Terry


Here is your your statement " Holland is not an entire country below sea level. Only 25% of it is below current sea levels. The Dutch coastline is also only a fraction of that of Florida."


Florida is also not all at sea level. Mostly coastal areas are vulnerable. The size of Florida is not an issue as canal and flood control system can be built individually. It can be done! All we need is to have the government shift priorities before we turn to "Water World".


Isaac

Lew


My point is not my roof or my insurance ( my home was built less than 4 years ago ). It is about the government of Florida not doing their job in protecting it's inhabitants. They can work on the insurance scams and also built better flood protection plans.

Isaac

Issac, l wasn't insuating that your roof problems wasn't due to storm nor that you are making a phoney claim. 2-1/2 years ago the company I used for home insurance went out of business. Finding another company was difficult and the cost went up at least 30 percent. I subsequently investigated what happened.

The main reason was people were claiming damage and getting paid for full home entire roof replacements using the insurance company to fund the replacement. This broke many companies. I could go into more details on why old roofs (especialy shingle) are more suspectable to leaking.

I built my current home in 1972 and have never filed an insurance claim. I have had the roofing replaced several times.

I hope this clarifies my previous post on this topic. Take care.

Lew
Florida, USA

Holland is not an entire country below sea level. Only 25% of it is below current sea levels. The Dutch coastline is also only a fraction of that of Florida.

Lew

Let me diverge for a short while.

The unfortunate aspect of the current politics, is spending resources on fighting Micky Mouse and Florida school boards instead of fixing the insurance scams and improving flood prevention projects.

Just look at Holland. An entire country at sea level and no more floods. Canals, gates and huge infrastructure to address it all.


Now back to the safety of our boats.



Isaac

Florida residents are getting more soaked by the insurance rates than rising water or rain! Most likely caused by people wanting coverage to replace their aging and leaking roofs caused by "damage". They have been trying to get this under control. This has caused many insurance companies to either cease coverage or go out of business.

Lew
Florida, USA

Doug


As soon as insurance gets involved, my premiums will go up. I'm waiting for a proposal from a roofer that came over to inspect it this morning. Then depending on the amount, I will decide how to pay for it. My Home Owners Association (HOA) already said they will not pay for it. So I need to discuss it with my insurrer.


Bottom line is that all of Florida will be under water permanently. It is only a matter of time. Hopefully, this will occur long after I am gone. And if it happens sooner, I would pick up and leave it to the alligators to take over once more.😂😂😂


Cheers


Isaac

Good to hear Isaac👍😀
Hope the insurance covers it🤞
Had been monitoring the storm on satellite tracking, didn't look good for Florida's west coast🤔
Cheers, Doug😎

Len


Thank you



So far I only have a roof leak ( not massive ). Nothing that a few thousands of $$ will not fix.


We are OK.



Isaac

isaac and Lew, I hope you have survived the storm with minimum amount of damage. Len

Lucky for me our street has not flooded. No need for a rescue or an ark.😁

other than a small leak in the roof, all is OK .👍



Isaac

So Isaac,

How are the plans coming along to convert the torpedo boat to an ark?☹️

A leak sprung during the storm. Manageable so far


Isaac

. . . and a crash dive would be something involving a car and an RC submarine😁
(LADY, YER CAR HIT A WHAAT? HOW MUC HAVE U HAD TA DRINK?)

Lew
Is the backyard picture a flooded creek?

If I had an RC submarine I could run it submerged down the middle of the road in front of my house!
Lew
Florida 🙄, USA 🇺🇸

It is now 3PM EST on Sunday, Aug 4. The storm is about 130 miles to the weat of us, and heading north. Probably will be a cat 1 or 2 hurricane in a few hours. We are doing fine👌. Just took the photo from my back door.
Lew
Florida 🤔, USA ❤️

batten down the hatches!!

(I always wanted to have a reason to say that. . . )

The eye of the storm is well to sea. But lots of rain coming


Isaac

Stay safe Issac 👍

Lew

We got wacked with Ian two years ago. The path kept changing and we got hit. We evacuated a day before it hit for fear of flooding. Some damage to the home and my RV.

This one looks like it will steer well north of both of us. But lots of rain and winds.

Be safe as well


Thanks


Isaac

Stay safe Isaac, I'm a little bit north and west of you. They almost always get the path wrong this early in the season. Same with this one, TS "Debbie". The path has moved further west (good!).
Lew
Florida 🤞,USA 😍

Thank you Alessandro

Here is my airboat and the big torpedo boat in my garage amongst my other hobby stuff


And lastly one of my small tugboat is on loan to a friend.


Isaac
😎

Hi Isacc, a dangerous event has turned into an opportunity for us to see your ship models. Are beautiful!