Your house is on fire....

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  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    Dog
    Purse
    Laptop
  • deslaine
    deslaine Posts: 12 Member
    car keys and 2 bottles of wine!
  • margelizard
    margelizard Posts: 89 Member
    1. Backpack (it usually has all my wallet, phone etc etc)
    2. Laptop
    3. Large jar of nutella
  • BikerGirlElaine
    BikerGirlElaine Posts: 1,631 Member
    Assuming my guns & gold are in a fireproof safe, then I'm grabbing

    purse (cell is in it)

    tablet

    laptop

    (All my pix are digitized. Everything else can be replaced or is in the safe.)

    ETA: but gosh I wish I could get the 4 Harleys out too.
  • operation_cute
    operation_cute Posts: 588 Member
    anything with photos in or on them including albums, hard drive, computer... then my camera, and any cash we have because credit cards, id's and social security cards can be replaced
  • mudmonkeyonwheels
    mudmonkeyonwheels Posts: 426 Member
    My mountain bike (customised paint job that would not be covered by insurance!)
    My vintage soft toys (had them since I was born and very rare and difficult to replace)
    Laptop (got to save the Phd!)
  • xxghost
    xxghost Posts: 4,697 Member
    Phone.
    Boyfriend's class ring (a gift from his late grandfather, and my most treasured item).
    New gaming computer (I haven't even finished paying it off yet).
  • adioschubs
    adioschubs Posts: 384 Member
    This thread is making me paranoid that my house is going to catch on fire :embarassed:
    A lot of my family's photos are in bulky, old albums so they would be gone :(

    I would grab my phone, purse and laptop if it wasn't near the fire (keep it near the kitchen).
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,026 Member
    Cell Phone
    Wallet
    Lockbox (Emergency cash and all of my important documents.)
  • onwarddownward
    onwarddownward Posts: 1,683 Member
    Having had two house fires, I know the answer. Nothing.

    But, hypothetically:

    A. Engagement ring
    B. the safe
    C. Purse
  • jerber160
    jerber160 Posts: 2,606 Member
    we don't need no water let the...

    photo albums... but there's a lot..
    passport?

    I knew a kid once who grabbed the script to the show we were doing..
  • 91lowharley
    91lowharley Posts: 22 Member
    SO true. A person does not have time to grab material items. All you can think of is saving your family and yourself. I also was in a house fire due to electrical on a Christmas morning. We didn't have time to grab anything. My husband broke a window, threw down a mattress, I threw down my sons (6 & 1 yr. old at the time) so he can catch them. I was pregnant with my daughter and I had to jump down and believe me it was the scariest time of my life. Since this, I take one day at a time and I am so blessed.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,026 Member
    I think this thread should make people realize how important it is to be prepared. Have all of your important documents and emergency cash in the same place. Have electronic backups of all important documents and any pictures you don't want to lose. Oh, and a hide-a-key, so you can use your car in case you forgot your keys.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,143 Member
    My phone
    My phone charger
    My laptop

    Now if you had asked me the same question 30 years ago, I would have said...

    My purse
    My guitar
    My boombox.
  • sparkly86
    sparkly86 Posts: 520 Member
    phone, passport and laptop
  • My pants cause usually I am not wearing any.
    My keys
    Phone
  • Perplexities
    Perplexities Posts: 612 Member
    Family photos
    Fire safe
    Family laptop (mainly for the financial records my wife keeps on it)

    So you bought a Fire Safe and if a fire ever occurs it's on your list of top 3 things to save from a fire.
  • StrongAndHealthyMommy
    StrongAndHealthyMommy Posts: 1,255 Member
    my jewelry because they all have sentimental meaning.... most of them come from my great grand-mother.... my engagement ring, weeding band, family ring....

    other than that... ummm probably purse, cell phone and car key

    once my apt was burning and I only took my dog and cell phone... (at that time I didn't have any meaningful jewelry)
  • awall1984
    awall1984 Posts: 42
    Important documents, money stash and computer
  • nikilis
    nikilis Posts: 2,305 Member
    A suitcase full of all of my stuff

    a piping hot apple pie

    and a lawn chair.