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The fires in SoCal reminded me that we had a similar scare a few years ago. Hopefully everyone in the vicinity has been able to evade the fires, and any losses are insured. In a personal note, my sister who lives in Santa Rosa has had her place burn down twice over the last few years. So I’m definitely familiar with how devastating it can be.

A few years ago when the blaze was approaching our house, we got to the point where the authorities advised us to gather our stuff and be ready to leave.

What do you include on your list to take with you? Does the cardboard make the cut? All of it, or just the stuff that is hard to replace? And to what extent do you tell your wife?

I had planned to take all of my valuable cardboard, and leave the cheap stuff. Naturally, when I shared my plan with the wife, she was less than enthused about my priorities. And not because she wanted more love for the commons!

So now it’s your turn. What’s on your list to grab and go?