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People Begging For Flood Money on GoFundMe?
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:44 pm
I've seen at least 3 people on my FB feed ask for monetary help and link to their GoFundMe page. These are acquaintances who lived in $500k+ houses but are whining that they lived in a 100yr flood plain & therefore didn't have flood insurance.
I'm finding it really hard to feel bad for anyone who lives in a half a million dollar house in n SE La that wouldn't pay the $500 or so a year for flood insurance. Who cares if you're not required to have it. You still live in a swamp, near a lake, along a river etc. Hell I live in Dallas and have flood insurance.
I'm finding it really hard to feel bad for anyone who lives in a half a million dollar house in n SE La that wouldn't pay the $500 or so a year for flood insurance. Who cares if you're not required to have it. You still live in a swamp, near a lake, along a river etc. Hell I live in Dallas and have flood insurance.
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Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:45 pm to SirSaintly
You showed them.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:46 pm to SirSaintly
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I've seen at least 3 people on my FB feed ask for monetary help
you need better friends
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:46 pm to SirSaintly
I will help as many as I possibly can, and be less judgmental doing so
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:47 pm to SirSaintly
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These are acquaintances who lived in $500k+ houses but are whining that they lived in a 100yr flood plain & therefore didn't have flood insurance.
How did they build homes in a flood plain and were not required to carry flood insurance?
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:47 pm to SirSaintly
I saw someone started a page and was taken back myself. There are people way less fortunate.
I know they raised about 1200 last time i saw
I know they raised about 1200 last time i saw
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:48 pm to Topwater Trout
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you need better friends
Acquaintances is more like it.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:49 pm to SirSaintly
I've seen a lot of such things as well. People with paid off mortgages down in Gálvez with no flood insurance.(or who cancelled it).
I sympathize but damn dude how you gonna not have insurance? Just stupid.
I sympathize but damn dude how you gonna not have insurance? Just stupid.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:49 pm to SirSaintly
No way I'm giving anyone with a $500k house a dime for assistance on gofundme. Shame on you for not paying the $1000 +/- a year for flood insurance.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:51 pm to SirSaintly
People that lost everything 3 days ago dare be in shock and not knowing what to do, and yeah frick them for having a nice house!
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:52 pm to SirSaintly
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$500k+ houses
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Begging For Flood Money on GoFundMe?
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:53 pm to ellishughtiger
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No way I'm giving anyone with a $500k house a dime for assistance on gofundme. Shame on you for not paying the $1000 +/- a year for flood insurance.
This kind of sentiment has been blasphemous in these threads of late. If you can't afford to insure your house, then you certainly cannot afford to self-insure it, and ultimately you cannot afford the house at all. Downsize.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:54 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
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and yeah frick them for having a nice house!
That they obviously couldn't afford.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 2:54 pm to LSU-MNCBABY
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and yeah frick them for having a nice house!
maybe they really can't afford a half million dollar house then
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:02 pm to SirSaintly
Are they hiring? I would love to work my way up to be that rich.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:03 pm to SirSaintly
I guess people do what they feel they have to do, maybe I have too much pride, but I can not imagine starting a GoFundMe page asking people for money, especially when there are people who need it more.
Fortunately I didn't have any damage and I do not know first hand what its like to lose everything, but GoFundMe would be my absolute last resort.
Fortunately I didn't have any damage and I do not know first hand what its like to lose everything, but GoFundMe would be my absolute last resort.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:06 pm to SirSaintly
I also have seen multiple people on my FB feed with GoFundMe requests. All are more modest homes (guessing 200-300k), were not in flood plains, and appear to be good people. If I had more funds available, I would help. However, I will probably just do nothing and feel lucky that I'm not in their situation.
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:07 pm to SirSaintly
please link one
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:12 pm to SirSaintly
I made one for my parents 
Posted on 8/18/16 at 3:15 pm to slackster
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This kind of sentiment has been blasphemous in these threads of late. If you can't afford to insure your house, then you certainly cannot afford to self-insure it, and ultimately you cannot afford the house at all. Downsize.
Dual income families that are drowning in debt (no pun intended) need to live in their means. Meaning, if you buy a $500k house in the GD swamp, you add that flood insurance policy. This may mean the Misses may have to settle with laminate countertops instead of quartzite.
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