Hi, I don't really know yet, but we're planning to apply.
It's a slow-moving process. It's so bureaucratic that it's ridiculous. Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: Spiro To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Update on Our House! so FEMA doesn't comp any structural? Hang on to the idea it wasn't worse. I hope things are soon much smoother for you. On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, Claudia wrote: > Ladies, > > Well, I know I haven't updated much, but we have to return to a sense of > normalcy sometime! > I am back to work today, and I have tons to do! > > Our basement got about 6 to 8 inches of water; we were very, very close to > losing our washer and dryer, along with the furnace and water tank! We do > not have a sump pump in our house, and we did end up borrowing a portable > utility pump that helped us pump some of the water out! However, as fast as > we were pumping it out, it was coming right back into the house. The water > that was coming into the house was not raw sewage, thank goodness; it was > completely clean, so we know we did not have a back-up in our sewer system! > However, what we feared is true; we have structural damage in the > foundation; water got in through cracks in the floor, as well as underneath > certain wall. The outside of the house will have to be sealed or excavated, > and a drainage system will have to be put into place, to prevent this from > happening again! This is going to be a very expensive process, so we don't > know how we're going to manage this! We also don't know if some of this > problem was caused by all of the water pressure, but that is a good > possibility! > The area has been declared a disaster, by the governor and the state, and > there are people who have totally lost everything, so we are very thankful! > I just don't know what we'll do yet! > > I don't even know if we will apply for assistance from FEMA because our > situation was a more structural one, and we really did not lose anything; we > just have some building up to do! Our basement is unfinished, and we mostly > used it for some storage, and the stuff in the basement isn't even ours. > So unfortunately, Lou's nephew and sister lost a lot, but at this point, I > don't care. I don't mean to be heartless, but they've had their stuff in > our basement for more than four years, so they had plenty of time to get it > out! > And, let me tell you; they will come in very, very soon and have to take out > their stuff and trash it because I don't want to then incur any mold issues. > And, I refuse to take out their crap! > Sorry for that little rant! > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
