New Mexico Hail

doing it in NM · #1 03/25/07, 10:25 PM

Friday I finished my place, we put the last piece of tile down. It was ready to move into. This has taken about 2 months of almost everyday working, sometimes alone sometimes with help from some really great folks who just wanted to help us get in. I've had my chickens there for most of this time feeding and letting them out in the a.m. and putting them up in the p.m.

Well about 2 or 3 in the afternoon we called it a day and was going to start moving in on Saturday. Then the hail came, it busted most of my windows, knocked a whole in the roof and tore my truck and wifes car up. Since I had gone from a real job to just working once in awhile we dropped full coverage insurance and since we wern't in the house we hadn't picked up insurance for it. My first large hail storm and man I hope nothing like that happens again. The people north and south of us had tornados so we were lucky only property damage. I guess I'll stay in the rental one more month.

How do people deal with losses like this? I am lucky I can put in one heating and air system for someone and have the money to replace most of what I lost, but the ones who can't do that how will they get by? In the tornado areas there will be state and fed money to help. But those who were isolated like us, where it was not a tornado and not in the disaster area, who do they turn to?

Just wondering, the old man next to me had some insurance but not enough to cover his loss and no income other than SS. I guess we will just deal with it and come out stronger, faith goes a long way. So do the friends we have made here. I don't think we would have had as much help and support from where we moved from and had been there 20 years. NM has some rough weather, but the people here are the strongest and best natured I have ever met.

pcwerk · #2 03/26/07, 07:13 AM

Make sure to contact your state representative and local officials.
Maybe they will widen the area of "disaster relief" if has effected
enough folks? Good luck.
pc

Big Dave · #3 03/26/07, 07:14 AM

Well here is just an obsevation. I was in a F5 tornadoe in the last 90's in Arkansas. Some folks made out like bandits. Some of us never broke even. There was a bad tonadoe in Dumas last month I think and FEMA never showed thier pointed little goverment head.Here is the kicker: people without a place to live as it just disappered in the wind and HUNDRED'S of available moblie homes not an hour away the goverment bought for KATRINA victims.

You and your wife walked away with your health. You should Thank GOD.

For those of you that offends Talk it over with HIM when you die.
I had a job and I have a nice place after the storm. I lost a lot of material things but, I or my family did not even get a scratch.

We only rely on ourselves in my family. No Insurance no retirement income. I make a comfortable living and homstead three acres. I can not rely on gov as the rules change with whoever is steering the boat.
Just my .02

Junkmanme · #4 03/26/07, 08:12 AM

I gotta agree with Dave. But, I see a LOT of other people "making out like Bandits" on the Gov't Handouts (most particularly "so-called Native Americans"). I consider myself a Native American (I was born here, too!)(mixed breed American..ALL branches of Ancestors date back BEFORE American Revolution.) It is CERTAINLY NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD!

just my 2 centavos worth!

Bruce (Junkmanme in New Mexico)

Junkmanme · #5 03/26/07, 08:23 AM

John,
I hope you are able to "put things back together" at minimal expense and effort. You might check with "Farm Home", a division of FDA to see if there may be some financial assistance program available. Sometimes those bureaucrats can do some amazing things!?! (I guess they HAVE TO spend a certain amount in order to maintain their "budget". WHO KNOWS?)

Best Regards from NW New Mexico,

Bruce

doing it in NM · #6 03/26/07, 01:44 PM

For me it isn't too bad, I've got a windshield ordered for my truck which will go in on Thursday. I've got half the roof fixed this morning came in to eat lunch and will go back afterwhile to finish. I was mainly wondering about those who can't get fixed up soon, due to money and health. When it hits in the county instead of the city not everyone is effected, which make no disaster relief for a lot of folks who need it. Myself I am 51 in good health and it won't be much of a problem, I'll still be in the trailer soon. Thanks Bruce for the reply, we sure got hammered between Clovis and Logan, I'm about 20 miles from Logan and said my prayers after seeing it on the news.