If given a 15 minute warning to evacuate what would you bring?

Tangibles: My passport. My wallet. My phone.

Intangibles: My resilience. My commitment to my meditation practice. My health.

Forever? On top of wallet, keys, other normal bringalongs, would grab a few ukuleles and some art supplies.

I keep a bug out bag of personal papers in a zip lock bag in a drawer near the door so all I need do is grab the bag & know that I have what I will need after the fact. My purse is kept there as well so I’ll have my car keys, DL, cash, credit cards, etc.

My go bag; it’s a small suitcase w car keys, cash, a set of clothes and some contacts info. Phone and purse.

My cats. My medications. Important papers and IDs and such. And then whatever Elsa had time to grab. It depends on the situation. Am I just being evacuated from my apartment because there’s a fire? Then I’m not wasting time and I’m just grabbing the things I mentioned above. I have rental insurance and it more than covers the value of the things I own, although it would be a pain to replace all those.

Is it something more along the lines of a natural disaster? Then I would probably take more than the above mentioned items if I have time. I’m not going to risk my life for material possessions.

I’d get important documents, photos, medical records, medications/supplements. Spouse would probably get electronics. Kids would grab whatever they could throw in a bag.

Depends on time but definately dogs, food and guns.
If time allows: Open the safe, grab papers and coins, grab some of my stashed food/water, purse, dogs, guns and go.

My cats would be first priority. Second priority would be the passports. I might grab a few paintings off the wall that were done by my mother, if possible.

I would need my eyeglasses so that’s a given, that I’d have to have them.

My dog. Nothing else is of importance at that point.

My briefcase….it has the important documents that I would really hate to lose.

I’m slow, and awkward.
I wouldn’t make it out in time.

I have a 3 part bug out bag. 3 ways to make water safe. Bags of salmon/tuna for a couple weeks. Even some cough drops with vitamin C, to prevent skirvy. Medical supplies. Fire stuff. Glow sticks. Emergency blankets, rain jackets… $100 cash. Waistband two gun holster. A really small 12 gauge shotgun. And an special compact rifle with four 50 round clips I tell nobody about, to carry. I suppose I’d wear my old bullet proof vest too.

Depending on the situation I’d try to slip into international waterways in my canoe. There’s access within 10 minutes of my location. I could go anywhere in the East coast that way. Nice and quiet.
My paranoid ass has several planned routes of escape.

If it was 15 minutes until imminent death, I’d strip naked and steal a motorcycle from a neighbor.

If it wasn’t super danger, I’d get with my closest friends. We’re good together. Turn back the clock a few years, and we were quite capable.

Grimmy, you crack me up! :-D

^Gotta have a plan.

“A man who fails to plan, plans to fail.”...

“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.”

“Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth.”
– Mike Tyson.

I’m all for the value of a good plan, but why naked to steal the motorcycle?

Well. I don’t currently own a motorcycle. Otherwise I’d just mount up, and roll out.
Riding is the best thing ever. Why not ride into the apocalypse in my birthday suit?...

I assume my neighbor wouldn’t just give me his bike. He’s a weekend warrior type. Just rides in perfect weather. Doubt he’d like my tool dragging on his horse…

Wallet, keys, network hard drive (which has all of our digital pics plus financial info).