laptop,. favorite ccd cameras, family albums pets,. cash on hand, and a
radio, flashlight and my AP900mount/155EDF
rdc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Sterngold" <psterngold@No-Spam>
To: "The Astronomy Connection" <sf-bay-tac@No-Spam>
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [TAC] BTW, has anyone been in contact with
> --- Richard Crisp <rdcrisp@No-Spam> wrote:
> > Paul told me they had the van packed to leave on a moment's notice when
> > I asked him how he was doing on Monday. So far so good was the report
> on
> > Monday, but leaving nothing to chance..
>
> On Sunday morning, we went from uncomfortable to concerned to
> action-stations in about two hours. It's sometimes difficult to know how
> to respond, you don't want to be ridiculously over-cautious, but you also
> don't want to be in denial. So about noon on Sunday, we decided to
> prepare so that we wouldn't have to leave any precious item behind. As it
> turned out, the fire never got closer than about four miles, but we were
> mighty concerned for a while.
>
> It's interesting that we put hardly a thought into what to take along,
> our priorities were obvious, no questions. Photos were number one, isn't
> that funny? Then a few days' clothing. I put the entire filing cabinet in
> the van and my computer's CPU (we use Quicken and I haven't backed up to
> CD-R in a while). June grabbed her jewelry case. Our girls grabbed
> photos, plush animals, mementos. I think the last thing I put in was my
> recently acquired AP 130EDF.
>
> So what would you grab if you had 20 minutes to evacuate? Five minutes?
> It makes for interesting contemplation.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul Sterngold
>
>
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