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Message:: [QUOTE="doug444, post: 1521962, member: 38849"]Pros and cons of attic vs. basement: Attic hot, basement cool.Attic dry, basement damp.Flood, attic's safe (unless New Orleans), basement's flooded.Tornado, attic's gone, basement's likely still there.Serious fire, attic's gone, basement's wet and contaminated but there. Probably more less-obvious hiding places in the basement, like a bogus section of heating duct between two floor joists, or an old unplugged chest freezer with a false bottom, old water heater, etc., etc. Once someone gets into the attic, a 5 x 5 room will IMMEDIATELY be identified as a hiding-place for valuables.  No reason for it to be there otherwise. The final problem with home storage (although I tend to agree, I am apprehensive about confiscation of safety deposit boxes by the Government) -- a criminal comes in, points a gun at your wife or girlfriend, and says, "Dig out the coins or I'll kill her."  And he may kill both of you anyway.  I leave my old safety-deposit box keys (from another state, 20 years ago) in plain sight on my desk as "evidence," best I can do.[/QUOTE]