Don't worry folks, your insurance companies will delay payment for repairs long after they should be allowed too. What should take months to recover from will take years. Remember this each time you're forced to pay your insurance company. Oh, by the way, many of those companies see billions in revenue each year.
But since repair expenses are outracing revenue, insurance companies are pulling out of areas. Not just for big storms but also for accumulating costs from less dramatic hail damage to asphalt roofs, car windshields, and car body denting. Can’t wait until the damage to home electronics from increased lightning starts to hit the bottom line.
No ones doing anything about 2nd amendment rights being taken over. No ones did anything about the Covid tyranny. No one will do anything about the insurance companies
Hey man. Somewhere out there, is a person who’s yacht isn’t as nice as their neighbors…and if they pay out all that money, then that person won’t be able to buy that yacht. Who are you to tell them not to get their yacht. Shameful Who are you to say
Decided to let my son travel alone for the first time with his AAU basketball team from Indianapolis to Houston yesterday for a tournament this weekend. I went back tonight to look at flight path, our text messages and time stamps and the reported time it hit downtown and they were literally holding just north of Houston as it was at its worst. They held so long they had to give up and go to Dallas because gas was getting low. The turbulence was horrible as you would expect. I felt helpless but the pilots and the airline did their job. Prayers to all there that had to ride it out.
I'm so glad he is safe. Don't let this freak storm prevent you from letting your son experience the best things in life. This is like a 1 in a several million freak occurrence.
My husband, my kids, and I got the tornado warning alert while we were literally 15 minutes from home. In less than a few minutes it became completely dark (around 6 ish). We noticed all the lights were out in our area and then the rain and wind picked up extremely fast. We couldn’t see anything. But we managed to get to Kroger parking lot and had to wait it out. One of the most scariest experiences of my life. I was just so grateful for my husband in that moment, because he kept us all calm.
They see billions because people hesitate to use the $$ they have payed in. Stop that! Use these companies in the way they are supposed to be used & how they are supposed to treat you!
Our neighborhood got a tornado. No question about it. I don’t care what the news says. I’ve been here for 25 years and never experienced a storm like this. Neighbors saw the wind swirling debris and I heard it. The train sound everyone talks about. So scary to hear that! Destroyed all the trees and my house. It’s devastating.
It was a derecho not a tornado! Just straight line winds! I study meteorology so I know all about them. People mistake them for tornados but truly they are not. They actually are more related to a hurricane.
@@mikehunter1483 and what's a hurricane except a really large tornado (I know there's a huge difference)? I just took a screenshot of a supercell from west texas that was so powerful, the tornado created an eye and the storm looked like a miniature hurricane. Kinda made me think if a hurricane could get enough inflow and spin up a massive tornado at the eye. Probably not but hey with God, nothing is impossible. I know man is dabbling his fingers in weather right now. I've seen the weather mod flights. It's a real company that gets hired and goes out and sprays. But I like to give God all the credit. And I pray He protect me from it. God bless.
@mikehunter1483 There can be tornadoes within derechos, mainly QLSC's. Also derechos are not more related to hurricanes than tornadoes, if anything they happen more often alongside tornadoes. You must be new.
@@mikehunter1483 that's what I was wondering! Derecho or microburst, etc. I've lived on gulf coast all my life and seeing this without a hurricane hitting was strange. Watching the radar looked different than I've ever seen during a front driven system
Thank you 🙏🏻 I live in Cleveland Tx & my house was flooded May 3. I moved to houston temporarily with my mom & I was barely starting all over when this storm hit. I was on my way back from buying a new car since my other 2 had drowned in the flood when the storm hit. Can’t catch a break but I’m grateful I’m alive 🙏🏻
Yup, i was going to my niece school play and was like nope nope going back home lol the truck was shaking lol it was like being under the eclipse. And hr later and the sun was bavk at full force in my area lol
It's not really the glass, it's the twisting of the structures. Even in Los Angeles, our buildings are designed to twist in an earthquake - it's preferable to lose the windows than the structures.
