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Originally Posted by LTb1ow
Insurance companies will have to ****ing deal with paying out. God knows how much people pay them for this very reason, so as far as I see it only insurance companies will be hurting.
Otherwise, think of all the money now flowing to contractors, demo guys, clean up guys, police, fireman, utilities guys etc.. and then when people have rebuilt homes, they gotta get furniture, so that should give some influx to local businesses.
Marinas will be swamped with doing insurance boat repairs etc. Same with you guys at auto shops dealing with insurance claims on water damaged cars.
Just trying to look at positive side here. My uncle lost his whole first floor, and on one of his few hours away from running the mess, the VP of the FOP showed up and a bunch of FOP guys demo-d his first floor for him. A lot of awesome-ness has been shown lately.
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Insurance companies will pay out, sure. But how long will that take, and will it be close to enough? I hope so.
As far as a jump start to construction, yea. That will be good all around. Those guys have been hurting for a long time; at least that's a little silver lining.
My parents got back from their place in Seaside Park just a little while ago. They are towards the center of the island, and while their crawlspace filled with water, it only wet 2" of the main girder and did not touch the floor joists or insulation... by 2"... huge bullet dodged.
They also had nothing but extremely positive things to say about the way the Seaside Park PD handled the entire situation. Very helpful, very professional, and very respectful of everyone who was touched by the storm.