{"id":3836,"date":"2012-07-19T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T20:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raphaellowe.com\/portal\/?p=3836"},"modified":"2012-07-19T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T23:11:24","slug":"what-would-you-take-in-a-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raphaellowe.com\/portal\/what-would-you-take-in-a-house-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"What would you take in a house fire?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across the site,<a href=\"http:\/\/theburninghouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> &#8220;The Burning House&#8221;<\/a> this morning which has an interesting premise. You know those conversations you&#8217;d have with your friends once in a while, &#8220;What would you take right now if your house was on fire?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well, this site is a collection of personal entries and photos showing what people would take. Scanning down the pages I found it really interesting that cameras &amp; smart phones were common choices. Photos &amp; journals were common too but more so by older people.<\/p>\n<p>You know, I&#8217;ve thought about this many times. Let&#8217;s assume family members&#8217;s safety are a given and they&#8217;re safe outside the house. And let&#8217;s assume I&#8217;m already fully clothed. Here&#8217;s my thoughts on what I&#8217;d grab if the house was burning down around me:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My custom Carvin bass. It&#8217;s just been my appendage for too many years. I have my secondary 80&#8217;s Kramer bass that actually has signatures from the Red Hot Chili Peppers on it and that carries sentimental value too. But when push comes to shove and I can carry only one of these suckers, I think I&#8217;d chose my Carvin. That leaves me with one hand completely carrying one item.<\/li>\n<li>I think in less than a minute I&#8217;d stuff in my old stuffed monkey &#8220;Brownie&#8221; that I had since I was 4. He&#8217;s falling apart. I can&#8217;t have him\u00a0disintegrated\u00a0by a house fire after all he&#8217;s been through. That&#8217;s right suckas, a damn stuffed monkey. I think I can cram him down my pants. No jokes please this is serious.<\/li>\n<li>Photos? \u00a0Hmm&#8230;not really. Anything worth keeping I already have digital backups offsite. If anything maybe I&#8217;d help my wife grab some of her old photos which I think may mean something to her. Shit&#8230;why am I wasting valuable fire time helping save my wife&#8217;s stuff? Think more greedy Raph!<\/li>\n<li>Passports maybe? \u00a0That&#8217;s easy enough to grab and stuff in my pocket. But is this one a big deal? \u00a0I&#8217;m unlikely to make any big travel plans now that my whole house is burning down am I? Not like I&#8217;m going to have to prove my citizenship anytime soon. Ah WTF, just grab it and think later.<\/li>\n<li>Wallet is certainly important. I&#8217;d never want to have to reapply for all my cards and licenses again. Damn that&#8217;s all the way on the other side of the house on the kitchen counter, do I have time?<\/li>\n<li>Phone! That thing does everything for me nowdays. But wait, what good is it if I don&#8217;t grab a charger? God knows these things down run on a charge longer than a day. So now I gotta book it back to my rooms to grab a charger.<\/li>\n<li>Camera? \u00a0Hmmm&#8230;that stuff is replaceable. But shit that one lens I have is expensive! \u00a0Ack! No time to open the camera back to grab it. I pull out my camera bag and it&#8217;s taking up my other hand. Fuck I have to run!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And that folks&#8230;is the story about how I didn&#8217;t get out fast enough and burn with my house. (image: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/111emergency\/4761771249\/\" target=\"_blank\">111emergency<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I stumbled across the site, &#8220;The Burning House&#8221; this morning which has an interesting premise. 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