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2020 Hurricane Season

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by KingCheetah, May 18, 2020.

  1. DonkeyMagic

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    not saying I would, but I know a great place to park if you need to total a car during a flash flood
     
  2. Juxtaposed Jolt

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    As in, like, insurance pays for everything?
     
  3. Dr of Dunk

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    In the meantime, watch a volcano pop up in the middle of Downtown.
     
  4. JumpMan

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    Insurance will pay the value of the car. If you are not upside-down, you'll pay the car off. Just like that no more car payment. Of course, no more car either.
     
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  5. CCorn

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    I would be ok with my house getting rekt in a storm.

    I have a large lot, but the idiot builders gave me a larger front yard than backyard.
     
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    It almost sounds like the idiot home owners didn't tell the idiot building planners to tell the idiot builders what they wanted built on their idiot lot.

    Almost. Or maybe not.
     
  7. Dr of Dunk

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    I had to chuckle when I pictured everybody else's house on this street facing the opposite direction. He goes into his backyard to get his mail.:D
     
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  8. marks0223

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    Westheimer Parkway is a different road on the west side of Harris County.
     
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  9. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Was this guy your builder?
    Screenshot_20200924-080207_Google.jpg
     
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    Thats gotta be a model home pre-landscaping lol
     
  11. davidio840

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    Yea that’s is definitely true. Now that you say that, I grew up near Clear Creek when there were houses literally along it that flooded every time it rained. There was a house down our street on about 8 foot stilts I’d say. Every time we got a nice rain they would park their cars under the house to flood lol.. they had a new car every year or two.
     
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    Atlantic Daily Briefing
    Issued: 04:47 AM CDT Thursday September 24, 2020

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    Teddy is moving away from Newfoundland this morning. Weather conditions are improving for Atlantic Canada. The extratropical storm should approach Greenland within the next 24 hours.

    Other Disturbances / Areas to Watch
    The remnants of Beta continue to bring locally heavy rainfall to the southern United States. The heaviest rain is currently in Mississippi. These rains should spread eastward over the next couple of days as Beta continues to move to the east-northeast. By Saturday, the remnants of Beta should move offshore of the United States East Coast. Redevelopment is not expected once Beta moves back over the water.

    Tropical cyclone formation is not expected within the next 7 days.
     
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    There is Westheimer Rd and Westheimer Pkwy which veers off when you pass HWY 6 and runs through a park/reservoir where American Shooting Centers is.
     
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  14. Buck Turgidson

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    Yeah, I knew that but just didn't know that I knew it, had completely forgotten. I remember it being a nice little drive.
     
  15. CoolGuy

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    Why can’t you just sell your car?
     
  16. Dr of Dunk

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    i was talking to a restaurant owner from Louisiana that says people buy houses down there hoping they'll flood during a storm. Then collect insurance and repeat. I don't know how that works, but ... smh. lol.
     
  17. Nick

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    Depending on how much you insure for, that depreciates less than the re-sale price. And floods are total losses, no repair possible.
     
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  18. Nick

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    They'd have to basically get the house virtually for free... from previous owners who had already paid off, or collected insurance, and didn't want to rebuild or mess with the cleanup. Flood premiums are not cheap, however.
     
  19. Dr of Dunk

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    I thought he said stuff about FEMA or government aid or something. I don't remember to be honest. He made it sound like they were just handing out $100,000 worth of "relief" for $50,000 worth of property, though.
     
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    Not sure about the amounts... but in some cases, especially abandoned properties that owners had no plans of ever returning to, there had to be some incentive for developers to invest in a rebuild.
     

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