Thinking about how fast the wildfires spread in northern California last week, kick-started my evacuation motor.
If you had 10 minutes to grab whatever you needed or wanted and shove it into a car or SUV, what would you grab and in what order? You may not have a house to come back to. You may have to drive 50 miles until you reach shelter, and that might be a gymnasium floor.
EVERYTHING is on the table. No judgement zone as well. So, if you say, I'd pack my cats and all my Star wars figures and two cases of Monster rehab. Good on ya. If you say, I'd pack the dog but leave the cats to save room/headache. I get it.
Me? It would be people first of course. We have 6 in our family and only the Yukon would fit all of us plus a dog and two cats. That doesn't leave much room for stuff. If we caravanned, The SUV plus my Jeep, it would work better and thats what we'd do.
People, and pets. Case of MREs, and 4 jugs of water. CCW G19, J frame, shotgun and an Ak w/ chest rig. PVS 7s. Family pics are already condensed into one small scrapbook. Documents and IDs, insurance policies are all on a thumb drive. Id grab cash and metals from the safe. Id grab pet food I'd grab my medic bag. None of us take Rx meds, so we are good there. Id grab my BOB that's set up for a family. It has a LOT of basic, well thought out stuff in it.
That's kind of it.
Everything else can burn to the ground. Guns, heirlooms, artwork, china, books, etc etc. Its just stuff.
What are your thoughts?
WETSU
If you had 10 minutes to grab whatever you needed or wanted and shove it into a car or SUV, what would you grab and in what order? You may not have a house to come back to. You may have to drive 50 miles until you reach shelter, and that might be a gymnasium floor.
EVERYTHING is on the table. No judgement zone as well. So, if you say, I'd pack my cats and all my Star wars figures and two cases of Monster rehab. Good on ya. If you say, I'd pack the dog but leave the cats to save room/headache. I get it.
Me? It would be people first of course. We have 6 in our family and only the Yukon would fit all of us plus a dog and two cats. That doesn't leave much room for stuff. If we caravanned, The SUV plus my Jeep, it would work better and thats what we'd do.
People, and pets. Case of MREs, and 4 jugs of water. CCW G19, J frame, shotgun and an Ak w/ chest rig. PVS 7s. Family pics are already condensed into one small scrapbook. Documents and IDs, insurance policies are all on a thumb drive. Id grab cash and metals from the safe. Id grab pet food I'd grab my medic bag. None of us take Rx meds, so we are good there. Id grab my BOB that's set up for a family. It has a LOT of basic, well thought out stuff in it.
That's kind of it.
Everything else can burn to the ground. Guns, heirlooms, artwork, china, books, etc etc. Its just stuff.
What are your thoughts?
WETSU