OT: Fire is coming. What do you grab?

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Originally Posted by LEHR

Curious as to what the guns & ammo, blankets, food, gold, and hygiene supplies are for that has been mentioned above. If we're talking an apocalyptic event then sure, I agree with all the above; but if I'm only evacuating for a fire I'm personally just going to make a trip to Walmart for snacks and toiletries and then hold up at the Hyatt or Hilton until it's over.

Well, if I am going on a vacation, I would take my hygiene supplies. Why buy more needlessly? You also assume there will be stuff on the shelves. Might not be, especially if deliveries have been disrupted for a few days. That's why you are supposed to take things like pet food.

The hotel idea is nice but with tens of thousands of people evacuated, what makes you think you can get a reservation? My wife and I discussed it and we decided to head for Anaheim if we were evacuated because it is off-season and the hospitality infrastructure around Disneyland is immense.

As for the guns, I'd rather not have my guns laying around for someone to steal if there is looting (which there is). Better to lug em than to put em on the street.