DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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Jan 13, 2024 11:49 PM
DumpingSh1tandBeingKind2
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NancyReaganSchoolOfGawk
This would not work for me, I hate having a ton of dirty laundry.
MoopsyLD
If you don't already have a cloud storage service for your stuff, at least make sure your PC has an easy removal hardrive/ssd. you will always tend to forget at least one thing when you save your digital stuff and when you need to recover it that most recent stuff or thing you forgot to back up would be gone. You can then just easily pull out your ssd and bug out.
chickeypics
While not quite the same, but realated, my dad stopped at a rural house fire on his way home once as he was a former paramedic and then LEO. He ran inside to help them save what they could as the fire was in a different area but spreading. He grabbed their clothes out of the dryer, which luckily was a full load. They ended up being the only clothes salvaged and the family was incredibly grateful for him thinking of it.
teardropivyyearofthetiger
I can’t tell you how much it breaks my heart a)this knowledge has to shared b) how many times someone has to use this in their life c) how much dog poop gets it’s way into dirty towels.
caerulakid
You are assuming a level of organization my ass can’t cash.
VinnyVeritas
A "go" bag for fire, flood, hurricane, earthquake, medical emergencies, domestic abuse, or MAGA zombies, etc. BE READY
unluckyandbored
Try to put together an actual go-bag if you can, even if you're "safe". You never know what might happen. There's plenty of guides out there that'll show you the dos and don'ts.
DelCorazon
That’s brilliant!
KittyKlimt6
We separate laundry by colour & temperature. My important papers are one grab though
quork10
My dad taught me this when I was a kid too. He'd been thrown out of several places quickly
Iamnotawildturkey
I love this repost. I literally told someone about this idea last week.
ktkboom
Holiday Farm fires a couple years back put that in perspective for our family. Three households in the same area and we all came to the same realization of “Let it burn. It’ll suck but it can be replaced. Go go go.”
lostinthoughts
I remember a friend telling me that he was interviewed with the question "If you could save one thing from your household, what would you get?" and he said without missing a beat "My cats. Passports, photos, clothes, things - everything can be replaced. But not my cats."
IHaveGreatKittenRecipes
Our home evac plans include smashing every window as we get out, cause we have a fair number of cats who would be too skittish to catch in an emergency. Will it save them? Depends how dumb they're feeling in that moment, but if even one gets out and survives it'll be worth replacing the windows.
Florida18
Grandma is one smart lady!
Exyr
I keep a good bag in the hall closet. Cash cooking gear clothes cash some precious metal.
Munchman347
Family with teenage boy, 'Wow, that's a lot of crusty old socks!'...
MadamPuddifoot
This doesn't work when you wear scrubs for a living... And have gotten too fat for all your clothes besides workout clothes (and yes you see the irony).
JinxRocks
And a plastic, full-page sized envelope attached to the back or bottom of the hamper with all of your unused credit cards not in your wallet, some cash, a spare phone (think a tracfone or similar - something you can activate quickly), a list of important contacts (in case I can't import from iCloud/Google, etc.), keys, a toiletries kit, etc. I do this but with a go-bag instead with 3 days worth of clothes always ready to go. Not in an abusive situation myself, just travel on short notice a lot.
mitharas
My life seems far too boring, I was never near to a situation where I would need this.
Fishkeeper
That's not boring, that's safe.
oopsydsy
Count your blessing. Also, you may just not think that way. Tornado, damn breach, hurricane, blizzard, power loss, road washout, to tired to drive home, no gas station open (your check doesn't clear) until 9am, to drunk to drive home, having to much fun and don't want to go home. Having a bag of things to make your life easier is very handy.
arumunus
There's still time! I'm old enough to remember when "wildfire" was a very rarely used word, and only up north. Now it's a season.
I remember when it was the stereotype for only being California. Now it sweeps the entire west coast from Mexico, to Canada.
NooPogodi
That's why I keep my clean laundry in the basket and the dirty laundry in the floor beside it
MyGreatestFearBoner
What if you have a Floordrobe?
Hashbrown123
Yeah, that's why.
HandoB4Javert
I wear my dirty laundry and turn it inside out for a refresh...
itgoeshere
A fellow connoisseur I see.
