From the internet: homeowners insurance technically covers damage for tropical hurricane winds and rain. However, depending on where you live, a special hurricane or wind deductible may apply
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FEMA might be offering helpsh!t, the policy says i have a $9200 deductible for "catastrophic windstorm" so maybe i DO want it to be categorized as a hurricane?
In that case, i don’t think it makes a difference whether it’s hurricane or not. Unless there’s something specific about hurri canes in the policysh!t, the policy says i have a $9200 deductible for "catastrophic windstorm" so maybe i DO want it to be categorized as a hurricane?
It could be much worse. City real estate prices are down 17%sh!t, the policy says i have a $9200 deductible for "catastrophic windstorm" so maybe i DO want it to be categorized as a hurricane?
Dont feel bad Nj only got a couple of good hours out of it, fastest dropping swell ever!Dang I didn't really follow it but it looks like this thing really clapped NC and NY.
It was a rumor in most of Florida. Fort Lauderdale wore like three days of feeder bands, and nobody else saw sh!t.
In fact if I have one complaint, it's that on Monday, the wind went side-off/off in the morning, then around 1:30, right when the tide was starting to get good, and the surf was legit starting to fire everywhere, a feeder band came through, the wind went side-on, and by the evening, instead of the forecast offshore, we had a normal day sea breeze.
Glad we got three days of fun surf and no damage, but kind of pissed I was walking up the beach upcurrent, watching it clean up and tide drop and about to start completely choobing hither and tither, and it got wind-wrecked by by basically the strongest feeder band the Jacksonville area got.
Storm was just kind of a dick.
Okay but the storm was going Mach-4 like always by the time it hit New Jersey, and a ton of the fetch was blocked by Hatteras until it was on top of you. Not the case here. Did the wind go onshore after already turning offshore and forecast to go more offshore, like 99% of hurricanes?Dont feel bad Nj only got a couple of good hours out of it, fastest dropping swell ever!
Ok, I feel your pain!Okay but the storm was going Mach-4 like always by the time it hit New Jersey, and a ton of the fetch was blocked by Hatteras until it was on top of you. Not the case here. Did the wind go onshore after already turning offshore and forecast to go more offshore, like 99% of hurricanes?
Because I've never seen what happened here on Monday. Never, and it takes something special for North Florida to really fire. It can get "good", but "good" here normally means longboarders can make it out. Good everywhere else means they get asswhooped, viciously, trying to duck dive.
We really, really, really need the storm to be right on top of us to have any punch out the back. Otherwise, it walls out, softens up, etc. Only when there's a storm right off Georgia do we really get any grunt on the outside sandbar.
To add insult to injury, Monday evening, at mid-tide, the inside sand ledge was showing all the promise in the world, and when the tide got up onto it, for whatever reason, it was hitting dogshit sandy foam and shutting down. You'd see a guaranteed corner pocket tuberide mound and wedge over the flooding outside, paddle to the hook, turn to look, and it turned into a waist high closeout with another waist high closeout on top of it. Where not 15 seconds prior, there was a stomach high side piece and a chest-head high wave screaming dry square one.
We do have something relatively new in our building codes in NY - Hurricane Clips - They go where the roof rafters at the bottom of the roof rest on the top of the side wall of the house. They are like a squared off U - you slide the clip up so the rafter sits in it then screw or nail it to the rafter and the top of the side wall (like 6 screws or so). This is to prevent the entire roof from lifting off. Not as beefy as what you're doing in the Caribbean though.Sorry about your roof subway. PPK dropping some knowlwedge on how to temporarily dry in the place.
If you do get insurance money, consider replacing roof with something stronger- preferbly hip style roof with metal.
No one does this in the states, but the way we build in the Caribbean is the roof rafters are thick 3x material and are cast into the bond beam with straps or vertical u-shaped rebar tied into the wall rebar grid. Then the choice is either plywood with elastomeric coating or metal, each have their own merits. Nobody uses shingles here because they are terrible for strong winds.
I don't really understand Hurricanes in NY. They move fast that far North, and they're normally under 100.Earthquakes and fires in CA or hurricanes in NY?
Jersey shore real estate is going nuts right now, just what we need more people/traffic.It could be much worse. City real estate prices are down 17%
Real Estate Prices Fall Sharply in New York (Published 2020)
Since the coronavirus shut the city down, the number of sales in Manhattan dropped 54 percent and the median price fell to $1 million.www.nytimes.com
Sounds like good Stinson Beach to meTo add insult to injury, Monday evening, at mid-tide, the inside sand ledge was showing all the promise in the world, and when the tide got up onto it, for whatever reason, it was hitting dogshit sandy foam and shutting down. You'd see a guaranteed corner pocket tuberide mound and wedge over the flooding outside, paddle to the hook, turn to look, and it turned into a waist high closeout with another waist high closeout on top of it. Where not 15 seconds prior, there was a stomach high side piece and a chest-head high wave screaming dry square one.
We use 40kg tanks for cooking gas, and would probably get a stationary tank, so no problem there. What generator were you using? Other than the gas being shut off how did it work out for you?
One thing about living here, we never go without heat.
For Hurricane Sandy here in NY North of the city I had no power for about a week - after the first day I found Propanecarbs.com and for $175 got a kit to convert my gasoline 5,300 watt Briggs and Stratton Storm Responder generator to natural gas or propane. Gasoline, propane and natural gas engines are all constructed the same and are relatively cheap compared to a diesel engine which is expensive to build. The conversion is so simple, you slide the air cleaner off of the front of the carburetor, screw on lengtheners for the two threaded studs then slide the new gas ring up against the carburetor then the air cleaner back on. You also have to mount about a 6" diameter gas regulator onto the generator (If you only have a plug in electric drill make sure to drill the holes before you shut your power off and take the generator apart - I strapped a wood board onto the generator temporarily and hand screwed into the wood).It was gas heat no genset. It was an interesting experience no heat hot water till December, had electric, lot of sh!t work to be done. Surf was completely uncrowded and best sandbars ever. Edit. meant natural gas not propane.