Just wondering if anyone here has worked through either of these templates for 'data protection' or not, or if you have your own approach, and how you have found it has worked for you? I know it's not really bushcraft or outdoorsy, but I guess it's kind've linked to a 'be prepared' attitude (dib dib!) that I'm guessing many of you will also share.
Looking at a previous thread here ref someone's "bug out bag" show and tell, I noticed someone commenting that the 'normal' concept of getting away from a natural disaster or other situation that makes normal life untenable somewhere, by packing a rucksack full of stuff so you can supposedly go live in the woods like Rambo indefinitely, was 'disingenious' to put it at it's best. Before that, I even found a link to a website run by a bloke who escaped from hurricane Katrina, who outlined what he would have done differently with the benefit of hindsight: more outdoors big boys toys were not on the list, but a copy of all the documents and photos his family needed or wanted but lost in the flood rated highly. It's going to be a lot easier to replace most things than it is to get a replacement degree certificate or tax card or whatever sent out so you can find new work, or the insurance policy for X,Y or Z for example.
So I did some googling and found two websites:
http://emergencybinder.com/blog/ (for the actual downloads, skip the /blog/ bit)
and
http://www.erikdewey.com/bigbook.htm
All of the downloads are free and I've no link to those who made them, but both seem to be made by Americans and do seem to be quite specific to the American situation. For instance, I'm not even sure what a 401K is, let alone if I need one or should have a backup document of it. Also, the emergency binder seems to be more aimed at domestic dramas like leaking gas or where is the stopcock for the water or such, whereas the big book seems to be aimed at passing on info to those left behind when you pass on, i.e. death.
I think they probably have much of what I am looking for, but not sure how applicable all this stuff is to my situation given I'm not American and not planning for only one of those scenarios outlined above. Worse, I'm not sure if there's stuff I should be including which I'm not - it's a lot easier to leave the 401K page blank if it doesn't apply to me, than it is to avoid missing something that seems trivial now but I may later wish I had if I forget to back it up and it goes up in smoke in a house fire for example. And, much of this stuff should be useful just day to day, if I need to remember something it should all be in one place rather than all over the place!
So if anyone has their own approach (or can remember the Katrina escapee's website and his approach!) or has a few hints on what to include and how to go about it, please do share.
Cheers
Beardy
Looking at a previous thread here ref someone's "bug out bag" show and tell, I noticed someone commenting that the 'normal' concept of getting away from a natural disaster or other situation that makes normal life untenable somewhere, by packing a rucksack full of stuff so you can supposedly go live in the woods like Rambo indefinitely, was 'disingenious' to put it at it's best. Before that, I even found a link to a website run by a bloke who escaped from hurricane Katrina, who outlined what he would have done differently with the benefit of hindsight: more outdoors big boys toys were not on the list, but a copy of all the documents and photos his family needed or wanted but lost in the flood rated highly. It's going to be a lot easier to replace most things than it is to get a replacement degree certificate or tax card or whatever sent out so you can find new work, or the insurance policy for X,Y or Z for example.
So I did some googling and found two websites:
http://emergencybinder.com/blog/ (for the actual downloads, skip the /blog/ bit)
and
http://www.erikdewey.com/bigbook.htm
All of the downloads are free and I've no link to those who made them, but both seem to be made by Americans and do seem to be quite specific to the American situation. For instance, I'm not even sure what a 401K is, let alone if I need one or should have a backup document of it. Also, the emergency binder seems to be more aimed at domestic dramas like leaking gas or where is the stopcock for the water or such, whereas the big book seems to be aimed at passing on info to those left behind when you pass on, i.e. death.
I think they probably have much of what I am looking for, but not sure how applicable all this stuff is to my situation given I'm not American and not planning for only one of those scenarios outlined above. Worse, I'm not sure if there's stuff I should be including which I'm not - it's a lot easier to leave the 401K page blank if it doesn't apply to me, than it is to avoid missing something that seems trivial now but I may later wish I had if I forget to back it up and it goes up in smoke in a house fire for example. And, much of this stuff should be useful just day to day, if I need to remember something it should all be in one place rather than all over the place!
So if anyone has their own approach (or can remember the Katrina escapee's website and his approach!) or has a few hints on what to include and how to go about it, please do share.
Cheers
Beardy
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