Vincent Alexander said:I don't like Rick Perry at all...but what could he honestly have done?
As would Ichubigans said:Whenever you can Pristine, set up a PayPal account. I'll definitely contribute. So sorry to hear about your loss man.
MrGame&Watch said:Damn. Climate Change sucks and really is affecting people.
dallow_bg said:I'm upping my insurance now.
CrankyJay said:Can't wait to hear how insurance companies will be fucking people over on this one.
Great advice, thank you.JoeBoy101 said:If you want to actually do something to protect yourself:
A) Take photos of all your stuff inside your house. You have no idea how hard it is to remember all your belongings with no reference points whatsoever after a house fire. This also holds true for theft or floods.
B) Put those photos and other precious documents in a fireproof box or safe. They work remarkably well, but make sure they can last burning for a good hour at least. If you think a possible fire could be worse (i.e., if there have been wildfires in your vacinity) use a safe deposit box.
C) Check to make sure the amount of insurance on your house will cover the entire value of your house and what the level of your personal loss account is. Does no good if you have extra room on your house insurance, but the personal loss coverage of that home owner's insurance is piddly.
Those are the three big prepatory things I learned from my fire. Luckily, I had B and C taken care of.
RandomVince said:Man, you did damn near everything wrong on paper, so to have survived you are very lucky and glad you and your family didnt die. When there were major bushfires in Victoria (Australia) a couple of years ago, heaps of people were found dead in vehicles trying to flee. Some had run into cars that were abandoned too, so no telling what happened.
The photo of your ducks though is beautiful. Nice to know they survived too, somehow.
Good luck with rebuilding, and hopefully if it ever happens again you are better prepared and informed (seriously, it's disgusting there was so little information from emergency services in your area, by the sounds of it).
We've always understood that if youre in a farming area, and its a grass/wildfire, the best thing to do is get to a burnt out paddock thats already been completely burned away. But obviously getting there and other factors to consider might not be relevant to everyone.
Good luck with rebuilding, hope you dont get the runaround from insurance companies.
JoeBoy101 said:If you want to actually do something to protect yourself:
A) Take photos of all your stuff inside your house. You have no idea how hard it is to remember all your belongings with no reference points whatsoever after a house fire. This also holds true for theft or floods.
That is god damned tragic man. I'm with Ducky, if you've got a paypal account, I'd totally be down to send you some cash if you're in need.Ducky_McGee said:Fuuuuuuck. So sorry to hear about that.
Got a paypal account?
Perhaps us GAFers can do something good for one of our own (and his ducks).
bubnbob said:brb taking alphebetical and categorized pics of all my videogames
Jtwo said:Kryptonian is also the guy who threatened to beat people down with a baseball bat when prop 8 didn't pass. "You better watch your fucking backs" I remember him posting. Don't sweat it, dude has issues.
Goldrusher said:Could he sue the town or the state for not letting him know anything ?