Friends of mine got out of one of the effected areas early this am. He, his wife and 3 kids were ready to go 20 minutes after they got the evac. order. They went through a similar situation a few years back and learned some important lessons. Now all five family members have go bags and it payed off today.

Today, because they were already equipped, they had time to gather family data and keepsakes ie: documents, pictures, jewelry in case they return to a burned out shell of a house.

This was in stark contrast all their neighbours who were rushing around like fools, trying to stuff all kinds of junk into their vehicles...