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If you have to evacuate, you'll want to take necessary and hard-to-replace documents with you. Here's a list of what should be in a waterproof, lockable container you can grab easily.
-- Checkbook, savings account passbook.
-- Safe-deposit-box key.
-- Birth, death and marriage certificates, divorce decree.
-- Will/power of attorney.
-- Social Security card/records.
-- Military records.
-- Medical records (living will or other medical powers).
-- Insurance policies.
-- 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.
-- Loan documents.
-- Passports, green cards.
-- Food stamp, WIC or other benefit cards and paperwork.
-- List of important phone numbers (relatives, bank and insurance company).
-- Disc on which you back up computer files just before you shut down the computer and evacuate.
-- Home inventory (on paper, disc or video; you should keep another copy in a safe place, like at work or at the home of a relative out of state).
-- A few family photographs or other memorabilia.