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Hi,
I can address this directly as we were one country road from the
Hayman Fire, the largest in Colorado recorded
history, well over 138,000 acres. Had the fire jumped the
"road" we would have had to evacuate with less than an hours
warning.

Be absolutely sure that EVERYONE, no matter the age,
knows how to dial 911 (if you have that service).
Be sure you have at least two ways OUT of the structure.

Have all your origional personal papers -
ie: passports, birth and wedding certificates, etc.,
insurance papers, savings bonds, etc. in one box.
Keep a record in this box of all account & credit
card numbers, along with bank phone numbers, and
phone numbers for the CCs.
- THAT GOES FIRST -

In our home, the checkbooks and CC Cards are in my
wallet or (her) purse and go with us as we go out the
door.

Followed by Jewelery, and Pictures, in that
order.

Lastly, if you cannot catch the pets, free them. Most
can easily fend for themselves, and will return once the
fire is over. DON'T EVEN TRY to save the fish.

We were fortunate, the fire never seriously jumped the
road. Volunteers patrolled the road with back packs and
doused any embers that crossed the fire break. We sat
on the porch listening to the scanner, watched the
tankers fly by, and assisted with radio communications.

Frank


Last edited by FRANK at 20-May-2005 12:46

Last edited by FRANK at 20-May-2005 12:57

-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Which guy were you?

Cal,

We have our own unique and, to the outsider,twisted logic

At the time finishing our beer seemed like the right and sensible thing to do. I stand by that decision

Had things got out of hand I'm sure I could have thrown an injured person over my shoulder and still have one hand free to carry the beer to safety.

We would have left straight away but there was no staff left to give us a refund on the beer we hadn't drunk. See, logical. Does it make sense now

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Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

So the stories are true then Ben? I always thought the irish were smarter than all the jokes made out

COVER THAT BEER!

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

{Camera, computer, winter coats, saddle, hrse gear, ornaments, boots, snowflake bulbs, hoya plant, some food for snacking on)

Cal,
You forgot the kitchen sink !

This is a true story.

A few months back I was in a bar here in Jakarta with my wife and some Irish friends. The bars is located in the basement of an International chain 5-Star hotel.It got to about 1 am and some beers had been consumed during the evening (ok, a lot). My wife went upstairs to the lobby to see off a friend who couldn't take the pace and surrendered to go home.

So I'm standing there with my friends and beer in hand. We noticed a lot of people making for the exit. Then we noticed a few security guards rush in , fire extinguishers in hand. They start spraying the extinguishers everywhere. People are running now. Except for 3 Irish guys standing (well mostly swaying) waist deep in Co2, their only reaction to the crisis is that their free hand is placed on top of their beer mugs to stop the co2 powder from getting in the beer !
Stupid Irish guy #1: "Think we ought to make a move , lads ?"
Stupid Irish Guy #2: "Naw, sure we still have practically a full glass left"
Stupid Irish Guy #3 "We're grand as long as the beer doesn't get warm. Can't stand a warm beer"
Security Guard " Excuse me genteleman, but could you make way your way to the exit please".
S.I.G. #1 : "Be right with ye pal, just a few drops left"
S.I.G. #2 : "Don't suppose there's any chance for 3 wee ones before we go, for the road like"
S.I.G #3: " Sorry pal, there's a bit of flame over there, couldn't give a blast with the 'oul extiguisher could ye. Ah, sure you're a grand man "
At this stage my wife appears at the top of the stairs and starts shouting down:
"What the hell are you doing ? I've been looking for you you everywhere. I thought you were dead or injured"
"Be right with ye love, almost finished"
"Put down the bleep beer down and get your stupid bleep Irish asses bleep up here you bunch of bleep bleep bleep idiots"
S.I.G #2: "That's some tongue your missus has there Ben, but I must say her English is coming along grand".
S.I.G #3: "Close yer eyes and ye'd swear she was born and reared on the northside. Ah would ye look at that, nothin' sadder lookin' in the world then an empty beer glass. Are yis right then?"
S.I.G #1 " Aye, lets be off then, the missus is lookin' impatient"
S.I.G #2:"Do ye think the Hilton bar is still open ?"

