So, I finally bit the bullet and signed up for an online backup solution.  I am usually pretty good about running a weekly or semi weekly clone of my laptop to an external USB hard drive however I was constantly thinking about what would happen in the event of a fire and/or theft.  I own a fire safe and thought I would be better at putting the external drive in it but I have yet to put it in the safe.

That is what caused me to sign up for Back Blaze at least this way I would be covered in the event of my laptop being stolen or burnt up!

One month later the backup completed!  I signed up on September 29th and it finally finished today copying the 184GBs of my data.