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BlueMan Votes

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28. we live on a bit of a hill...

Reply to SharonAnn (Reply #26)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 01:14 PM

Oct 2012

and even in the heaviest of rains, the water all runs away from us, and down the hill.
the best chance for our basement to flood would be if for some reason the water connections to the washing machine or water heater completely failed somehow, and the electricity to the sump pump failed as well(except that there's also a battery back-up to it).

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So how many here are looking into flood insurance? I think that no place is safe and I am. [View all] lonestarnot Oct 2012 OP

Saw on TV that you can get flood insurance from the federal government starting at $129 per year Tx4obama Oct 2012 #1

Every freak'n time I write that phone number on the board it gets erased. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #3

we live on a hill in flatland... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #2

Did you build it yourself? lonestarnot Oct 2012 #4

no...but i am doing my own remodelling. BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #5

Then, you might want to look into flood insurance. Just say'n. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #8

there's nothing around here to flood... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #12

Well you invested a bunch of time and money in all that for which global warming knows no boundaries lonestarnot Oct 2012 #15

mayby the guy islike me, if we flood then theres bigger problems loli phabay Oct 2012 #19

exactly. BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #25

I'm understanding it just fine... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #27

Rain deluges csn saturate the ground and flood your basement. Just sayin'. SharonAnn Oct 2012 #26

we live on a bit of a hill... BlueMan Votes Oct 2012 #28

I think all flood insurance is MrsBrady Oct 2012 #6

I will never pay State Farm ever again, not after the way they did NOLA folks. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #9

I'm not saying go through State Farm MrsBrady Oct 2012 #11

Don't trust that bag either. LOL. The number I want will come up again and this time I will write lonestarnot Oct 2012 #17

y from what i remember its a federal program that your agent does the paperwork for loli phabay Oct 2012 #20

I'm at the top of a plateau and I rent liberal_at_heart Oct 2012 #7

I was wondering if flood insurance is available for those who rent for contents and replacement lonestarnot Oct 2012 #10

from memory you can get it for contents only if you are a renter. loli phabay Oct 2012 #21

I'm on the crest of a mighty high hill. If I flooded hundreds of thousands would have drowned. nolabear Oct 2012 #13

Global warming doesn't keep a death toll/property damage/loss count. lonestarnot Oct 2012 #16

you really believe you would care about flood insurance if it flooded to the top of his hill loli phabay Oct 2012 #22

No. I could never afford it. Zorra Oct 2012 #14

I live pn top of a pretty big mountain. Lugnut Oct 2012 #18

same here, loli phabay Oct 2012 #23

You may need wind storm also Llewlladdwr Oct 2012 #24