I live in metarie,La suburb of new Orleans,that storm hit here after houston ,wind gust were up to like 80 mph per hour,it was like a cat 1 hurricane hitting ,the lightning lit up the sky like a Christmas tree,almost thought it was a tornado,never seen a regular severe thunderstorm like that in years ,then their went the power
That storm was just a dress rehearsal 😳 for what's to come from the Gulf of Mexico. It reminds me of the weather conditions 😢 just before Alisha hit Houston. All the hurricanes that hit Houston after her were nothing in comparison. 😮 Hopefully, we dodge the bullet! 😅
Alright, that's it. Hold'em up all you whimpering pups. You're coming across like an immature frog catcher. 🐸 Being that you got television, radio, cell phones, internet media, field glasses, and predictions from people that you see or work with every day. 🤔 For anyone to say they didn't know that it storms and floods in southeast Texas is like folk 🙄 who have never been to San Francisco 🤔 don't know about the San Andreas Fault, it's the earthquake Capitol of the USA. Even people having never left the jungle in South America or even the bush people 🙄 of the Congo knows 🤔 that wendy rain storms in low elevation areas cause catastrophic damage to everything 🙄 in the area. What, do you think all the damn jacked up pickup trucks with big tires are just for looks? Pay attention, folks. People will sell you hog manure and warranty it not to smell until it gets hot. Now, with that said, please quietly 🤫 go about repairing, fixing, replacing, and cleaning up your property. Your home owner insurers are out to lunch, that is, until they have a new twist to the pages of nonsensical vebages they sold you. Folks, despite the the people that draw flood 🙄 zone topographical maps, if you're living anywhere 🙄 within the boundaries of between Corpus Christi, up to San Antonio, up over to Austin, up over around to Diabold and Lake Livingston 🙄 down over to Dayton, down to orange and southwest Louisiana, back over to Port Arthur and Beaumont, clear over to Galveston and back down to Corpus. WE GET DANGEROUS WIND AND TROPICAL STORMS, HURRICANES, AND IT'S FLOODS MORE OFTEN THAN NOT. So, suck it up, storm, and flood 🙄 proof your homes and make sure you're always paying attention. Ya'll keep your vehicles gassed up, and yeah, yeah, that means the boats and any other watercraft you might have at your disposal. WELL TO SOUTHEAST TEXAS PARTNERS!
This was like a category 2 or 3 hurricane hitting the city at rush hour & during an Astros game with barely any warning. It's a miracle more people weren't injured and killed. Texas should declare a State of Emergency to get more FEMA aid.
@@partnerwithjee5114 Why are you posting this everywhere? Are you a trucker? What kind of trucker stares up at skyscrapers instead of looking at the road infront of them?
Me either😢 I live in Cleveland Tx but May 3rd my home flooded. Temporarily moved with my mom in Houston but now this happened & we have no electricity. I can’t catch a break 😢😢💔 I have 2 babies & it’s the worst feeling being practically homeless with children
It’s been exactly 48 hours for me! I just took from my savings to get a hotel room 😭 it was 87 degrees in my apartment. I lost all my groceries. No power or cell service still. Hoping things get better for all of us soon 🤍🙏
"Together" People in Texas are getting web feet Every day this week rain did repeat Now this next week we face the heat Pray for those without AC an no retreat Neighbor helping neighbor is how this we defeat
i got an alert while i was playing a game, “why are people getting kidnapped so much?” a couple seconds pass and i see a crazy amount of wind and debris outside, and my thoughts were “that wasnt an amber alert” and my house started shaking
I lived in Houston for six years, which included the massive storm and power outage of February 2021. During that crisis, I learned there are three power grids for the entire country. There's the Eastern Grid, the Western Grid, and then there's Texas. I'm not sure why that is, but during periods of high demand, the Lone Star State has no one to go to. Other states can pool their electricity from each other, but not Texas.
