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TexasBuck;1263605; said:
I'm back at last. Power came on last night. Phone/DSL are back today. Most important, everyone is safe. Had a fair amount of roof damage, as did most of the people in my subdivision. Some water came in the house and a wall will probably have to be replaced, possibly the carpet in the same room. As always, it could have been worse. Missing the USC game didn't turn out to be such a bad thing. Hopefully, the insurance company will let me know where I stand soon so I can go back to worrying about Beanie's toe instead of hurricanes.

Thanks for the concern.
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Welcome back, glad to hear all are safe.
 
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TexasBuck;1263605; said:
Hopefully, the insurance company will let me know where I stand soon so I can go back to worrying about Beanie's toe instead of hurricanes.

Thanks for the concern.
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Best of luck. Remember, if they say something, it is likely a lie...but then, maybe that's just Louisiana and Mississippi. :(
 
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Nutria

There should be some funds available to raise your home. One woman I worked with had hers and her parents raised at almost no cost to them.

I guess it depends on your insurance company. I did not ask for much and mine was fairly easy to deal with and wrote checks for repairs as soon as I could get them scheduled.

Glad everyone made it out safely with minimum damage. All you have to do is drive through any neighborhood and you will see someone that got hit much harder than you. Of course wait until the water goes down. A big truck driving by Nutria's would have pushed water into his home.
 
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NorthShoreBuck;1263677; said:
Nutria

There should be some funds available to raise your home. One woman I worked with had hers and her parents raised at almost no cost to them.
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After Lili, I applied for a low interest loan through FEMA to get my house lifted. Since water hadn't gotten in, I was denied.
After Rita, I tried again. Got the same answer. So for shits and giggles, I applied for a grant. Again, not eligible since water didn't get IN the house.
So I asked "If I get water inside, I can get this loan, correct?"
Answer: "If water enters the house, you can get a grant (i.e. completely free) to repair/replace all damages PLUS lift the home to meet the new codes."

WTF is wrong with this system?
I can't BORROW money to prevent serious damages, but they'll GIVE me all I want after the fact?!!?


NorthShoreBuck;1263677; said:
All you have to do is drive through any neighborhood and you will see someone that got hit much harder than you. Of course wait until the water goes down. A big truck driving by Nutria's would have pushed water into his home.
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Unfortunately, this happens all too often. The roads are usually blocked, so only "public officials" can get through, but rarely do the slow down when they get to water on the highway. Luckily I don't live on the main highway, so they almost never pass in front of my house.
 
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Here's a pic of my sister's house
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Aerial shots of my hometown

Middle School I went to back in the day (Football and Baseball fields in the front, but you can't see them)

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Blue building to the right of this pic is our Gym (pool behind it)

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Two pics of my neighborhood. (my house is kinda in the upper left of both of these)
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Nutria

How long before the water recedes? I assume you are outside of any levee system so they can't pump it out.

I got a list of all the plants that are closed due to Ike. It is a long and wide ranging list. MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston Harbor, food and pharmaceutical companies and natural gas pumping stations just to name a few. Most refineries and chemical plants are down.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out economically the next quarter. Insurance claims will be through the roof.
 
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NorthShoreBuck;1265166; said:
Nutria

How long before the water recedes? I assume you are outside of any levee system so they can't pump it out.

I got a list of all the plants that are closed due to Ike. It is a long and wide ranging list. MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Houston Harbor, food and pharmaceutical companies and natural gas pumping stations just to name a few. Most refineries and chemical plants are down.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out economically the next quarter. Insurance claims will be through the roof.
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I live inside a levee system, but it's only a forced drainage levee, not Hurricane Protection, so it's only slightly better than useless in this situation. The water had dropped enough for me to go home Tuesday night, only had about an inch left in my driveway, and that's gone now. The very back of my street still had standing flood water as of this morning. The next handful of streets south of me are sill covered for the most part (front half of them is dry, back half still a couple feet deep). Water is going down fairly quick, so it may only be another day or two before it is all out.

Where my sister lives (the one with the tall house) is still pretty bad. She can drive to her house on the highway, but her yard/driveway still has 2 feet of water in it. Bad thing is that she lives right next to a canal that's connected to the drainage system and pumps, so she'll be one the last parts to get pumped dry.
 
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Nutriaitch - I'm shocked by the pictures. My own situation has been trying but nowhere near the scale or length of time as yours. I can't even put into words the respect I have for your strength to deal with this. Keep us updated and Godspeed in getting your life back to normal.
 
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