Thursday, April 22, 2010


WHAT WOULD YOU GRAB IF THERE WERE A FIRE OR AN EARTH EQUAKE?
My sister, who is presently teaching English as a second language in Beijing, and I had an interesting conversation on Skye the other night. What would we grab if there were an earthquake or a fire?
Janet’s response:  “My computer--- the only back up I have been able to get here is my external hard drive, so the information is not stored any place on the web. Because she is in China, she does not have access to many sites, including “YouTube”.
My reply: “I have a folder labeled important papers, so I would grab that and my purse.”
We continued our conversation and realized that pictures wouldn’t be an issue, because she had downloaded all the family pictures on the web before she left. They are protected.
The more we talked, the more we realized that we were probably among the few people who had really given this question any serious thought.
My question:  What would you grab if you had to get the door quickly?




3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:14 AM

    B.S.! the only thing you have time for is food and water by the car ready to go. I know cause it happened to me

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  2. As my window looks out to the street, I would throw the bag in which I store all my important documents out there first. Then I'd throw through the window some clothes and grab my hard-drive coz part of my life is stored in it.

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  3. Thanks for the comments....wish, anonymous would have said more....would have liked to know what happened...we can't learn unless people tell us about their experiences.

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