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[Larry Brown]

After Hurricane Andrew the insurance jacked my deductible to several grand, 
got a friend to fix the roof and guttars for under $600 before the 
northeaster/snowstorm yesterday, so house is good. Most of the tools are 
old but low mileage, so I wouldn't have gotten spit for them if they were 
insured so I'm working on resurrecting them and hoping for the best. The 
power tools I have in the driveway got 5" of wet show on them yesterday so 
I'll see if it helps.

Had to get my wife from where she works near the beach (which was closed 
for the storm) last night, it was like some kind of apocalypse movie down 
there in the dark (No power in most of the areas that were flooded)

Fun in NYC

Larry




At 10:20 AM 11/6/2012 -0500, you wrote:


>On 11/6/2012 5:13 AM, Larry Brown wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Lost some roofing and had the top of a tree almost do in my car and front
> > of the house, just missed the car and caught on the front porch rather than
> > go through the window, probably under $1000.
>
>Lucky you.  Might not even be worth putting in a claim, depending on the
>deductible.  They might drive your premiums up or cause the company to
>drop you.  Happened to me back in '90 when I discovered my oil tank
>leaking.  Jeez... they did a plume profile and treated it like a major
>ecological catastrophe.  Bill ran something like $230K!  For that money
>I would have sold them the house and let them raze it.  Insurance
>company dropped me promptly thereafter. :)
>
>
> > We cut it up in the storm to
> > get it off the house as it was rocking and heading for the window. My stuff
> > in the yard in Tottenville was in 7' feet of sea water, not good for
> > welders, forges, motors and tools, have to see what I can save.
>
>Insured?
>
>   Spent the
> > last few days tearing apart a welding machine and motor. Compared to what
> > happened to a lot of others here losses are minimal, a couple of grand. Had
> > my Father staying here till he got power and my father in law just got
> > power and left yesterday. I got power back first Thursday morning before
> > that I used the welder for power.
> >
> > There is going to be a large death toll here, many were trapped in homes
> > and they only count who they identify on the news. Many lost homes and
> > boats. I'm lucky to just lose a few grand worth of stuff tops
>
>
>Glad you came out of it that well.  I saw a story of some cop who got
>fried when he went back into his house after getting his family out.
>Apparently the current from a downed line decided he was part of the
>path of least resistance.  I take it this must have been a 200 year
>storm or better.
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