How much do your belongings mean to you?

I don`t think that things mean so much to me. But I try my best (beforehand) to live in a safe place. As you are telling us, It seems that those houses were not built in a safe place to begin with.

I'm such a bad item addict. I mean, all the things I own have grown to me so much, that I would feel so miserable if I lost all the things. My stamp collection, my photos, my clothes, my books. I think I would be that idiot kind of person who would actually go and investigate for my belongings even if the authorities told me it wasn't the best idea.

You can replace property and your belonging, but you can't replace a life! However there are certain items which are irreplaceable like heirlooms and which have sentimental value, but it depends on what price you put on them and exactly what risks you are prepared to take to get them back.

I would get the children, the cats, the important papers and as many family heirlooms as I could manage in one or two short trips. That's it.

I would get my computer and my important papers, and my pictures, that I needed anything after that, can just down with the house, and I wouldn't want a house in unsafe area in the first place, I don't like house build on a mountain, or on a high mountain area, that to me is very unsafe.

Belonging are very important to me, but no way would i risk my life even a little even if the house is consider, stable after something like that i wont even step foot in it, i guess im extreme. my life is my most valuable asset.

I can pack everything that really means anything to me in the trunk of my car and still have room left over. That's the way I've always been. And even those few things can be left behind because I have my memories. My mom always told me to never love something that can't love me back. Nothing in that trunkful of possessions can love me back so I don't love it enough to risk my life getting it, not even the painting my Grandpa did or the pearl necklace my poor mom used to like to wear. I've always felt that when you have a lot of things you just can't live without, you are in a prison of your own making.

I think it depends on your specific situation, so I'm sure not everyone would choose to do as I would do. If you have a lot of "stuff" like me, you'd have to make some heart rending decisions on what was most important to you, and while deciding you might just run out of time to save anything at all. But upon really thinking about it, I suppose there would be 3 or 4 items that I would really try to save that would be irreplaceable and have lots of sentimental value too although not worth a lot of money. Some folks are less material than others, and may not try to save anything, while others I'm sure would frantically scramble to save as much as possible while at the same time evaluating how much time they may or may not have to do that.

I would start moving things out of my house right away. All my pictures, all my kids stuff and then all of my collectables and especially my computer. I would try and get everything out, but some stuff that is not important to me then I will just leave behind.

I wont risk or waste my life for the things that can be replaced again. Yes it may be sad to lose something you value the most but life is the most precious thing ever given to you so why waste it?