Re: Blowing in the wind...

BeH <[email protected]> wrote in news:[email protected]:

> On 25.10.2023 16.26, Merlyne wrote:
>> BeH <[email protected]> wrote in
>> news:[email protected]: 
>> 
>>> So we had a storm with an spring flood yesterday - one of those
>>> 100year events supposedly - with sea level up to 2m above normal.
>>> Pleasure boats and holiday homes being knocked about and lots of
>>> water damage in some areas, with several dikes and sluices breaking
>>> down (not around here thankfully).
>>> Also the storm ripped a ~150cm hole in the top of my roof, causing
>>> rainwater to drip from the ceiling in my bedroom in several places
>>> during the night. Once I discovered it a couple of buckets took care
>>> of most of that, but I have to retreat to the guest room to avoid
>>> the chinese water torture of plonk-plonk into the bucket. The
>>> indignity was shattering.
>>>
>> 
>> Oh wow!
>> 
>> The weather's been crazy here all summer.
>> I think we had a record number of tornados touch down.
>> 
>> A year ago May, we had a derecho storm, which I never heard of
>> before. We lost 30-70% of the tree canopy around the city.
>> 
>> I feel your pain. My basement flooded in April after a brutal
>> freezing rain storm. Dealing with the insurance company is a pain in
>> the butt. 
> 
> I on-lined the insurance comp. right away and the accessor did call
> back on the monday, which is pretty good assuming mine wasn't the only
> claim he had to deal with. On the other hand he did mention that a few
> roof plates and some work probably didn't exceed the deductible
> (~€550). 
> 
> So he referred me to a roof repairer whom I called right away. This
> guy affirmed that he could take the job and hinted that he may come by
> the same day to look at the damage. He didn't. He also didn't come the
> next monday when I contacted him.
> 
> So, today (two weeks later) the roof repair man finally showed up.
> Only not the one I had called but someone from a different firm
> subcontracted by the first guy. (These are all single owner firms with
> a 2 or 3 workers.) This new guy took a look and determined that not
> only the missing ones but all the top bits of the roof was rotted
> through to the point of disintegration. So that roof now has a brand
> new top bit. Also too he did not think the rest of that part of the
> roof will last another year (or storm or heavy snowfall) so there's
> that. These are fibre cement pieces called (tm'ed) Eternit -
> ironically one might presume.
> 
> Still waiting for the economic damage - and given the state of things
> I doubt I'll get any help from insurance.
> Meanwhile I still have to replace the wet bit of isolation mats - and
> find the puddle that is still feeding the slow drip in my bedroom.
> 
> Also I need to clean and return the tarp I borrowed from the
> neighbour. And the ladder.
> 
> So how was your fortnight?
> 

Uh...uneventful?

{We need the tarp for stealing steles}