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Re: Most Harvey flood victims uninsured, face big bills alone 

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Wed, 30 Aug 17 12:32 AM | 68 view(s)
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the renters insurance would not do you much good due to a flood.

If you live in a flood zone such as Houston, New Orleans, or other coastal areas that are prone to Hurricanes and high waters and you have low laying ground, you need flood insurance. Renters insurance only covers things of your destroyed by fires or stolen. It does not include FLOOD INSURANCE from natural disasters.

Its a shame but that apparently is how it works.....

Insurance companies would go broke providing benefits to all the flood victims who live in flood zones, and know they are going to get flooded.

That is why you have to get it from da gubmint...


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Re: Most Harvey flood victims uninsured, face big bills alone
By: ribit
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Wed, 30 Aug 17 12:05 AM
Msg. 32512 of 47202

...could it be that the folks are actually renters and not homeowners and that they don't have renters insurance? That is what the situation was in New Orleans or so I heard.

Why does Houston flood so frequently?

Nationally, repeat federal flood relief payouts averaged about $3,000 per square mile. But in greater Houston, the payouts were nearly a whopping $500,000 per square mile.

http://amarillo.com/news/2017-08-27/why-does-houston-flood-so-frequently

....Houston is not a virgin when it comes to floods. This article provides some of the reasons for it. Most of them can be traced back to local government (city/county)


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