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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous]Here is the GoFundMe for the family in the duplex that lost everything. We go to the same elementary and I can vouch it’s legit. PTA is circulating it. 
https://www.gofundme.com/f/yqu87u-draft
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Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions? [/quote]

+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.[/quote]

FFS you're begrudging these people money that people donated to them because they ended up in a $hit situation they had no control over???   What's wrong with you?

Let's blow up your house and see how you feel.  I'm sure $40K would be chump change in that situation.  [/quote]

Imagine every piece of furniture you own (we don’t even have crazy expensive tastes, but 3 bedroom sets + office furniture + dining room table/chairs + a couple couches is easily 15k (built up over a period of years). Think of every article of clothing you own, every piece of decor, sports equipment and instruments, electronics, etc. Now imagine you are having to do extra takeout because you don’t have a kitchen. You may need to take time off work (maybe even unpaid). Perhaps they want to splurge on something a little nice like a trip to get away for Christmas since they don’t have a home to bring new toys to. Insurance will take a while to pay out and the land issues could be weird with trying to re-build.

I don’t begrudge these people their GoFundMe one bit. I’m sure they’d gladly trade the money for their normal lives/home again. [/quote]

Seriously.  This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened.  40k is nothing. [/quote]

Adding on - imagine losing everything.  Every piece of clothing.  Every memento.  If they get a million dollars, it will not undo the loss.  [/quote]

I do not think it is too much, because they will need money right away.

Imagine if they are staying in a hotel?  (they might be).  That adds up quickly.

Even if friends or family put them up, they will have to rent a place soon.   So I’m fine with anyone asking for $100k  for a whole family to get by for months in this area.

On the bright side:  the land is worth half a million or more.  And they absolutely should hire a lawyer to sue the nut-jobs estate; his land is also valued over a half million.

And I think that poor family should get his land too.

But this will take months, if not years, for a pay out.[/quote]
They are already looking for a rental, which is further complicated by the fact that they have a 50lb dog. [/quote]

Thx.  I did not know that detail.

I feel bad for this family.  They are the epitome of “innocent victims” in todays society.

I might pitch in a few $$.  None of this is their fault.[/quote]

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