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   -=> Quoting Daryl Stout to NANCY BACKUS on 05-Jan-2020 21:54 <=-   
      
    NB>> We don't usually get power outages here, thankfully... :)   
      
    DS> Power outages at my place are rare. That deal last summer was a   
    DS> freak storm, that pulled the electric meter off the north side of the   
    DS> house, and pulled the electric meter panel out of its place in the   
    DS> garage.    
    DS> The insurance company dawdled around, saying the house was still   
    DS> "livable", as there was no other damage (to the roof or otherwise),   
    DS> and there was still running water.   
      
   WIth it being a freak storm, it's not that surprising that the Insurance   
   companies and the utilities were overwhelmed...    
      
    DS> However, with no power or air conditioning, it was over 100 degrees   
    DS> in here, and people die in conditions like that each day. It was akin   
    DS> to taking a hot shower, then climing into bed naked, without drying   
    DS> off.    
    DS> After one night at that, where I got very little sleep, I said   
    DS> "screw this!!", and went and got a room at an area Super 8 Motel for 2   
    DS> weeks.    
    DS> How the insurance company considers what I described as "livable"   
    DS> is beyond me. They want you as a customer, and for you to pay the   
    DS> premiums...but to have them pay out a claim, it's a catastrophe.   
      
   It does seem somewhat out of line... We've generally had much better   
   results from our insurance claims.... maybe we have a better company...    
      
   ttyl      neb   
      
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