Your primary residence catches on fire and burns for one hour before the fire gets put out. How much do you lose? (All living beings are safe)

There were not enough time to get anything at all, not even your phone, keys, or wallet, you have nothing besides your clothes and any disability aids (like glasses, hearing aids, etc.). Anything that can't sustain one hour of burning will be destroyed. All living beings are safe.

Things to thing about: money, sentimental stuff, journals, books, hard drives / digital data, and all of the time and effort you spend organizing your bedroom.

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House fire 35 years ago. We had about 3 minutes to get out. Total loss.
Now I live in a concrete building.

This happened to the building next door. They lost everything. Three apartment's worth.
Fire spread extraordinarily fast
- Wood is Fire's Favourite Food.

As someone that has had this happen, you will lose everything regardless of how long it burns. Just because it doesn't burn doesn't mean it doesn't get damaged. With water damage from putting the fire out damaging all your electronics, to smoke damage covering everything in a sticky residue of ash and melted materials from the actual building. The only thing I had left were the pajamas I was wearing and a pair of shoes the firemen pulled out of the house for me. Had to get new shoes as soon as possible because they smelled like smoke and were sticky with ash and chemical soot. My PC was technically intact, but it was so clogged up with the sticky residue and ash so bad that I had to get a new one. My wallet survived and to this day (this was 12 years ago) still has a hint of burnt house on it, so say goodbye to all your clothes.
My advice: Get a fireproof box for the important stuff. Social security cards, birth certificates, etc. And this may sound stupid, but write down the serial number of literally everything you own because the insurance company will absolutely try to fuck you and you will have to make an itemized list of pretty everything you ever owned. We didn't even get the insurance money until 3 years after it happened because of this.
I think the only thing I'd grab is my PC. Mostly just for the hard drives. I still have photos from the early 2000s saved on that bitch and I don't trust Google or Microsoft to keep my shit safe either.
- Yep. And what the fire doesn't get the water will. Turns out fires that go out in an hour instead of burning to the ground do so because someone helpfully turned that fire into a flood.
- I am sorry you had to go through this.
  My advice: Get a fireproof box for the important stuff. Social security cards, birth certificates, etc.
  This is a good idea. I will have to pick one up. It doesn't have to be that big.
  And this may sound stupid, but write down the serial number of literally everything you own because the insurance company will absolutely try to fuck you and you will have to make an itemized list of pretty everything you ever owned.
  A video walk-around showing everything in a good amount of detail also helps a lot.

Mostly I’d probably keep whatever is on my phone, since that is always with me. I have some yard tools in a shed that might be far enough to be safe.
Even if I had a fire safe, most inexpensive ones are rated 60 minutes or less, and many are not waterproof
While I park outside since my garage isn’t useable for modern cars, it’s a short enough driveway that I park right next to the house. Congratulations getting that EV battery extinguished in only an hour

Absolutely everything, so many things with emotional attachment that'll I'll never be able to replace because I don't make much money. I have cloud backups of my PC so at least all of that will be recoverable.
But a childhood friend lives in the same complex as me so I guess I have a couch to sleep on, and can order a new bank card from his computer at least.
Aaaaand thankfully he has a couple of my important backup 2fa recovery things stored at his place so even without my phone I can get access to my email and bank account.

I live in a log cabin so what would be left is a concrete foundation and a pile of tin roofing.
My tools are in a separate building so those would be left though, as well as my truck that's not parked close to the main building.

Modern homes go up like kindling because of all the plastics. After an hour, anything that isn't in a good fire safe is going to be toast.
- Oh, this is not a question seeking info about how fire resistant houses are, its asking about how much would you lose
  
  I think I was pretty clear about that when I said that anything that isn't in a good fire safe would be toast..

I have full replacement coverage on my insurance. I'll get the marshmallows...
- Just a heads up, as someone that has had their house burn down, start writing an itemized list of everything in your house. They'll ask for it and it's a lot harder to write down serial numbers from memory.
  
  Have an offsite and cloud backups of that list. You don't want to report that your list of missing items is the missing item.

