| As victims of Hurricane Katrina and other
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| | of your area or state. Many of the banks
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| recent disasters have found, when you
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| | in the hurricane-ravaged areas ended up
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| have to function after a major disaster,
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| | being as inaccessible to customers as
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| being without your birth certificate,
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| | their homes were.As secure as those
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| social security card or bank account
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| | locations are, hard copies can sustain
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| numbers can be a huge problem.But with
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| | damage even in a supposedly safe place.
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| this checklist, you'll be able to make a
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| | And with concerns about identity theft,
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| completely accessible repository all of
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| | you may also be wary about placing
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| your vital documents and communications
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| | delicate information like identification
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| that you can use, whether you're at home
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| | and credit card numbers out of your
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| dealing with a medical emergency, or
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| | sight.So how do you secure your vital
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| dealing with a major disaster and need
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| | documents while making them accessible?
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| your important documents to start
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| | Simple. Just scan each document onto a
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| over.Let's begin by gathering all of your
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| | CD or Flash Drive, then password protect
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| important documents. Here are the types
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| | it and store the data it in the locations
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| of documents you need to secure.Bank
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| | mentioned above, either along with, or
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| account information (and PIN numbers,
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| | instead of the hard copies. While you're
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| passwords and toll-free numbers)
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| | at it, make an extra copy of the data and
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| Investment account information (and PIN
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| | store it with your records at home. If
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| numbers, passwords and toll-free numbers)
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| | an emergency strikes, first grab the kids
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| Medical records
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| | and pets, then the CD/Flash Drive, and
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| Credit cards (copies of the card,
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| | then Grandma's silver! A few new
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| account number, toll-free numbers and
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| | services take security and accessibility
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| credit limit)
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| | a step further.With
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| Income tax returns
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| | SmartDisasterPlan.com, you can have your
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| Insurance policies
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| | own online personal vault, with SSL
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| Stocks/bonds
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| | security that will not only give you up
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| Student identification
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| | to two gigabytes of memory to store
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| Wills
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| | everything from vital documents to family
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| Living Wills
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| | photos, but you can access this
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| Power of Attorney
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| | information from any computer with
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| Power of Attorney for Healthcare
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| | Internet access. This could have made
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| Decisions
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| | all the difference for Katrina victims or
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| Driver's licenses/ID/Medicare Card
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| | Tsunami victims who lost everything in
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| Marriage certificates
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| | minutes and found themselves in
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| Birth certificates
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| | neighboring states/countries, badly in
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| Auto registration
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| | need of their most basic information.
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| Citizenship papers
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| | Smart Disaster Smart Disaster has three
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| Death/burial certificates
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| | different plans ranging from $15 to $39
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| Warranties
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| | per year. They're just one company
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| Family Immunization Records
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| | providing this type of online file
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| Family Social Security cards/numbers
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| | system, and though we've never used their
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| Property titles or deeds
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| | service, they seem terrific.If you have a
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| Company Benefits
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| | video camera, you may also want to
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| Contact information for your doctors,
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| | videotape a walking tour of your home,
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| lawyer, accountant, broker etc
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| | featuring the home and any pricier
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| Optional
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| | possessions you have. Not only does this
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| Health and Medical Records
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| | show claims adjusters what you have and
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| Safe Deposit Box Key
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| | it's present condition, but if you ever
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| Photos/Videos of your possessions and
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| | need to make a claim, it will jog your
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| registration numbers
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| | memory of what you have and what would
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| Household Inventory
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| | need replacing.Want to know the biggest
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| Since you want to make sure you have
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| | impediment to safeguarding all of the
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| what you need in an emergency, the idea
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| | things you hold dear. Procrastination!
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| is to put this information in places that
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| | Taking fifteen or twenty minutes today to
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| will be accessible to you, even if you
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| | take care of business, can save you days,
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| are unable to get inside your home.As a
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| | months or even years of pain.You can find
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| first-line of defense, make two copies of
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| | even more information about keeping your
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| all of the information you gathered from
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| | family, emergency information and vital
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| the list above and put it in two secure
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| | documents safe in the Making Your Family
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| locations. The first location is in a
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| | Safe in 15 Minutes or Less, Action Plan.
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| bank safe deposit box or water/fireproof
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| | Download it free from our website at
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| safe in your own city. The second
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| | today.
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| location is in a safe deposit box outside
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