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Based a little on our recent experience with what we could/would pack when we had to leave in a hurry from a fire.
So under stress. Taking your car's capacity into consideration.
And also that if you dither too long it may be too late, in the last fires in Vic, many perished on the roads because they delayed and then were overtaken by the fires on the road.
So not a oh well, maybe, but if...
We took our animals first. The easy floaters first (I'm a nurse, I know that the walking patients are evac'd first)
Then daughter and I packed a few clothes. Knickers, for some reason were very scarce. I put in the new top and pants I just bought, because they were just hanging there still in the bag they came with.
I ended up with 3 pairs of 3/4 pants, two tops, shampoo, brush, no deodorant, no toothbrush (but with toothpaste) a pair of canvass shoes (not matching altho similar)
My work certificates. Some scarves in case we needed to wet them and breathe thru them.
Some homeopathic remedies. All the horse, dog, chook, cat feeds.
I took no photos the first day as we couldn't fit them - oh yeah, daughter bought a guitar the day before so that was in.
The boys brought the harddrives out of the server. I brought myk laptop. And one library book.
The next trip, photos, some underwear and the toothbrush -right there where you'd expect them when you weren't stressed.
Deodorant, seeds box
, a friends book that I've meant to return for 5 years, a recentlyd borrowed textbook, the library books, towels, some work clothes.
A long pair of pants.
My two dolls and a thread bear.
No jewellry. A couple of dvd's. The funny ones.
So the interesting thing is what is left. A house full of Stuff.
So as I'm packing I'm thinking. If we get back here. I can throw all this out. I can give it away. I don't need it.
I did take a pair of scissors and the bolt cutters (you never know when you're going to need bolt cutters)
Also a couple of daughters school reports, because they were there. One horses written history. The phone book. And get this. A spray can of eucalyptus. Yes, and why would you need that? What is the priority? Who the heck knows.
Met another lady who said she looked at what she packed - a lovely silk dress! And where the heck is she going to wear that?
What goes thru your head? Why do we take some things? Why do we leave others?
My son is a little worried by the amount that he didn't take. He's never been materialistic, but he could see that people would think it odd he didn't want to take much.
So what would you take? What would you leave?
So under stress. Taking your car's capacity into consideration.
And also that if you dither too long it may be too late, in the last fires in Vic, many perished on the roads because they delayed and then were overtaken by the fires on the road.
So not a oh well, maybe, but if...
We took our animals first. The easy floaters first (I'm a nurse, I know that the walking patients are evac'd first)
Then daughter and I packed a few clothes. Knickers, for some reason were very scarce. I put in the new top and pants I just bought, because they were just hanging there still in the bag they came with.
I ended up with 3 pairs of 3/4 pants, two tops, shampoo, brush, no deodorant, no toothbrush (but with toothpaste) a pair of canvass shoes (not matching altho similar)
My work certificates. Some scarves in case we needed to wet them and breathe thru them.
Some homeopathic remedies. All the horse, dog, chook, cat feeds.
I took no photos the first day as we couldn't fit them - oh yeah, daughter bought a guitar the day before so that was in.
The boys brought the harddrives out of the server. I brought myk laptop. And one library book.
The next trip, photos, some underwear and the toothbrush -right there where you'd expect them when you weren't stressed.
Deodorant, seeds box
, a friends book that I've meant to return for 5 years, a recentlyd borrowed textbook, the library books, towels, some work clothes. A long pair of pants.
My two dolls and a thread bear.
No jewellry. A couple of dvd's. The funny ones.
So the interesting thing is what is left. A house full of Stuff.
So as I'm packing I'm thinking. If we get back here. I can throw all this out. I can give it away. I don't need it.
I did take a pair of scissors and the bolt cutters (you never know when you're going to need bolt cutters)
Also a couple of daughters school reports, because they were there. One horses written history. The phone book. And get this. A spray can of eucalyptus. Yes, and why would you need that? What is the priority? Who the heck knows.
Met another lady who said she looked at what she packed - a lovely silk dress! And where the heck is she going to wear that?
What goes thru your head? Why do we take some things? Why do we leave others?
My son is a little worried by the amount that he didn't take. He's never been materialistic, but he could see that people would think it odd he didn't want to take much.
So what would you take? What would you leave?
. As above, everything else is replaceable, I would be sad to lose photo's but there's no point in risking my life to save them (they aren't in easy to reach places like yours Sarzwix). I agree with Feral about the stupid things that I would pack, if I had a few hours and not just minutes I dread to think what junk I would think we might need.
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