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Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:23 am to Hangit
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he could to put his finger in the dike.
sadly i have attempted this before.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 7:29 am to Duzz
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SUre he might have saved his home but other people would get more insurance money.
You simply can't be this dumb..I hope I missed the sarcasm
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:04 am to MorbidTheClown
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looked like a cool idea. but, i didn't see how he got the water out from inside the levee after 12" of rain.
In the video you can see a couple hoses going over his levee. I assume he has a few gasoline pumps to keep the inside dry.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:06 am to rodnreel
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Flood insurance has a maximum amount they will pay on both the building and contents
Yep. mine is $250k structure and $100k contents. If my house was a total loss $250k wouldn't come close to the cost of a total rebuild.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:09 am to Chuckd
next thing we will see is a craigslist add of him trying to sell all that dirt
Posted on 3/18/16 at 8:33 am to tke857
levee don't protect against this.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 11:32 am to Golfer
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10 grand vs letting the house flood? I'd imagine he came out smelling like a rose.
I'm assuming he's got flood insurance based on my previous post.
I think he should contact his insurance company and request reimbursement for his cost of building the levee, since he probably saved them 10 times that. While his policy language may not actually entitle him to it, he would have a very strong equity argument for it, and the insurance company might be willing to spend $10k (or maybe at least a portion of it) for the good PR and possibly to give an incentive to others who might find themselves in the same position.
ETA: An even better idea would have been to call the insurer first and say "I can spend $10k to protect the house with a levee and you can reimburse me, or I can spend nothing and let you replace/repair the house and its contents when it floods. What do you want me to do?"
This post was edited on 3/18/16 at 11:39 am
Posted on 3/18/16 at 11:42 am to gptigerfan
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Why the hell is he going to remove it. Seems he may be living in a flood prone area.
Being on the news is about the worst thing he could have had happen too. EPA doesn't like people fricking with water anymore and he is/will likely going to have to deal with them sooner than later. He might have talked with some local EPA people that told him he could do it temporarily and then take it back down.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 11:45 am to Warfarer
True. EPA is as close to Nazis as you can get.
Posted on 3/18/16 at 11:51 am to rodnreel
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Flood insurance has a maximum amount they will pay on both the building and contents. In my case if water came up to my roof, the money I would collect from flood insurance would cover about 50% of my loss.
i'm sure he could have made his house whole again with 250k.
anyone know if he did or didn't have flood insurance?
Posted on 3/18/16 at 12:01 pm to CaptainsWafer
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What do you think would be less of a headache?
Paying to have dirt hauled for 24 hours straight, or dealing with the NFIP and rebuilding your home for a couple of months?
I mean, his contents my be protected but his house would still get destroyed from the ceiling down
I thinknow golfer was high when he was posting
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