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Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

I agree with Callatya on this one... if my shishies are out, then it's the world's slowest fire. Assuming that's so, then my camera bag (digital and SLR cameras), computer backup discs and my box o' drawings.

If my computer was a viable item to take, I'd take it with me. But truth be told, it's downstairs and across the house from my bedroom. Also, computers are not exactly the easiest things to move.

Last edited by Kitten at 24-May-2005 13:59

~Meow. Thus spoke the cat.~

hose, fire extinguisher, and a big bucket of water. Then go back in and put out the fire.

All my tanks/fish are outside? GEEZ, by that stage i must have informed the papers about the world's slowest moving fire


Back-up disks
Photos
Bead box

{Camera, computer, winter coats, saddle, hrse gear, ornaments, boots, snowflake bulbs, hoya plant, some food for snacking on)

For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett

Id grab the house im not greedy i dont need more then 1 item but seriously

id take
cricket bat
brothers CDs
and a painting done by my deceased aunt

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

I'd grab my main computer, a bunch of my stereo stuff if I could carry it, and my wallet

I keep all my important documents in a bank deposit box. Just a few dollars a year for my peace of mind.

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If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished.

I've had that nightmare over and over again...it always involves me trying to hold onto psycho Cleopatra (Cleo), while holding onto Stanley (who is sleeping, and having puppy dreams and kicking and growling), holding all 6 scrapbooks weighing 10 pounds each (original photos in all some dating back to 1850), and it used to involve me trying to shove the 55 gallon out the door, now it has me dumping everyone into the 125 and shoving it out the door Well, other than my photo albums, and if all my pets are safe, you did say that right? And for me I'm including the fish I guess my laptop, meds, book I'm currently reading...just save the scrapbooks/photo albums. My purse and id's usually stay in the truck so no big deal...heidi

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

A fire in your home/apartment/wheverever you live. All people and pets are safely outside. You have enough time to take 3 things with you (I figured 1 would be too difficult ( )

So what would you take?

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There is water at the bottom of the ocean

On the basis of this thread, quite a few of us here may well be investing in home fire extinguishers ... a thought I've had in mind for a while, because there's no way I'd get the Pandas out in a fire. In fact, that's something else you've all reminded me to put on my design feature list if I get the chance to build my own house - install a sprinkler system!



Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

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If at first you DO succeed, try not to look astonished.

Wallet, pom poms and sword. Won't need to go back for the skirt I'll more then like be wearing it:88)

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Some days you're the pigeon and some days you're the statue.

Remember that age and treachery will always triumph over youth and ability.

Laptop (in it's backpack all the time)
Camera bag (conveniently has my passport in it)
As many negetive boxes as I can grab off the shelf....

seeing as my house is so small, and those three items are all within a hands reach of each other ....well... I might be able to grab my "purse" too .

poor shishies.

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The life, the love, You die to heal.
The hope that starts, The broken hearts...
I&#8217;ve got another confession my friend, I&#8217;m no fool.
I&#8217;m getting tired of starting again, Somewhere new."

purse because it has military ids social security cards, drivers liscense birth certificate cell phone etc

Back up cds - all of my family photos are there

camera - makes the insurance claim easier to file if I can get snapping immediately igh: and because lets face it can't live without it

(uhm family jewlry and items of that nature are in a safety deposit box)

and my pets could never all be saved, too many fish and that is a real downer. I would probably be filling up tuppeware containers with tank water and moving out fish realistically until they wouldn't let me in anymore.

Last edited by Koi Keeper at 20-May-2005 08:43

Empty chairs at empty tables, the room silent, forlorn.

my laptop and my guitars. anything else would be too much.

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"That's the trouble with political jokes in this country... they get elected!" -- Dave Lippman

my clothes, my phone and my fish tank