A fire breaks out at your house,what would you grab?

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acemcmac

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I have a huge CO2 fire extinguisher- the kind you get service calls on every 24 months. Almost 10 minutes of runtime.
 
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Lola

Our wedding photo album and our laptop... has all our photos on it... everything else is replaceable.
 

j00fek

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since i have tons of priceless data on my svr, that the only thinkg id grab, yeh it sounds gay but i would
 

Fraggable

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both my laptops and backup DVD, wallet and phone. I don't think I'd be running out the door with my 35+ lb. P180 but I might try depending on the situation. I could stand to lose my HDTV, insurance would let me get a new one.
 

SirChadwick

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Whatever I could get my hands on as long as it wasn't a large fire. If my entire apt was going up in flames, it's a no-brainer - I'm grabbin myself and myself alone!
 

BKLounger

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I would grab keys, wallet, cell (the norm). My external 500gb hard drive and a small red stuffed bulldog i have (the only two things i have that i could not replace or have sentimental value).
 

K1052

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All of the really important stuff is in a fireproof/waterproof safe so I don't have to worry about it.

I'd be busy carting as many of my guns outside as possible before the fire reaches my ammo supply.
 

Fraggable

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Originally posted by: K1052
All of the really important stuff is in a fireproof/waterproof safe so I don't have to worry about it.

I'd be busy carting as many of my guns outside as possible before the fire reaches my ammo supply.

Not having your ammo in a fireproof box sounds like a bad idea.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: michaels
Not including pets and people.

With the number of pets we have they would be the only priority. Everything else can be replaced.
 

Maxspeed996

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This is the kind of thinking that makes me so anal about how I keep my belongings...something my wife doesn't understand....
But I could toss her butt out the window , and be able to grab my laptop because I always put it away in it's case , and all of it's gear is packed with it. All of our important documents , bills , reciepts , and pictures are stored on it, and a few 1 gig jump drives. I have two safes, one is mounted in the floor of my closet, it's fireproof, and holds all of our big important papers , photos, and a smaller case style , that is fireproof as well, but it's ready to go out the window after my wife. My cat would jump out the second I opened the window , so I wouldn't have to worry about her.... then I'd see if I could peep the situation out , and if my fire extinguishers would do the trick. If not I've got my wife prepping the hose reels outside whichever window I tossed her out , and feeding me the workin end of it....hopefully she's called 911 by now , because I'd be to busy!
 

RapidSnail

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My Bible, wallet, books, instruments, and if times allowed, and valuable electronics. My house is so small, it would be easy enough.
 

funboy6942

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One or several of the fire extinguishers I have all over my house to try to put it out myself :p

Got one in every room and halway ;)
 

Exterous

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A can of gas and add it to the fire. Everything that isn't in a fireproof box or backed up is replaceable - besides I could use a new HDTV and computer and laptop and other computer and......
 

K1052

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Originally posted by: Fraggable
Originally posted by: K1052
All of the really important stuff is in a fireproof/waterproof safe so I don't have to worry about it.

I'd be busy carting as many of my guns outside as possible before the fire reaches my ammo supply.

Not having your ammo in a fireproof box sounds like a bad idea.

It is about 20K rounds of various calibers, I'd need a pretty big box. It wont explode anyway just creates one hell of a bigger fire..

It would only have been 10K rounds but a I found a local distributor that had some Turk 8MM for $3 per 70 round bandoleer. I took all he had off his hands. Buy it cheap and stack it deep.
 

imported_Imp

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Dec 20, 2005
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Guitar, PC, speakers and CD tower (I'll make a sleigh out of it). Hell, I'd probably keep going back in...
 

oddyager

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Hmm, probably this in order depending on how much time I have: wallet, phone, laptop.