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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 12:59:44 GMT -6
Post by Tooln on Aug 27, 2017 12:59:44 GMT -6
Does anyone have friends or family going through the storm. Rain totals are just astronomical.
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Post by kl9 on Aug 27, 2017 13:14:38 GMT -6
My grandparents live in the panhandle of Texas and they haven't seen a drop. They were wishing it would bring water in but nope. I've heard 15" + of rain near where it hit
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Post by wklman on Aug 27, 2017 13:51:38 GMT -6
my cousins live in Houston and had one of the tornados go threw about a mile from his house.
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 15:47:05 GMT -6
Post by Foggy on Aug 27, 2017 15:47:05 GMT -6
Serious rainfall in that area. I feel bad for so many flood victims. Metro Houston is a huge area. Hope the rain does not fall as I have heard forecast. Bad. Gonna be allot of reconstruction jobs coming up.
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 15:55:51 GMT -6
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Post by coop on Aug 27, 2017 15:55:51 GMT -6
I've got a cousin in Houston. Their house hasn't flooded yet.
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Post by terrifictom on Aug 27, 2017 16:03:50 GMT -6
I have a brother that lives in Corpus. No damage, just a bunch of branches and leaves to cleanup.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 27, 2017 16:04:35 GMT -6
Seems to me that owning a home near the Gulf......is just asking for problems at some point in time. No? Same goes for Florida IMO.
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 16:10:47 GMT -6
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Post by coop on Aug 27, 2017 16:10:47 GMT -6
Crazy number of people in the greater Houston area. 2.5 million +
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 17:31:51 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Aug 27, 2017 17:31:51 GMT -6
Seems to me that owning a home near the Gulf......is just asking for problems at some point in time. No? Same goes for Florida IMO. Most places have their risks. Rural living in the black hills when there's a blizzard and week long power outages. Living in the ghetto and the risk of riots. Living in the desert and risk of food and water not showing up. Living in northeast MN and running into a tweaker. Living in a Dutch community in NW Iowa, and not being Dutch. Having pets in the city of Duluth, surrounded by wolves. California forest fires. Yosemite super volcano. Living in the blast radius of NORAD. Nuclear plants, etc. Now, most places you also don't run the legit risk of having your home destroyed every ten years.
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 17:34:13 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Aug 27, 2017 17:34:13 GMT -6
I forgot to mention the risk of terrorism like mass stabbings and vehicle attacks in the culturally diverse hub cities in MN. St. Cloud Mall anyone?
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Harvey
Aug 27, 2017 19:30:34 GMT -6
Post by Foggy on Aug 27, 2017 19:30:34 GMT -6
Seems to me that owning a home near the Gulf......is just asking for problems at some point in time. No? Same goes for Florida IMO. Most places have their risks. Rural living in the black hills when there's a blizzard and week long power outages. Living in the ghetto and the risk of riots. Living in the desert and risk of food and water not showing up. Living in northeast MN and running into a tweaker. Living in a Dutch community in NW Iowa, and not being Dutch. Having pets in the city of Duluth, surrounded by wolves. California forest fires. Yosemite super volcano. Living in the blast radius of NORAD. Nuclear plants, etc. Now, most places you also don't run the legit risk of having your home destroyed every ten years. I agree that many places have some degree of risk. That's life. BUT.....those Hurricanes and Flooding issues around the Gulf are just so devastating to so many folks and such a widespread areas......at one time. Not many places like that....with such frequency too. I rest my case.
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Harvey
Aug 28, 2017 7:33:39 GMT -6
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Post by biglakebass on Aug 28, 2017 7:33:39 GMT -6
Good to hear about all the foreign help we are getting....
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Post by Freeborn on Aug 28, 2017 7:56:24 GMT -6
Inner City living is a real risk. When I took my carry permit class there were 1/2 dozen Minneapolis parole officers in it and were they hardened against allot of the people moving into the city. They said there was no hope for these people and when the gang-bangers killed each other it was a good thing. A couple of these guys talked about older residents who had lived in these neighborhoods for decades and now were trapped into bad situations. These people are not wealthy and cannot move but have to live with the trash that has moved in.
They were huge supporters of gun rights and said for many city people guns were needed.
In regards to the coastal cities, how expensive is there insurance? My homeowners in the cities has gone up every year and I have never had a homeowners claim.
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Harvey
Aug 28, 2017 7:59:10 GMT -6
Post by biglakebass on Aug 28, 2017 7:59:10 GMT -6
Keep in mind, flood insurance is a seperate policy.
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Post by badbrad on Aug 28, 2017 8:03:29 GMT -6
Don't forget 39% of the entire US population lives in a county that is coastal to the ocean. Think about that for a minute. Just round it up to 40%. 4 out of ten of all people live by the coast.
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