FIRE FIRE FIRE. No, um, Really
Today,
I looked out my front window when I heard a
scream, and what do I see? A fire. Not a BBQ
fire, a real, live, “Holy shit! Everyone RUN”
type of fire.
A house about 6 lots away from us, so needless to say, I was a bit worried that this could easily get out of control; the flames on the structure were at least 20 foot high, peoples – this was no joke, this was no drill!
I did what any good Boy Scout would do (I was never a Boy Scout, so don’t start), and ran to let everyone know what was going on. We have horses. Hell, at least 50% of the homes around here have large animals, and we’re no different. First thought was to get everyone ready to evacuate the horses off the property should it come to that.
From there, it was a rush to grab a few important things, and load them into the 4Runner. I went down there to help, but again, just in case, I was gonna make sure that the things I valued most were in the vehicle with me if that thing spread.
Things I grabbed? The laptops (mine & The GIrl’s), and the dogs. Everything else was left.
I’m sure you want to know about the fire from ground-zero. Later. A different day, perhaps. I have some things I’d like to say, but I may be too biased at the moment; I’ll sit on it for a day or so, then I’ll get back here.
But, back to the laptops for a moment. I was thinking as I ran around getting stuff together, there are definite benefits to having most of your important stuff computer-bound (especially laptop-bound). Family photo albums? All digitized, my friend. Financial Data? All in there, too! This, I thought, was a definite beneficial situation in an emergency, being able to grab one or two items and have essentially everything you need to restart anew, while carrying on with the old in the ways you need.
So yeah, I guess the point is get a Mac: They can save you in case of a fire!
Peace.