DigOldBingBong
Living alone, I've achieved the ultimate in efficiency: I keep my dirty laundry in the washer and my clean laundry in the dryer.
nevergettingoutalive
IPKOB
But if you have to leave quickly do you take the washing machine or the dryer
Rathan5
Pfft, just stick the whole building in your bag. Problem solved!
IPKOB
NooPogodi
I don't think the other people in the building would appreciate that on my end
BleedingQuasar
You never know until you try. I belive in you!
casualgenderquestion2718
Do you want to be appreciated? Or do you want supreme laundering efficiency??
NooPogodi
I'd like my clothes to not be thrown outside
casualgenderquestion2718
“You give up a few things, chasing a dream…”
notacobra
For anyone, toxic situation or not:
When you have some time and some calm, make a list of things you would want in a "we're leaving in 10 minutes" emergency and another list for "we're leaving in 10 seconds".
Know where everything is and update it as your house and priorities change.
You never know what could happen and you don't want to look back years later and wonder why you never thought to grab that other album with all the photos of your grandparents before they passed away.
kepattRunner
I keep a go bag. Just grab the backpack and roll out
paintingagency
Ten seconds is "wallet, car keys if necessary, and family". Can't even round up the cats in that time.
notacobra
Yep - and that's exactly the point. Walking out in, say, a fire, without your wallet and phone can make getting back on your feet that much harder. Sometimes, 10 seconds is all you have.
arumunus
Gonna sneak past ya and add on that it might be a good idea to take a day or two and scan in and digitize all tangible photos/visual mementos, and save them to the cloud, and/or on a drive.
Its absolutely nice to keep gran's photos but on that off chance of worst case scenario, at least you still have the visuals. \o/
List is an excellent idea, thanks for sharing that!
OnlyPositiveFavourites
And for anyone thinking that's a good idea: store said photos in two locations eg 1 cloud service and 1 hard disk!!
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Also good for fire preparedness! My partner and I have a plan of who grabs what if we happen to be together. I get the important documents but they are also in a fire resistant bag so if I can't, it possibly isn't a disaster.
GiraffaPontifex
In case of disaster, me, wife, and teenager can have in hand what we need for 72 hours in 10 seconds. Packed and ready. 10 minutes? We are prepped to walk away and never return if need be, and are ready to start a new life.
CaptSheffield
(Giraffa) not in a bad way, but you sound like a Heinlein story.
FallingStar7669
I disagree with most of the stereotypical "prepper" nonsense - I consider it irrational, reactionary, and paranoid - but I deeply, on a visceral level, appreciate the challenge and the many solutions people have found to overcome it, as well as the myriad of ancillary studies (historical food preservation, minimal tool manufacturing, sustainability, &c). There is some seriously clever stuff out there. And what fun is it to mull over the contents of an EDC!
PragmaticPrimate
I think it can be useful to prepare for some realistic scenarios. The total collapse of society isn't one. But "can't buy groceries for two weeks", "interruptions of water supply/electricity" or "need to evacuate my home for a few days" absolutely are.
NewtonWren
Prepping as a US culture is dumb. Having a bag by the door is invaluable for fires, floods, earthquakes, and other similar situations. And having a few weeks of food, a week of water, and a way to warm up, means an extended power outage is inconvenient but not life threatening. Anything beyond that can't be managed by an individual so that's the irrational part.
notacobra
This is less about prepping for some end of world crisis and more about one safeguard to ensure you don't lose irreplaceable things.
I live in Australia - our homes are regularly in the path of unstoppable bushfires. There've been multiple times in my life where I had to pack my bags and have them next to the door, waiting on a change in wind. I think my comment is reasonable advice for anyone, not just people worried about zombies or nukes
OnlyPositiveFavourites
Also Aussie: floods. Where I live has never flooded in European-Aussie history but we still plan for what-if flood scenarios, store certain things upstairs and have a plan for what items we would let rot vs carry upstairs with us (eg we could carry our PC's up but not try move the tv which is mounted to the wall).
paintingagency
Most "preppers" are woefully misguided about what would happen in their imagined scenarios. The ones who just stockpile guns are actually the least deluded because they're openly prepping for short, bloody careers as bandits and rapists, and well, they'd probably achieve that... for a little while.
CaptSheffield
(painting) ? You think everyone is gonna be nice and ask if they can use what you've got if the shit really hit the fan.
FallingStar7669
If that's what everyone did, civilization would have collapsed a long time ago. Humans are a social species; selfish loners are the outliers.