[Sca-cooks] A moment of silence...

[Christy]

I had important documents (birth certificate, passport, etc) in a fireproof box.  I also had a 'bug-out bag' packed because I teach Disaster Preparedness as part of my Life Skills classes, and I use the Red Cross list of what should be packed as a start (homework from that class is to take the same list and pack a bag for themselves).  When the disaster recovery folks saw me pulling these items out of my house the night of the fire (they were luckily in my office in the front of the house and not in the back where the fire was), they were amazed and impressed.  A book inventory would have been a nice addition to what I already had prepared. 
Christianna

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From: Sca-cooks [mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+chefchristy=kingstaste.com at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Terry Decker
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2018 6:07 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] A moment of silence...

I maintain copies of our wills, durable powers of attorney, advance medical 
directives, revocable trust, inventories and insurance data, and other 
valuable papers in an expandable file at the house and in a safety deposit 
box in both physical and digital.  I'm also working on a binder with copies 
of those documents, full descriptions and photographs of jewelry and 
collectibles and instructions for disposition to go to the successor 
trustee/executor.  When I get moved to New Mexico, I'll probably see about 
keeping an additional separate copy in a good fire-proof safe in one of the 
other buildings on the property.  A fire proof security box rated for a 
20-30 minutes in a house fire can be a good investment.

One of the key points is that whoever is to be your executor in case of 
death or disability know where your instructions are and be able to obtain a 
set.  If you don't trust the Cloud (and I don't), keep your digital copies 
in standard formats on memory sticks.

Bear

Any ideas on where to keep the inventory, once that's done? We have a pretty 
good computerized inventory, actually, due to 3+ decades of plans to return 
my DH to Canada… But we don't think the Cloud is secure, and is much too 
small; and I'm retired, so keeping a physical copy at work is no longer an 
option…

Chimene in AnTir

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