Thanx for the Heads Up!!! Not in the path but that is good advice for whan you go on vacation or leave home for a period of time. Thanx again, Hugs & God be with all of you that are in the pathway. Judy

Useful advice, thanks. When I got may embroidery machine I contacted my insurers to see it would be covered. They seemed to think I had lost my marbles buying a expensive machine...

Great advice, not just for hurricanes, but in general. If, God forbid, you should have a fire, robbery, flood, tornado, whatever disaster you can think of, it's wise to have photos of everything in the house, but especially the sewing machines, electronics equipment, etc. It would be bad enough if the machine got ruined, but at least you could get repair/replacement estimates from your dealer for the insurance. But if it got totally lost? How would you prove that your machine was one that cost $1500 or $5000? I can just imagine an insurance company only giving you enough to buy a Wal-Mart machine, even if you had a Diamond, if you had no PROOF. Keep a household inventory, preferably with photos to prove the condition of the items, sales slips or appraisals of jewelry and antiques, and put it in the safe deposit box at the bank, with copies to children, relatives in other states, wherever it would be safe. You can do this all on a CD/DVD, and if disaster strikes, at least you can prove what you had and save lots of headaches. Might want to put all those precious family photos on DVD's as well, just in case. Bank safety deposit vaults are way stronger than houses, maybe not waterproof, but likely to be safer in any case. I hope all of you along the coast stay safe, and the hurricane passes you by with no ill effects. Hugs, Marji

Very good advise at any time. Lets hope Irene stays away from the mainland.

Here I am worrying about my machine being at the repairers and Some of you on the East Coast of the USA have the thought of all of the horrible things like the hurricane and Earthquake. My machine problem seems so petty. Take Care - Thinking of all of you and stay safe.

Thanks for the tips.... the thought of losing my life long fabric collection is horrible. MY machine at least I could buy another....I know its a lot of money...but my fabric...so many shopping trips and fun memories of buy some here and there on vacation or on sale. LOL I'd cry!

Thank you for the various tips. I have on record a lot of pictures of my antiques, silver and jewellery, mainly for robberies - far more likely here in SA than violent weather conditions. Hope all our USA Cuties in Irene's path stay safe. Sarah.

Better yet--put the machine in the car with you when you evacuate, with the spouse and pets. I think if I had to evacuate, I'd take a few things with me. My Berninas, my cats, my wedding photos, the jewelry, and my dolls.
I realize this is an odd list.

Also save the receipt and latest repair bill to prove the coast and condition of the machines.

Very good tip - whether or not you are going to be hit my Mother Nature at this time or not.

The eye of Donna hit 20 miles from us in 1960. And all the others since then. Respect the power and fear the heck out of 'em. Guarantee you that if we were home in Florida instead of up north we would have our travel trailer behind us and be heading northwest. Hurricane party? Heck, just go ahead and put a bullet in your head and get it over with faster. Fools, they found out in New Orleans the hard way.

My Viking dealer sent email saying just about the same thing. I thought that was nice of them to do this.