On Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:06:16 -0700, Joe
wrote:

On Jun 6, 9:52 am, Frank Boettcher wrote:
On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:47:37 -0500, wrote:
On Sun, 03 Jun 07, steelredcloud wrote:
How many can you see ashore? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUWCBUM7_Eg

Somehow a video just can't capture what it was like in person. Not
knockin' just this video.... I've seen quite a few and none of them
can. I guess it's better than print or a verbal rendition though.
Still, you just can't imagine without actually seeing it.

BTW, most of it was shot in downtown Gulfport, apparently from inside
the parking garage behind Hancock Bank. Some appeared to be as it was
coming ashore and the rest after it was all over. I didn't see
anything showing the worst of it and the tidal surge rolling in. Maybe
the camera guy had more important things on his mind during that
period -shrug-

Rick

I thought the rendition was somewhat mild compared to what the actual
had to be.

Not me Frank, And I've been through many hurricanes Alicia beingthe
worst. When he is standing back filming out from the garage the wind
looks like a tornado more than a hurricane. 110 mph winds is nothing
compared to the way those winds looked IMO.

With regard to the tidal surge, my Mother-in-law's place
in Bayou view had seven feet of water in the house. She lived on
Poplar Circle, which is, what, three miles from the beachfront.
Backs up to Brickyard Bayou so her flood damage a result of the
backwaters that were pushed up.

That the whole argument in the insurance suits that the flooding was
wind related.

But the declarations pages clearly state "rising water from any source
or cause" Certainly, I'm sympathetic, but don't see the long term
solution being turning the tort lawyers loose on the insurance
companies. If they win because of sympathetic juries, it will just
drive more insurance companies out of the area. Lawyers will get
rich, plantiffs will get a partial settlement and won't be able to buy
insurance again.




As a comparison, Cat 5 Camille put 18 inches in the same house.

And the volunteers are still coming. We made three trips, two for
family and one long week with a group doing volunteer reconstruction.
As a result we are on a emailing list from the volunteer center, get a
weekly report on how many are in the center. Center (Dedeaux Retreat
Center) recently closed for this purpose and volunteers now staying in
Biloxi.

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Is your mother inlaws house rebuildt?

No, she lived in a trailer for a while, now in an apartment. She
decided twice flooded is enough, she sold the lot and the shell of the
house that remained.

Joe

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