the only reason the firearms come with me (and it’s only 6 in total, not a large number at all) is so if looters are in the area they won’t get free guns…
as the OP said, it’s escaping from a fire, not TEOTWAWKI, even though I feel fine
I’m not really attached to my “stuff”, after all, it’s just stuff
Cats, computer, slides, and as much artwork (mine and my parents’) as I can move.
First pillowcase: my two cats (one very active pillowcase)
Second pillowcase: my three-month-old grandson, with as much formula & diapers as I can fill the rest of the pillowcase with. Everything else is expendable.
Love, Phil
I’d just like to point out that when this thread is at the top of IMHO, the boards’ front page shortens it to “20 minutes to evacuate…”. In light of that, some of the wording in this thread looks odd to me. In other news, I’m apparently 12 years old.
In 20 minutes I would be able to clear out all of my stuff from where I live 
But if I really had to pick it would be my boots and fishing gear
Is this a ‘Holy crap! bad weather!’ evacuation, or a ‘FUCK! ZOMBIES!’ evacuation?
In the former, I’d prefer things like my computer or other inherently valuable and easily broken things, while in the latter, it’d be my camping gear, and food, plus stout clothing.
In either case i would also grab the $1000 emergency cash that i’ve hid in… none of your damned business, as well as my guns. The cash may or may not be worth anything, depending on the severity of the zombie issue, but its small and lightweight.
Edit: i see its for a fire. I grab my records for the house, etc, my PC(and the networked backup). I grab a few clothes, and the emergency travel bag i have packed. Said emergency cash. Guns. Camping gear in the garage, just in case. The rest of the time will be nabbing as much food as i can carry. Toss all into the back of the van and take off.
Grab the weiner dog, kennel and all and put in the backseat of the car. Get the collie mix and put in the car. Close doors of car and haul ass into the apartment to grab the laptop, iPhone and charger, important paper safe, a couple of my more expensive watches, bag of dog food, my purse and some clothes. Toss in the trunk. Total estimated elasped time 18 minutes.
Kid, cats, and probably the Fantastic Four Omnibus.
Dogs. I could put 2 in each pillowcase and the 5th could ride piggyback, because if they don’t all go, neither do I. I’d probably tie my laptop on top of my head, too. The husband would have to fend for himself.
The dogs and cats go in the van first… like Purgatory Creek said, if they don’t go, I don’t go. In my 2 pillow cases go my computer, some favorite pictures, my address book , and a couple of very sentimntal statues.
That’d do it.
I’m not leaving without my bird, cats and dog. And they ain’t fittin’ in no pillow cases, unless they get one each. Non-living things? My laptop, wedding album, and my husband’s father’s guns.
Cats, laptop, cellphone. Photos if I can grab 'em.
Being paranoid, I have an emergency plan already in place; Mrs. R. & I are already packed for such a circumstance. So no pillowcase; we have two duffel bags instead, my thinking being that such an evacuation may require lots of walking at some point. My duffel holds, among other things, money, clothes, diabetes supplies & meds, important documents, a portable radio & batteries, a canteen, practical walking food, a first aid kit, a knife, a compass, and my handgun; I’d have to pause to don the holster, load the gun, and holster the gun. Mrs. R’s bag is similar, except that her meds are different and she has feminine hygeine products in place of the gun.
It just now occurred to me that we should get a pair of those little walkie-talkies and add those.
For some reason, I initially read the thread title as “20 minutes to evacuate your bowels.” That I could manage, no problem, and I don’t think I’d need more than one pillowcase.
**20 minutes to evacuate your home: What do you take? **
15 minutes. I’m not going to be there at the gory end. 
Max T. Cat gets his own pillowcase.
My computer can be in the other.
One of the benefits of moving as often as I do is that you don’t have a lot of belongings to worry about losing.
CutterJohn, we’re not using the zed word.
I grab the laptop and backup drive, and start throwing as many photo albums as I can into the car. Meanwhile, my wife is throwing undies, socks, jeans and shirts for the 4 of us into a duffle. Grab a few bottles of water and a couple medications on our way out the door. Could get it all done in 10 minutes.
I’d take the guns out first as they represent a substantial cash value in easily portable form. Ditto a small cedar chest containing a few high-dollar knives that I kept when I liquidated my collection. I can yank all the wires from my computer and carry it out in just a few seconds for the sake of the photographs on the hard drives.
There isn’t anything else in there that it would lastingly bother me to lose in the fire.
Laptop, cell phone, iPod (and chargers for all three), signed jersey and other sports memorabilia, all in one pillowcase. I would probably put on lots of layers of clothing and pack clean underwear and socks into the other pillowcase. I’m sure I could fit more in, but I don’t have a lot of irreplaceable stuff that I would really feel like packing (I assume my mom has my cat at her house). I would probably spend the rest of my 20 minutes calling people I know and making a plan to meet up later.