The Storm That Keeps On Giving
After having slammed into the coast of Alabama and the Florida pan handle, Ivan meandered up through the eastern states
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When one lives in Florida, the weather is often a topic of conversation. Either you tell friends further north how nice it is in Florida, or, you’re worried about an in-bound hurricane. Those posts all go here.
Two Hurricanes=Two Deductibles
Well, in most insurance policies, mine included, you pay your deductible for each occurance of a hurricane. My deductible, like most deductibles in FL is quite high when it comes to “Hurricane related wind damage.” And if you got hit by both hurricanes, you’ll be expected to pay two deductibles.
Read moreHurricane Watch III-Small Sigh of Relief
If you are tracking Ivan, you will see that he stayed on a more westerly track over the course of the weekend. He is still a very powerful storm, and will most certainly graze Cuba, and most likely will hit the U.S. sometime Thursday along the Alabama, Florida panhandle coast if the NOAA track verifies.
Read moreStorm Damage In Tampa
Here are a couple of pictures of probably the worse damage I’ve seen in our neighborhood. This is just about two blocks from the house. That was a motor home, and a lot of the branches have already been trimmed back.
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As you may have noted, I have not posted on the blog in a while. This is because I was cleaning up from Frances and preparing for Ivan, and dealing with some (probably) unrelated problems around the house over the previous week.
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