There are hurricanes in the south, fires in the west and everything else in between. Either way, emergencies happen everyday.
I remember Hurricane Andrew when I was a student at Southern University. The campus was evacuated and a lot of my friends crashed at my apartment. I was 20 years old and my most important documents were probably my drivers license and whatever homework assignment I was working on!
But now as a "grown up", there's so much paperwork that I have that I won't even know I need until I actually need it. I know I'm not the only one...
If disaster happens and you need to evacuate, you need to be prepared to leave quickly. To make it simple, make a small checklist called, What to Grab in an Emergency and post it somewhere.
Then it's time to get organized. You should have a binder in a secure location that has all of your important documents in it (like The Conversation planner), so when it's time, you'll have it in your hands, complete, portable, and ready to go.
Don't forget to update your documents with changes, and let 2 or 3 people who you trust know where it is.