raid
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Storm Erika may make it to here on Thursday and maybe it won't. I was up at 5:30am. so I wrote up a list with my camera equipment that I would take along (to save) if we left town.
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What would you pack when planning for hurricane evacuation?
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Peter_S
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I have a small fireproof evacuation/emergency/fast-response box in my house in Austria. Passports, documents, cards, harddrive with back-up of images/scanned negatives, and my Contax T3 with two rolls of FP4+ and Delta 3200. The others could be replaced, the T3 not.
dave lackey
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Raid,
You're going to need a bigger truck!😛
You're going to need a bigger truck!😛
raid
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The passports must be kept safe. I agree with you Peter.
Thanks to website and online photography storage, only a few photos should be taken along too.
Prescription medicine too ...
Thanks to website and online photography storage, only a few photos should be taken along too.
Prescription medicine too ...
JP Owens
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Fortunately, the storm seems to be dissipating. Florida could get a lot of rain, though.
Rob-F
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Raid:
All Cameras
All lenses
Both Daughters
Wife
Self
Take no chances!
All Cameras
All lenses
Both Daughters
Wife
Self
Take no chances!
Steve Bellayr
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Takumar 50mm f1.4 m mount? I never heard of this animal. Please explain.
lynnb
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Don't forget any pets... and a charger for your phone (one of those small portable power packs would be good).
Edit: and a torch, and scanned copies of insurance documents.
Edit: and a torch, and scanned copies of insurance documents.
YouAreHere
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Most of my camera bodies are stored in a Nanuk 940 case and my glass is in a seperate Nanuk 925 case. In an evacuation scenario there is no stop and think what's where, just grab the cases and go.
Eric T
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Home owner's insurance will replace the gadgets after a storm.
The key is to think about those things you can't replace. Perhaps the most important of those is your photo collection.
My family and I lived in Canberra, ACT, Australia for six months in 2003. We were there for the bush fire that destroyed 500 homes in January 2003. From that experience, I learned that the only material things worth saving are your photos - hard copies and digital.
And we can rest easy in Florida, Erika is rapidly degenerating.
The key is to think about those things you can't replace. Perhaps the most important of those is your photo collection.
My family and I lived in Canberra, ACT, Australia for six months in 2003. We were there for the bush fire that destroyed 500 homes in January 2003. From that experience, I learned that the only material things worth saving are your photos - hard copies and digital.
And we can rest easy in Florida, Erika is rapidly degenerating.
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
I lived in Florida for my first 18 years, 1940 through 1959. I weathered many hurricanes with my family and there were no problems. The worst thing that ever happened was that a casement window blew open, and dad managed to shut it against the wind. The building code in Miami required a reinforced concrete tie beam over the walls, below the roof, to hold everything together. We were about 3 blocks from Biscayne Bay, and only 3 or 4 miles from the ocean, so there was a lot of water in the wind. No one ever said we should evacuate.
Raid, are you close to the water? I wonder if the code requirements are similar in your area.
Raid, are you close to the water? I wonder if the code requirements are similar in your area.
raid
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Hi Dave,
Not really; we take with us what is "difficult to replace". There is homeowner's insurance too.
Dwig
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Having a prepared list well in advance is a good thing, but cameras can be replaced. Thus, they rank very low on my list.
The first photographic item on my list is a memory card or stick with very recent pictures of the inside and outside of my condo to be used if an insurance claim needs to be made. No. 2 is my backup hard drive with my personal documents and the bulk of my digital images along with the scans of old family photos. The later also exist offsite as I've distributed copies to other family members.
Even so, there are many things higher on my list; IDs, cash (power and phone outages prevent credit cards from being usable), insurance papers (both property and medical), cell phones with their chargers, ...
raid
Dad Photographer
Yes, this seems to be the prediction. Lots of rain but no wind storm. Lots of rain could trigger some sinkhole-type erossions in Florida. It is like the lottery. You don't know what is beneath the lot your home is on.
raid
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LOL! This is a good one, Rob. Else, amd after driving among thousands of cars away from here, we discover that Dana or Lina is not in the car! 😀
raid
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Some individuals have the technical skills to change the mount, Steve. It was Roland in the case of this Takumar. Paul ("Fish") got it from Roland, and then I got it from Paul as he was selling it.
raid
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You are correct, Lynn. Our bunny Lola is a problem. Unlike a dog or cat, no hotel accepts a bunny as a pet. I will ask a friend to bunny-sit her for us, if needed.
I just placed an order with the pharmacy for my prescription medicine.
raid
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Hurricanes move slowly, so there is always rime for packing.
raid
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This is true. I will take with me three external hard drives. My photos are saved there. Okd photos are in print and we have many albums there. Good point.
raid
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It is claimed that Florida has now the best building code in the country after all these past hurricanes.
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