Disaster Preparation and ancient coins

I'll be very brief because I'm in the middle of putting up shutters as Mathews, (Category 4) is appearing to shift closer and closer to where I live every time there is an update...

I thing it was @dougsmit who raised the question yesterday of disaster preparation and ancient coins. I have to admit that I did not take it seriously as it seemed like Hurricane Mathews was not a big deal at the time, but here is what I'm doing for the part of my collection that I have at home at the moment. I don't live in a flood area, but just in case, I moved a water resistant fire safe to my walk-in closet and raised it 3 feet further up the ground with a chair, and put the coins I have at home in it, wrapped in shipping material (in case the safe falls there is something to absorb any impact, and on top of that I added some thermal resistant material in case of a fire. I'm also going to be unplugging all electronics off the walls in the next few hours to reduce any risk of a fire.

The other coins are high off the ground in a bank vault, and the bank is also not in a flooded area, so I guess those are as safe as they can get.

Any additional ideas or tips to protect my coins at home would be welcomed. But make it quick. I don't know how much electricity or internet I may have in the next 48 hours, especially in the next 20 hours when conditions start to deteriorate.

 

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Just grab all your crap and come stay with us for a bit.

 

Just be warned that JA lives in the middle of a corn field...

...and will readily admit it! ;-)

 

Ya, grab the things that matter and get out.

 

Yes, and they just sprayed it down with fertilizer this morning, I guess to keep the soil healthy for the winter, since the corn has already been harvested. But when you live in Lancaster county, the smell of manure is the smell of home sweet home.

 

Good luck and I hope Matthew veers east. Regardless, it looks like the east cost is in for a significant storm surge .

 

And here in Ca. it looks like we'll be going through another drought this winter.

 

Well, at least I get a 4 day weekend. Courts in Miami-Dade close at 2:00PM today and don't reopen till Monday, courts in Broward and Palm beach close at 1:00PM and don't reopen till Monday. If this thing doesn't change paths tomorrow Miami-Dade is in for 40-50 MPH gusts and lots of severe thunderstorms, and perhaps tornadoes. Looks like Broward and Palm Beach are in for much worse...most likely hurricane force winds (unless things change). I live very close to the Broward County line, so I'm probably going to experience the worst that Miami-Dade is going to suffer.

I'm not personally worried. I've survived several hurricanes and tons of tropical storms, but precautions are always good to take...especially when a small deviation of such a monster hurricane can have a huge change in the weather you experience.

Definitely took precautions to protect my coins. Now it's time to worry about my family.

 

Sallent I wish you the best, hurricanes aren't to be taken lightly.
Dude get your family to safety then secure you collection .
I'd be hard pressed to leave any of them behind.

 

Hey, I'm only two cornfields away!

 

All the best and good luck. Hope all you have to do is wave the Hurricane "goodbye" with no problems before it hits us in NC.

 

Zip-locks in zip locks in zip locks. Cheap and effective enough with redundancy.

 

finger crossed for an eastern track!

 

Best wishes and good luck. It sounds like you have done all you can, just be safe.

 

Coins then family. Not sure I agree.

Good luck in weathering the storm.

 

We are currently in the middle of a snow storm!! ... amazingly, three days ago I was wearing shorts!! (my coins don't seem to care too much, one way or the other)

Sallent => good luck to you, Bing, Jango and the rest of you Florida coiners!! (wear a coat and stay inside)

 

Thanks. It looks like those of us on the West coast will be just fine. Hope you guys on the East side are all battened down. Good luck to you guys.

 

Good luck to all.......

Living on Long Island, I hope the storm veers further east over the Atlantic....

 

LOL.... Now that's what I call a 'helpful hint' Brian....Well, definitely for me anyway!

Hmmm, I wonder what @stevex6 does to protect his 'vintage wine collection'