 | Car charger for
your cell phone. If the power is out, this might be the only
way to recharge it. Also get a land line that plugs into a
phone jack in your home; cordless phones will not work when
electrical lines are down |
| 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 agreement |
| Warranties and
receipts |
| Credit cards |
| Documents |
| Passports, green
cards |
| Food Stamp, WIC or
other benefit cards and paperwork |
| List of phone
numbers (relatives, bank and insurance company) |
| Disc on which to
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 |