I imagine that, to him, putting his manuscript in the fridge is somewhat akin to the way an average person locks their home's doors when they go out. Any reall

I imagine that, to him, putting his manuscript in the fridge is somewhat akin to the way an average person locks their home's doors when they go out. Any really serious fire, or burglar, is not going to be stopped by your precaution. But it might still make the difference, in any number of less-extreme incidents. That said, we in IT know a bit about backups and data redundancy. Dean would be well advised to, and probably does, have his data backed up in multiple physical and virtual locations.