You know, I haven't seen OkeeDon post since Jeanne. His two places are in Port St Lucie and Okeechobee if I remember correctly. Port Saint Lucie and Fort Pierce were ground zero for Jeanne AND Frances both. Okeechobee isn't too far off ground zero. Loxahatchee isn't too far off either, but I got power back after Jeanne in about 1.5 days. Power was out for 10 days after Frances. I suspect Don's got no power still, and may not for a while. Jeanne tore up alot of stuff, and most of the Frances repairs weren't finished when Jeanne hit.
I can't get any roofers to come out and do a quote on my place. The ones who said "maybe" (nobody said yes) all say 8-10 weeks. I just gave up trying and called in an insurance claim since they said only three weeks for the adjuster. A least I'll know sooner if I'll get any money for the roof repairs, or if it doesn't exceed my deductible. I'm crawling into the roof regularly and checking for leaks. So far the tar paper is holding up fine, no leaks found.
On a side note, every morning as I drive south to work, I pass a record number of skid steers, and tractors, and construction equipment, on trailers, northbound. There's alot of work to be done north of Palm Beach County. I counted 60 different machines headed north one morning last week.
Has anyone seen the pictures of Fort Pierce Marina from Frances? There were claims pics on Boat US's website, and there is alot of damage. I work in the marine industry, and my network contacts all say insurance companies are giving the boats away for free if you go get them. The catch is, the are all on hard ground, and it's about $100 per foot to pick them up onto a trailer. So a 50 footer that spent a couple days submerged in salt water would cost you $5k to get it on a trailer, and another few hundred to get it home. Not really worth it at that point, once you cut the hull up and dispose of it.
I can't get any roofers to come out and do a quote on my place. The ones who said "maybe" (nobody said yes) all say 8-10 weeks. I just gave up trying and called in an insurance claim since they said only three weeks for the adjuster. A least I'll know sooner if I'll get any money for the roof repairs, or if it doesn't exceed my deductible. I'm crawling into the roof regularly and checking for leaks. So far the tar paper is holding up fine, no leaks found.
On a side note, every morning as I drive south to work, I pass a record number of skid steers, and tractors, and construction equipment, on trailers, northbound. There's alot of work to be done north of Palm Beach County. I counted 60 different machines headed north one morning last week.
Has anyone seen the pictures of Fort Pierce Marina from Frances? There were claims pics on Boat US's website, and there is alot of damage. I work in the marine industry, and my network contacts all say insurance companies are giving the boats away for free if you go get them. The catch is, the are all on hard ground, and it's about $100 per foot to pick them up onto a trailer. So a 50 footer that spent a couple days submerged in salt water would cost you $5k to get it on a trailer, and another few hundred to get it home. Not really worth it at that point, once you cut the hull up and dispose of it.
