Katrina fall-out

We all hear ya Jay. Alot of the damage is from flooding and thats
"NOT" covered under a homeowners policy but from the Feds. How much do
ya want to bet the Ins companies will be crying poor mouth and wanting
to raise premiums tomorrow.

We were just talking about that with our insurance agent this morning.
Obviously, some of the area is in a flood zone, so no insurance company
other than the FEDs will cover flood damage. But a lot of the damage, such
as blown out windows, roof damage, and water damage due to rain, isn't
caused from the flood. So these people will have to fight with their
adjusters over what is covered and what isn't, so there still will be huge
claims filed and the insurance companies will be crying poor mouth and will
raise premiums.

I think that would be the worst part. I think I could actually handle my
house being destroyed better than I could handle having to fight with the
insurance adjuster over what part was from the flood and what part was from
wind/rain.

Jim

On 2005-08-31, wrote:
We all hear ya Jay. Alot of the damage is from flooding and thats
need to be lined up and run over with a slow moving steam roller. If I
was a business owner in New Orleans there would be a pile of bodies the
cops would have to crawl over to get me to fill out a police report.

If I were a business owner in New Orleans, I'd be abandoning ship and
setting up in a completely new city. To wait on NO to be open for
business again means you'll have gone out of business.

--
Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

No matter what common sense restrictions are enacted, developers will
buy enough politicians to see them removed. We have seen this time and
time again here on the Florida, Alabama and Mississippi coasts.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 13:13:26 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
W1iRe.295446$_o.49447@attbi_s71::

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

Larry Dighera wrote:
I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

Gee, Larry, is that the pot I hear calling the kettle black?

On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:09:38 GMT, john smith wrote in
::

Larry Dighera wrote:
I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

Gee, Larry, is that the pot I hear calling the kettle black?

I'll take that response as your agreement with my assessment.

I wonder if the insurance companies (and the federal government) will
FINALLY wake up to the fact that building permanent structures below
sea-level in a hurricane zone is folly?

I can understand how your computer malfunctions might be obliquely
construed as aviation related, on-topic, for this newsgroup, but I
completely fail to see how the subject of this article differs from
obnoxious spam. Or has this newsgroup become Jay's sandbox?

Don't you think it's foolhardy to build hangars, airports, aircraft
manufacturing companies (Piper?), homes and businesses in areas that are
virtually guaranteed to be destroyed by hurricanes?

I mean, it's not like there is a shortage of available land in this country.

I see these pleas for help on TV, and I see these people living in raw
sewage in the Super Dome, and I watch the same three black kids shown
looting New Orleans over and over on CNN (man, are they dead, or what?
Everyone in America can ID those kids!), and all I can think is:

Why the hell were they there? Everyone in America knew that New Orleans --
and everything for 100 miles on each side -- was about to be blasted by
Katrina.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Why the hell were they there? Everyone in America knew that New Orleans --
and everything for 100 miles on each side -- was about to be blasted by
Katrina.

Jay, many didn't have the economic means to escape the storm, nor a place
to which to escape. That area is about the poorest part of the US.

--
Peter
























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"Peter R." wrote in message
...
Jay Honeck wrote:

Why the hell were they there? Everyone in America knew that New
Orleans --
and everything for 100 miles on each side -- was about to be blasted by
Katrina.

Jay, many didn't have the economic means to escape the storm, nor a place
to which to escape. That area is about the poorest part of the US.

--
Peter

And many stayed because they knew it would probably be a free for all.
Based on the news footage the cops are the worst of the lot.

Why the hell were they there? Everyone in America knew that New Orleans --
and everything for 100 miles on each side -- was about to be blasted by
Katrina.

Jay, many didn't have the economic means to escape the storm, nor a place
to which to escape. That area is about the poorest part of the US.

I noted from the footage that most had not missed many meals.