==from another list=== Oh, you are so right about the critical records. I read that to get into the town, you must have proof that you live there or own a house there. Many people who got out after the tornado were being refused to come back in without a valid drivers' license or other document proving they were a resident there. I thought that was interesting. Apparently they have had some problems with looters. I wondered about women who lost their purses and thought that many people would have difficulty finding any other kinds of records proving they lived there such as copies of home insurance, mortgage bills, etc.... Their cars were blown away, so they couldn't find anything in their cars. It would pretty much have to be on them. ===end quoted===
===Chris writes=== You know, that gets me to thinking. I really should have copies of my various bills, records, drivers license, etc. Have photo copies, or maybe the expired cards stored off site. The challenge, is to find a place I can store them which is
1) understands survivalism 2) Honorable, and won't do ID theft and so on 3) far enough away, to be out of a localized crisis 4) near enough to be accessableOf course, I could scan the documents to PDF, and then encrypt the digital copies some how. Winrar with password perhaps.