Store photos online - in case of disaster

The recent fires in California are grim reminders that our possessions can be gone in a flash. If you had 5 minutes to leave your house, what would you grab first?

Many people would grab family photos, heirlooms and other keepsakes. These just can't be replaced by any insurance settlement.

This is as good a time as any to be thinking about storing photos online. Then, even if your computer and all your storage media are destroyed, you can still retrieve copies from the Web.

Here are a few free storage sources online:

MyPhotoAlbum: Unlimited storage space for photos and videos. Your photos retain the original resolution; they are not reduced in size.

Snapfish: Stores photos in both hi-res and lo-res. Lo-res is find for viewing online, and takes less time to load.

Flickr.com: One of the first photo-sharing sites, it is still highly popular.

Photobucket: 1 gig of storage space. Includes options for albums and layouts - e.g., for MySpace. Also a handy place to store images for your blog or website.

MediaMax: 25 gigs of free storage, for whatever you like, not just photos and videos. Convenient and free online backup for documents and other files.

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