Basically everything. I'd be completely devastated. Unlike many of the people who've replied, the things I care about the most can't be saved from a fire. My plushies, my records, my shirts, my collars, that'll all burn or will be so smoke or water damaged that they'll need to be replaced. And some of them can't be replaced. I have a lot of limited edition stuff that you literally can't replace without considerable effort.
Even if they could be replaced, that's ignoring the emotional attachment that I have with my plushies (as well as one of my collars).

Hold on let me go make some offsitr backups first
- Imagine you have a fire in a few days and then the offsite backup you made because of this question saved you...
  😅
  
  That is very very unlikely.. I still haven't made a of site backup ;)

All my legal doc are in the house, which would be a pain but to lose. Besides that, I welcome the destruction of my stuff.
- A safe deposit box at a bank can usually be had for about $50/year.

I think I am paranoid enough that, with everyone safe, nothing too irreplaceable would be lost.
Things are insured and can be replaced. Photos, videos, kids art, I have trouble thinking of anything else not replaceable and these things are digitally backed up to multiple cloud services.
Would it be super annoying? For sure, but with time and effort I feel like nothing is gone forever.
Maybe my Framework laptop that I bought using freight forwarding before they cracked down and stopped us ordering more 😩

Also write your address
- My name is Walter Hartwell White. I live at 308 Negra Arroyo Lane, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87104. This is my confession. If you're watching this tape, I'm probably dead- murdered by my brother-in-law, Hank Schrader. Hank has been building a meth empire for over a year now, and using me as his chemist. Shortly after my 50th birthday, he asked that I use my chemistry knowledge to cook methamphetamine, which he would then sell using connections that he made through his career with the DEA. I was… astounded. I… I always thought Hank was a very moral man, and I was particularly vulnerable at the time – something he knew and took advantage of. I was reeling from a cancer diagnosis that was poised to bankrupt my family. Hank took me in on a ride-along and showed me just how much money even a small meth operation could make. And I was weak. I didn't want my family to go into financial ruin, so I agreed. Hank had a partner, a businessman named Gustavo Fring. Hank sold me into servitude to this man. And when I tried to quit, Fring threatened my family. I didn't know where to turn. Eventually, Hank and Fring had a falling out. Things escalated. Fring was able to arrange – uh, I guess… I guess you call it a "hit" – on Hank, and failed, but Hank was seriously injured. And I wound up paying his medical bills, which amounted to a little over $177,000. Upon recovery, Hank was bent on revenge. Working with a man named Hector Salamanca, he plotted to kill Fring. The bomb that he used was built by me, and he gave me no option in it. I have often contemplated s-icide, but I'm a coward. I wanted to go to the police, but I was frightened. Hank had risen to become the head of the Albuquerque DEA. To keep me in line, he took my children. For three months, he kept them. My wife had no idea of my criminal activities, and was horrified to learn what I had done. I was in hell. I hated myself for what I had brought upon my family. Recently, I tried once again to quit, and in response, he gave me this. I can't take this anymore. I live in fear every day that Hank will kill me, or worse, hurt my family. All I could think to do was to make this video and hope that the world will finally see this man for what he really is.

I would lose everything. Even my car is technically in this house. I’m just thankful my fiancé and my kitties survived the fire.

Heirlooms, old photos, a lot of touch points for memories.
Also some neat things, but easily replaceable.

we've recently cleared out our shed and then filled it with crates and crates of stuff. and it's more than far enough away to be safe from a house fire that starts in the house.
losses would still be devastating but it wouldn't be everything like most people in this thread.

Everything. Everything i have i put in that house i bought. My life will literally turn to ashes.
Well at least my 4 cats is safe. Not sure how the fucking house gecko hidden under my wardrobe survive that.
- Not sure how the fucking house gecko hidden under my wardrobe survive that.
  They get saved by plot armor, because this question is PG-13 😉

Most important thing would be pictures and mementos honestly, but most of my stuff lives at my parents house because I do not have any space, so I guess some stuff would be safe.
Of course I'd lose electronics and gaming stuff too but that feels more replaceable than my other things.
Also would probably kill me to lose my cat's ashes.

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