Author Topic: Hurricane Frances.... (Read 905 times)

Hawklore · « **on:** September 01, 2004, 12:40:38 PM »

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES!!!

AND HOLD ON FOR DEAR LIFE!

Hopefully my parents will make a decision soon on what to do, they usally leave it up to me till an actual hurricane comes...

DOWN PERISCOPE!

DIVE 200ft!

Curval · « **Reply #1 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:47:35 PM »

I spoke to the managing director of our firm in the Turks and Caicos earlier. They are going to get hit hard.

We have an insurance company there, a corporate services and accounting firm, buildings, houses and condos.

Our net worth could be significantly less tomorrow.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:49:18 PM »

Are insurance companies insured?

Nilsen · « **Reply #3 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:53:14 PM »

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Originally posted by lasersailor184
Are insurance companies insured?

Yes, i think so.. they insure eachother.

Curval · « **Reply #4 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:56:05 PM »

Yes, it is called "reinsurance".

Insurance companies also "lay off" risk to ther insurers, which is what Nilsen is referring to.

Regardless...the insurance company will take a huge hit if this thing is as bad as it is expected to be.

Furball · « **Reply #5 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:56:16 PM »

do your parents give you the respect you deserve? unlike the scummy navy?

Hawklore · « **Reply #6 on:** September 01, 2004, 12:59:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
do your parents give you the respect you deserve? unlike the scummy navy?

Sometimes...

But then again, I'm thinking of leaving my family because of that...

Hawklore · « **Reply #7 on:** September 01, 2004, 01:00:30 PM »

My dad works for Verizon and is a Sys Admin, but he's now being called a Developer.

He has to make sure he's got the servers backed up, and then he's gotta make sure the Server don't go down during the hurricane, and of course the Tech guys gotta worry about the towers going down, literally..

Coolridr · « **Reply #8 on:** September 01, 2004, 01:24:18 PM »

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Originally posted by Furball
do your parents give you the respect you deserve? unlike the scummy navy?

Hey watch it...That was the Sea Cadets not the Navy..just a bunch of other kids and alot of (not all of course,trying not to sterotype) teen-age kids don't respect anything or anybody.

Hope ya'll fair well.

I grew up in Jax..lived there 25 out of my 28 years...never hit...the Hurricanes always squeek by us. Hopefully it will this time too. 3 generations of my family live there.

spitfiremkv · « **Reply #9 on:** September 01, 2004, 02:23:36 PM »

well, in times of trouble like these, I have to make a confession:

I am UDET and I was BANNED

hope it misses florida all together, but especially Daytona

Scootter · « **Reply #10 on:** September 02, 2004, 02:58:58 AM »

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Originally posted by Curval

Our net worth could be significantly less tomorrow.

Mine also!!

See ya'll on the other side.

Nilsen · « **Reply #11 on:** September 02, 2004, 03:12:45 AM »

Good luck over there.. you seem to have your fair share of tornadoes, hurricanes and other nasty weather.

NUKE · « **Reply #12 on:** September 02, 2004, 03:15:02 AM »

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Originally posted by Nilsen
Good luck over there.. you seem to have your fair share of tornadoes, hurricanes and other nasty weather.

~~yeah, but other than that, Florida is a hot, humid, nasty place...~~

Nilsen · « **Reply #13 on:** September 02, 2004, 03:16:49 AM »

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Originally posted by NUKE
yeah, but other than that, Florida is a hot, humid, nasty place...

so.. its actually normal weather for them?

NUKE · « **Reply #14 on:** September 02, 2004, 03:21:29 AM »

Well two hurricanes (almost three) in a couple weeks is about once a century type thing.

I will tell you, having been all over Florida in the summer ( and living in Arizona for 33 years) that Florida is a hot, humid watermelon hole for the most part.

Florida has some really nice areas, but overall it's a swamp filled with inbred types.