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Originally Posted by Catfishjeff
ElDiabloJoe...All great info. We also had our home destroyed in the Northridge Earthquake and I have a few things to add.
Cars - always treat them like ½ a tank of gas is empty so that worst case scenario you always have at least that ½ a tank.
Documents - Scan all your important documents and save them to a cloud (DropBox, Google Drive, OneDrive, etc.). so you can access them from anywhere and on any device.
Devices - Like the gas tanks, always keep your tablets, smart watches, etc. charged above 50%.
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So glad to hear you say to scan all important documents. I did that before we moved here from SoCal (also experienced the EQs, and had to evacuate more than once for wildfires). I also digitized all photos and home videos (this was a long process, but very much worth it). I wish I had done it much sooner. Knowing the most important docs, and irreplaceable photos/videos are saved in the cloud is very comforting in an evacuation emergency.
I don’t understand those who are saying take the safe. Isn’t your safe fireproof? Ours is, and there’s no way my hubby and I could grab that thing and get it into our vehicle without help. Definitely not if trying to get out within the time period we’ve had in the past to evacuate for wildfires.
The last time we evacuated was in Nov 2018 for the Woolsey fire. It took 45 minutes just to catch one of our terrified cats. We were lucky we had that time because many didn’t. In most fire evacuations you will not have the time you think you will.