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Old 08-29-2017, 06:58 PM
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Originally Posted by logdog View Post
I've had to evacuate several times to escape forest fires in California and hurricanes in Florida. I've found that the truly irreplaceable items can be packed in a few boxes. Take lots of pictures inside your home for insurance claims, pack all old photos and pack all your insurance/financial/credit card documents. One of the reasons we moved to The Villages is that we are far enough inland that we don't need to worry about evacuations any more.
Here in The Villages, we are about the same distance from the Atlantic, and closer to the Gulf of Mexico, than Houston is to the Gulf of Mexico. Can you imagine 40 inches of rain in 4 days?