How's your flood insurance?

[Bubba]

Unless you purchased a seperate flood insurance policy from the government, you don't have any. Insurance companies don't sell flood insurance, and flooding is not covered under a regular homeowner's policy.

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

(except the neighbor getting killed by a jealous husband a few years back)

That happens no matter where you live...

[TexKan]

No intent by my words Dutchie............... except that the majority of old neighborhoods in south dodge have gone to the meat packers. My whole purpose was to say that a vast majority of south dodge is hispanic (which it is) and the vast majority of that hispanic population works at the packing plant (which they do) Doesn't matter what your house is worth - if it's destroyed - you are lookin for a house!................ many from south dodge moved to north dodge (including my family) cause the trauma from the flood was just more than they could stand or fathom going thru again.

[Flying Dutchman]

You know I love ya Tex......no harm here, just wanted to get two cents in.

[TexKan]

Oh hell put a dime's worth in!!

[Flying Dutchman]

Can't afford a dime's worth, sorry.
Seriously though, I am only about an 8th of a mile from the river bank (west Beeson) so if it floods..........I will have one fuggin awesome indoor swimming pool in my basement.

[TexKan]

I bet you can't even get flood insurance can ya???...........

[Bubba]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

Can't afford a dime's worth, sorry.
Seriously though, I am only about an 8th of a mile from the river bank (west Beeson) so if it floods..........I will have one fuggin awesome indoor swimming pool in my basement.

Actually, your 2 cents might just be worth a dime!!! Take a look at this story I found on the Drudge.

Coin Shortage Means a Penny Could Be Worth 5 Cents Soon

Saturday , January 27, 2007

Talk about pennies from heaven.

A potential shortage of coins in the United States could mean all those pennies in your piggy bank could be worth five times their current value soon, says an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Sharply rising prices of metals such as copper and nickel have meant the face value of pennies and nickels are worth less than the material that they are made of, increasing the risk that speculators could melt the coins and sell them for a profit.

Such a risk spurred the U.S. Mint last month to issue regulations limiting melting and exporting of the coins.

But Francois Velde, senior economist at the Chicago Fed, argued in a recent research note that prohibitions by the Mint would unlikely deter serious speculators who already have piled up the coinage.

The best solution, Velde said, would be to "rebase" the penny by making it worth five cents rather than one cent. Doing so would increase the amount of five-cent coins in circulation and do away with the almost worthless one cent coin.

"History shows that when coins are worth melting, they disappear," Velde wrote.

"Rebasing the penny would ... debase the five-cent piece and put it safely away from its melting point," he added.

Raw material prices in general have skyrocketed in the last five years, sending copper prices to record highs of $4.16 a pound in May. Copper pennies number 154 to a pound. Prices have since come down from that peak but could still trek higher, Velde said.

[Army_of_One]

Originally Posted by Flying Dutchman

Can't afford a dime's worth, sorry.
Seriously though, I am only about an 8th of a mile from the river bank (west Beeson) so if it floods..........I will have one fuggin awesome indoor swimming pool in my basement.

Perhaps you could put in a slide and save DC a few dollars building a water park...lol

[TexKan]

I thought the Sand Pit WAS the water park!...............

Melting pennies!............. I never thought of that - man they are thievin copper down here as fast as the AC unit goes in - the copper is stolen! They are goin into development places (which there are 100's) and stealin everything they can get!................ I like the melting pennies tho!