by TKang on Tue May 02, 2006 9:44 pm
Thanks all.
On the subject of hurricanes, I have had my fill. The abridged version is they have not been good to me. I had a place on the beach that was rebuilt 3 weeks prior to Jeanne and Frances in 04. It started out as a manufactured home, but the lease was under $300/mo (grandfathered) which included a slip for a fishing boat under 28’ at the marina. After all the code mods, and overbuilding it proved to be watertight during the surge.
Per FEMA it suffered a whopping $1800 in damage, with a boat on the roof. Shortly there on the city-county then rezoned the area, eliminating utilities to single family dwellings there. Insurance, FEMA, and lawyers are still battling this out, but I expect a formal loss of $70k. So we ended up moving in with my folks.
We fixed up their damage ($15k) and started setting up to relocate… Then we were hit by Wilma. I am just about finished up with repairs (again) now. Now instead of being capable of semi-retiring (USAF), I have to almost start from scratch.
Now to see if I can relearn how to set up the X52…