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ccxnola
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Aug 29, 2016

Have you Planned Ahead??

With the recent floods not too many miles away from us plus the devastation of fires in the West, I got to thinking (bit of a worry) about what to do when the call / order to evacuate hits you and your home. The RV is in a storage yard about 20 minutes away - packed with most everything we need for a week or two, including basic dry foods. So we could go there and get on the road.
BUT... if the knock on the door happens, what do you grab, what do you save and expecting that when you return everything else may be gone!!

Important papers (titles of house and vehicles, passports, etc) in a fire resistant safe (grab box) (Walmart $22),
plus any cash around the house, and guns with ammo - if you have them.

What else would you grab in a 10 minute 'leave now' situation??
  • any medications you may need for the next few days! Insurance policies. Any pets you may have and supplies for them! If bugging out in 10 minutes the list is short. May be some experts could chime in that have had training or dealings with such a thing. I have bugged out with three days warning of a hurricane that flooded the house. No matter how you prepare you cannot win against mother nature. Or acts of God. My heart goes out to those people who were flooded. Until you go through it you just cant comprehend it. They need help so any donation that we could make will go along way.
  • Sitting in the side yard, fueled up and ready to go most of the time. We did a fire evacuation once on two hours notice. Family history , pictures, some financial records and a few more clothes.

    ccxnola wrote:
    With the recent floods not too many miles away from us plus the devastation of fires in the West, I got to thinking (bit of a worry) about what to do when the call / order to evacuate hits you and your home. The RV is in a storage yard about 20 minutes away - packed with most everything we need for a week or two, including basic dry foods. So we could go there and get on the road.
    BUT... if the knock on the door happens, what do you grab, what do you save and expecting that when you return everything else may be gone!!

    Important papers (titles of house and vehicles, passports, etc) in a fire resistant safe (grab box) (Walmart $22),
    plus any cash around the house, and guns with ammo - if you have them.

    What else would you grab in a 10 minute 'leave now' situation??