Flooded Apartment

[Valimar Dragonbane]

Demolishing?!  Good lord, what happened to the place?

[Deleted]

*insert string of expletives here*

[sinisteromnibus]

The wiring was destroyed and there was extensive structral damage.

[Valimar Dragonbane]

Aaah, so we're talking about some force behind the water, and not just a massive downpour.  That makes sense.  At least you and the family are safe!

[foo]

Oct 5, 2015 22:35:15 GMT -5 Valimar Dragonbane said:

Aaah, so we're talking about some force behind the water, and not just a massive downpour.  That makes sense.  At least you and the family are safe!

whenever there's over 24 inches of rain in a hour there is no such thing as water without force. even if it weren't flowing rapidly , just that much watter pressure would probably crack your walls.

[Autumn]

*EEEEEEEEPS and hugs*

[sinisteromnibus]

Right now, we're just trying to find a place to go before Sunday. We have very little money (we had just paid rent) and it'll be a month before we get our rent and deposit back.

[Edge]

WTF. Why the hell isn't insurance pitching in? What loophole are they exploiting now?

[sinisteromnibus]

We had just gotten the policy a few days before. Didn't know we needed separate flood coverage, as we don't live in what's considered a flood-prone area. We called to see if we were covered, and the agent said yes, and we should make a list of what was water-damaged for when the adjuster called. He called yesterday and informed us our policy didn't cover flood.

[onivel]

That blows.. sorry to hear that.

[foo]

Always buy flood insurance. I live in a high desert, away from a flood plane, and one day the city failed to maintain an irrigation canal properly which burst, and killed a mother and two kids who were living right below the landslide it triggered. It flooded the entire neighborhood, and people who lived on the next street over were completely flooded out of their houses. Water is a very fickle friend, and almost every house I've ever lived in has been flooded at one point or another, mostly through human ignorance of how water works.

[Fire Wraith]

That's really fucked up.

Is there anything any of us can do to help somehow?

[Vincent07]

A GoFundMe has been set up to assist them:

www.gofundme.com/xp5rf6vu

[sinisteromnibus]

Update from Clockwork, who has done much phone typing while Sinister did the heaviest lifting: we may still have a long way to go 'til things are normal again,but we now have a house to stay in for the time being, thanks to a friend of a friend who had a second house he had fixed up to rent. Says we can stay there for free while we get on our feet.

You've all been great and helped so much. I can't tell you how much we appreciate it. Thank you.

[sinisteromnibus]

Not a moment too soon, either, as they've scheduled demolition for Sunday.