Fire!!! What do you grab?

[Frank Tuesday]

Animals, '61 B15, Backup drive, Small safe with all important documents (but nothing of monetary value, custom MTB. The rest can stay. Of course, I keep most of my gear in my studio, which is in a metal building with no significant flora nearby.

 

[ebonalley]

You're right Tampabass. After I got together the "essentials" I was kind of surprised that my bass equiqment was next on the top of the list. I guess I really don't have a lot of items that are worth $500-700 that I can just whip out the door. Given the time, there are probably some more sentimental things I could think of, but in the heat of the moment I found staring at my equipment scratching my head. Anyhow, I'm a lot of people jumped in on this thread, its an important subject for all to consider.

I think some folks are missing the point of this thread. D'oh! Yes, save loved ones and don't risk your own life for mere possessions.

Maybe it should be rephrased:

Once your loved ones and pets are safely away, IF it were safe enough to make another trip or two into the house, what would you grab?

 

[frankieg]

Thanks Epidrake and Ebonalley. Thinking back, it was a close one!!!

 

[Munjibunga]

So I'm practicing in my room today and my wife runs in and yells "There's a fire three houses down." If you've seen the news in the last month you'll know that this is a big deal in Texas. So, I went outside to check things out and thankfully the fire was a few blocks away but the wind was blowing right at us and the smoke was getting thick. We decided to do some preliminary packing just in case. Anyhow, after the pics and passports were gathered I realized that my bass equipment was some of the most expensive items that I own. I really had to ponder a moment and think "Do I allocate 6 square feet of my relatively small Mazda 5 to my MB212, or do I pack my SR505, or perhaps some clothes or something?" Thankfully, the fire was contained and we didn't have to leave. Anyhow, would you bring your bass equipment, if so what would you bring and what would you leave to fate?

Been there. Grabbed our two 1 TB external hard drives, the fire safe containing all important papers, photo albums, three basses (of 15) and one amp. Oh, and the dog.

 

[carlthegroover]

I WOULD take my basses (at least my Jazz), important documents/ money, some clothes, my family pics, my bike, my drawings (those are unique, mind you), and my laptop; not in that order necessarily. I live as a legal immigrant right now so the basses I have are really the most valuable things I own, aside of my own health and my immigration docs/passport/university diplomas.

If I didn't have time, I'd leave the amp. It's not that bad, but I'd use the excuse to get a better one.