Almost bugged out

[Beans]

The Monument fires in Southern Az had my wife and I ready to bug out. We were within 10 miles of the fire and on Pre-Pre evac notice. The good thing is that I reviewed everything I had stashed in my BOB and didn't find it wanting.

We just added 2 five gallon jerry cans of water and were good to go. We could have went anywhere and had food, shelter, water, meds extra clothes, personal protection. Etc.

Photographed everything in the house, for looting/insurance purposes, packed important papers and photos (without the frames) that could not be replaced. Said goodby to alot of items and just waited for the call that never came.

It appears that the fire is now over 75% contained and we should be OK.

When it jumped across Hwy 92 it burnt 6000 acres of grassland in 1 1/2 hours. It was being pushed by wind speeds over 40 MPH

http://inciweb.org/incident/article/2324/12011/

[crashdive123]

I hope the fires stay away from you. Keep your head on a swivel.

[Pal334]

Fortunately you did not have to bug out. Serves as a good realtime gut check though. Sounds like you have minimal or no "corrections " to make. Ditto on what Crash said

[SARKY]

How far north did the fire burn?

[Winter]

Fires down there have been scary to see on the TV. I bet a bit scarier in your situation.

[Rick]

I'm glad it worked out okay for you. I'm sure sorry for the ones that lost their homes, however. The firefighters are putting in a lot of hours trying to contain them.

[hunter63]

Glad to hear that everything work out OK, at least for you, and sounds like you had your "stuff" togeather........