Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.
Seriously. This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened. 40k is nothing.
Adding on - imagine losing everything. Every piece of clothing. Every memento. If they get a million dollars, it will not undo the loss.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.
Seriously
. This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened. 40k is nothing.
Adding on - imagine losing everything. Every piece of clothing. Every memento. If they get a million dollars, it will not undo the loss.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is no insurance coverage for intentional acts. Otherwise it’s a huge moral hazard. This is why insurance companies have arson units. This is absolutely devastating for the family.
This was not an intentional act on their part or even against them. I'm SURE insurance will cover, and if the man had any money, hopefully they can sue the estate, but it will take years.
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Soooo naive….
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:There is no insurance coverage for intentional acts. Otherwise it’s a huge moral hazard. This is why insurance companies have arson units. This is absolutely devastating for the family.
This was not an intentional act on their part or even against them. I'm SURE insurance will cover, and if the man had any money, hopefully they can sue the estate, but it will take years.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is there any update on cause of explosion?
It was natural gas.
There is no other reason why the suspect would have been shooting off a flare gun (which shoots flaming flares) inside his own house.
This was a natural gas explosion.
The way I read the articles he was firing flares into the neighborhood, not inside his house. From the police statement:
At approximately 4:45 p.m. on December 4, the Arlington County Police Department was dispatched to the 800 block of N. Burlington Street for the report of possible shots heard. The preliminary investigation indicated a suspect discharged a flare gun approximately 30 – 40 times from inside his residence into the surrounding neighborhood.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.
Seriously. This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened. 40k is nothing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.
Seriously. This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened. 40k is nothing.
In the past two hours, they have reached over $50K and increased their goal to $100K.
Anonymous wrote:There is no insurance coverage for intentional acts. Otherwise it’s a huge moral hazard. This is why insurance companies have arson units. This is absolutely devastating for the family.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.
Seriously. This is a family of four and their home was literally flattened. 40k is nothing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
That assumes that they documented all of their possessions.
This assumes that the insurance will pay out.
Anonymous wrote:They probably also lost their car.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Is there any update on cause of explosion?
It was natural gas.
There is no other reason why the suspect would have been shooting off a flare gun (which shoots flaming flares) inside his own house.
This was a natural gas explosion.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:[twitter]Anonymous wrote: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
Don't they have renters insurance or home owners insurance to cover the loss of their possessions?
+1
$40k for your things in a tiny duplex seems like a lot of money to me.
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.
+1
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.