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Friday, September 14, 2007
What Do You Take In An Emergency?

What is the first thing you will grab from your home if your house floods, catches on fire or comes tumbling down in an earthquake? New York Times journalist, Damon Darlin, asks that question in article published October 1, 2005
"How to prepare for one really fast getaway". Whether your answer is the family photo album or your grandmother’s quilt, Darlin points out that most of us wouldn’t even think of our medical and financial records, the very things we would need to rebuild our lives. And yet, who keeps their files in something so compact and portable it can be grabbed in a moment’s notice?
Darlin details a number of technology solutions for backing up your data on flash drives (can’t get more portable than that!) that are quick and practical and can be completed over a weekend.
There’s even a checklist to get you started. You may have a list of all your credit card numbers; Darlin suggests adding the PIN numbers, credit limits, and the 800 contact numbers.
Everyone’s heard the tip about taking pictures or a video of all your possessions, but if you’re leaving in a hurry, will you take them with you? Darlin proposes uploading them, along with irreplaceable family photos to one of the free online photo services like
Flickr.com, Picasa.com, Snapfish.com, or Kodakgallery.com. Then you can access them from any computer. Just be sure to set the privacy options.

I highly recommend this article, which you can access through The New York Times online.

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  • Enjoyed your post so much that I decided to include it for my Tuesday Efficieny Tip.

    Thanks for the great ideas! Enjoyed reading your other posts as well! You have some great stuff!!

    By Blogger Betsy, at 1:39 PM  

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