If you have to evacuate, you'll want to take necessary and hard-to-replace documents. Put these in a waterproof, lockable container so you can easily grab it and go.
• Checkbook, savings account passbook.
• Safety deposit box key.
• Birth, death and marriage certificates, divorce decree.
• Will and power of attorney.
• Social Security card and records.
• Military records.
• Medical records (including living will, health care surrogacy, etc.).
• Insurance policies.
• Health insurance cards.
• Retirement account records.
• Recent pay stubs, in case you have to document employment to collect benefits.
• Tax returns.
• Car titles and registrations.
• Mortgage deeds or rental agreements.
• Warranties and receipts.
• Credit cards.
• Passports, green cards.
• Food stamp, WIC or other benefit cards and paperwork.
• List of important phone numbers (relatives, bank and insurance company).
• Disc or flash drive on which you back up computer files just before you shut down the computer and evacuate.
• Home inventory (on paper, disc, flash drive or video; you should keep another copy in a safe place, maybe at work or at the home of a relative out of state).
• A few family photographs or other memorabilia.
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