I would’ve done the same
A man in the US who dashed into his burning home to save his computer was arrested for disorderly conduct. However, had a similar situation present itself to me, I would have done exactly the same. If my house caught fire while I was present inside, the first action I would do would not be to run, but to remove my array of hard drives first, and then run. I’ve some files stored on offsite backups but those are not anywhere as complete as I would like them to be.
A friend of mine has always joked to me that offsite backups were unnecessary to him because he spends so much time at home and if a catastrophic disaster did indeed occur, it is highly likely that he would perish too, along with all the data, therefore rendering offsite backups useless since no one would be around to claim them. The same might be true for me too.
I could see that - especially since almost all of my digital pictures are on my computer / saved to CD. Of course my order of importance changes slightly, I’d have to get the cat carrier, and hunt down the cat. No way am I leaving her behind I don’t care if the fire’s in my house or 10 floors below.