to repeat it.

[nissangirl74]

I have a pile of hard drives in my closet, just stuffed with data and not plugged into anything. I feel like this is what Andy Rooney does.

I'm skeptical of the cloud concept too, less because of security and more because they always promise to be there for you but several of the companies suffer from data loss and outages. "Oh sorry did you read your agreement? We don't guarantee anything"

I had pics from my 2006 trip to California, Route 66, The Reagan Museum. and the Grand Canyon saved online, then I reformatted my hard drive. When I went to retrieve my online photos, they had been erased by a "glitch". That was probably the best road trip I had ever taken, and now I have to repeat it.

That would suck.

[Razi]

I keep a lot of my data on an external harddrive.
If I ever lose my data I still have my external harddrive and all is well!

I'd recommend buying one.

[RCA]

I have a pile of hard drives in my closet, just stuffed with data and not plugged into anything. I feel like this is what Andy Rooney does.

Grab all those individual drive and slap all the data on one external unit...

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

Computer, my box of mementos, my meds, mah dog, whatever my mom and brother need help with...I'd even have time to lug out the flatscreen most likely.

[Oatmealman]

Southern Colorado,

southern Colorado is on fire? first I've heard of that

as for the question,girlfriend,my cat,the keys to my vehicles and my vehicles outta the garage.Not a whole i've got in my house that i can't part with.I could never watch my jeep or s10 burn to the ground though,it would kill me after spending 3 years building that b****.

[themadscientist]

Run? I don't run. I would douse the flames with my mansauce.

[infinitgkid]

Run? I don't run. I would douse the flames with my mansauce.

That's what I'm talkin about!

If a firefighter told me that my house was on fire, I'd just turn on my forcefield and go back to whatever I was doing.

[tigersharkdude]

Already have a fireproof safe. all of the important documents are in there, as well as misc. "important" stuff. I would grab my 2 dogs, car keys, phone, wallet, laptop, and camera

[Urabus GodofTraction]

I wouldn't trust a fireproof safe enough to leave one if I had the option to take it. I don't have one yet, but it's on my list to get ASAP. Also, gun safe.

I have hard copies, flash drive copies, and I've been scanning and uploading most everything onto the Google Doc's cloud when it comes to important documents. One of them HAS to survive!

Also, I have what the survivalists call a "Bug Out Bag." While it's probably overkill for an evacuation, it has water, emergency blankets, cash, flashlights, etc that certainly wouldn't hurt.

[flohtingPoint]

Most of my important belongings are at the shop. From my home, I'd grab:
-My cat
-Firesafe
-My travel bag I always have packed as my job is 100% travel (work docs, laptop, etc)
-My external hdd's

I think that'd take 5 minutes.

[hbpignosePA]

s***

i just bought beer

id take that

[HashiriyaS14]

Family, pets, laptop, documents. Maybe a few oreos.