I was messing with my storm and bricked it for the first time. Fortunately, I followed all the advice on backing up, including the 3rd party apps. So, minus a few settings here and there, I hadn't lost a thing! It's a good feeling.
So where does everyone keep their backups? It's overkill, but I keep one on the home PC, a flash drive, and email one to myself to put it on the web. Once you know your way around and have a pattern, it doesn't take that much time at all, and certainly helps with my OCD.
One bad (or in my case good!) brick experience is all it takes I guess.