You Have Ten Minutes.

[sakon76]

I watched another episode of TFP last night while pinning the last two laundry bags together. And while I give the writers full TFA levels of reference credit for titling the episode "Convoy," I think it actually led to a nightmare for me. I very very infrequently have bad dreams, you see, but can't think of any other cause for me to have awoken at 5am from a dream wherein there was an at least Fukushima level nuclear meltdown in Irvine (where I went to university; ~20 miles from Greenwood) which had the possibility of escalating to something more Chernobyl-like. So a "you have ten minutes; grab what you can, and run."

Which led to me lying awake, stressing over what I would grab from my place if I might never be able to come back to it. My list ended up running something like: Wonderful Husband, the cats (...need another carrier...), the quilt my grandmother and I sewed together, my jewelry box, the first edition Oz book my grandfather gave me and a couple others I've bought since, Abigail (the doll my grandmother made for me when my sister was born), Maggie (grandmother-in-law's sewing machine), and the computers. Pretty much everything else, much though it would hurt to lose it all, is replaceable.

What would all of you choose to grab?

Comments

[dragondancer515.livejournal.com]

Wow, damn, that's a hard question!

My cats. My laptop and drives. My plushies. As many of my toys and books as I could. Forget clothes or household items - those can be replaced easily enough. But my "family" is irreplaceable.

LOL my priorities, what.

[mmouse15.livejournal.com]

My family. My cats (if I still have them) and the dog. My guns and ammo. Camping gear, whatever food I can shovel into a cooler. My complete Shakespeare and the A. A. Milne books. My plushies and Brownie Bear (my teddy from when I was an infant). Whatever cash is in the house. My Dutch ovens. Food for the dog. Writing materials - notebooks, pens, pencils.

Not a fun thought, though. I'm sorry you got woken up so early by this bad dream. I used to have nightmares like this - kind of glad I don't any longer, though I'm not as organized as I used to be, so gathering that list would take the entire 10 minutes.

[eerian_sadow]

my portable hard drive and my box of writing from high school and college, and the quilts made for me by my grandmother and great grandmother. the laptop if i have time to unplug it and load it into the box. as much a losing some of the rest of it would hurt (first ed books!!) it really is just stuff, and i can start over again.

(i've had to start over twice before after all. i can do it again if i have to.)

[femme4jack.livejournal.com]

I used to have a horrible recurring dream about a tornado, and having to try to get myself and others to safety. Not fun.

Okay, my family, my cats, my laptop, my external hard drive, my file of important documents, food and water for all of us (damn, I need to get that emergency kit together, but it costs money to do), some clothes and good shoes for us all, our tent and sleeping bags. That is about it. My mind goes to what kinds of things we need for survival in questions like this.

[shefytbast.livejournal.com]

The cats (*does not want to contemplate shoving four uncooperative cats into carriers in under 10 minutes* :( ), the laptop (save the writing!), my wallet (save the ID!), a couple of changes of clothes if I have time. If things were looking suitably apocalyptic I might grab some readily transportable food (esp. cat food), but as long as civilization wasn't ending I'd figure I could use my ATM or credit card to buy what I needed wherever I ended up. All the rest of my possessions I could replace or stand to live without, which really makes one think.

(I'm assuming my housemate could evacuate herself. ^_^ )

[muzaiden.livejournal.com]

sister, laptop with stories, mom's harp, my backpack (that always has several writing notebooks, my ids and can fit the laptop,). the desktop ,not the monitor just the desktop. and the photo hamper from the closet. (I would cry for days about the books but there are just too many to think of taking one.) oh yeah and my keepsake box along with my sisters, bothi only being small little storage boxes with handles. And if there is anytime leftthe jewelery box. The firebox and the bookshelf cabinet that has important papers i'd leave to the sister to handle.

[yuuzaiden.livejournal.com]

You've got the family talking... It's just stuff. It's the memories I'd want to keep. I'm honored the first thing Mu would grab is me.... ditto, always.
Books and toys and plushes and anyhing else is replaceable. My mom's engamement ring, my sketchbooks and my pictures are not.. My family, as crazy as they are, all in agreement..
I love them so much.

[linnet-melody.livejournal.com]

Family first. And by family I AM INCLUDING my family history records and photos, the cats, and my fellow. .... Probably in that order, depending on what mood he's got me in. :D

I've already got an "emergency bag" made up of clothes and shoes and feminine supplies -- though, now I think of it, the clothes probably don't fit anymore -- and it's kept in my car in a convenient over-the-shoulder backpack. Toss in a camp cooking kit and a couple water bottles and a map of the local area and I think I'm set.

[cazcatharsis.livejournal.com]

Photo albums and a few of my journals. Everything else is disposable.