As a Chaplain with the Austin Disaster Relief Network, having been deployed to West, Texas and Moore, Oklahoma, I have often described the Survivors of these tragedies as being like newborn babies. In many cases, they had NOTHING. No car, no house, no clothes, no money, no food, no insurance papers, no important phone numbers... nada, zilch, zero!
What a hassle for anyone whose house was blown away, flooded, or burned down when, on top of starting life completely over like a newborn baby. Aside from everything else, they had to start the tedious process of calling insurance companies, title companies, acquiring divorce papers, marriage licenses, birth certificates, completely rebuilding their track record. It could take months and LOTS of unnecessary aggravation.
Why not scan your important papers as a PDF and store on a Memory Stick in your bug out bag? How about mailing that stick, or paper copies, to someone far away in a sealed envelope? Make sure there are copies in your fireproof safe, too.
Trust me, after what I've seen, you do NOT want to go through this aggravation, especially after having lost a limb or a loved one in a disaster.
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Every blessing,
Michael Tummillo
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