We did it for unsurprising reasons: 1. Ostensibly, initially, it was intended to save Texas consumers money. And while it may have, in ERCOTS early days, it’s certainly strayed from that goal since then. Energy companies got approval last year to pass their freeze damage costs back onto consumers. That’s why all our electric bills this past summer were abnormally high, it was effectively forced payments on their bills. 2, probably the real reason. To avoid federal regulation in our energy sector, to protect oil interests and such.
Why do people keep focusing on that? Who cares. We had a freak storm and Democrats are sure to act like Texas is incompetent. I can't tell you how many times some person from another state brings that up like it shows the incompetence of our government when our state is run better than a lot of other states.
We lived through it! I had received a tornado warning about 10 minutes before the storm and winds came. We live just outside of Downtown Houston (in Montrose) and I was still in the neighborhood picking up dinner at a local restaurant when we all received the weather warning. I got back home in about 5 minutes, put the food down, and then heard electrical transformers start sparking. I went outside to investigate when I saw the darkest clouds! I got back inside to HUNKER DOWN!! Oh, boy, the storm and winds came really fast and hard! Our cat was inside and ran into the deepest closet because he was ao scared. My wife and I were scared throughout the ordeal. It was a miracle that our gian pecan tree didn't fall over and crush our home. We did get some roof damage, porch infrastructure blew away, lots of huge tree trunks fell, and general outside damage all around our home and detached garage. Luckily we were prepared with a standby generator that got us through the power outage!!
Hopefully, everyone is safe, the water resource gets collected efficiently, and the local government learns to improve building codes and safety protocols.
The wall collapsed where there was urban scarring (removal of adjacent buildings without adequate replacement or wall strengthening), that wall was not designed to be an outward-facing wall when it was constructed. Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore have glass-walled skyscrapers over 100 floors high that are built to withstand 200km/h+ typhoons, don't build homes with wood and foam, have world-class underground utilities and drainage systems, overnight cleanup, and sheltered public transportation systems that run even during storms at high capacity. Damage is preventable with adequate urban planning, infrastructure investment, efficient fiscal administration and stringent building standards.
Except the United States have always been corrupt. I say have because it's not just the federal government but the state, county and local governments as well! That's why infrastructure here is badly planned, over engineered yet poorly designed, and shoddily built. EDIT: And costs a fortune.
Oz builds Cat 5 cyclone proof houses in Northern Australia (300 km/hr winds) with bricks and they remain intact. Get some aussie brickies to build a proper house
There is More Power and more Rain on the way . The Human has a Problem with a Mass Psychosis and that make it Safe that there comes. That Word Psychosis make a Speciale Situation Visible and that makes it Visible, that the Crowd a good work with the Logic didn't likes.
@@tempemmin the Future needs the Human maybe a Place down or a Place under the Earth . That Word Mass Psychosis makes it Visible that the Chance Super Tiny is that the Human in the Next Time better Mental Situation Visible makes. That is Safe not Safe enough what the US People likes ,but the Human makes with his Building many more Problems Visible. The Human makes his self to Quickly to a Highlight and that makes the 300 kmh Message on a Speciale way Visible. So a Building makes very Quickly a Link with a Problem, with the Greed, Visible. The Human is a Robber and that makes the Human as House owner on a Speciale way Visible.
We build with brick too. You say your house can withstand a CAT5 hurricane? I would bet my life there would be nothing left of it if it was hit by the violent, not just straight line, wind speed along with heavy missile debris from an EF5 tornado
Just wow Jesus Christ! My sister's birthday was this may 16 turned 21 we had a small party with no lights we were so hot intimidated stinky for four whole days, I am so deprived that this happened so early like it was an early start of a hurricane season, but mostly a tornado to me like Twister 1996 film movie drive in and auto shop scene! Thankfully we still have our houses and everything we bought and got for ourselves!
27 hours later and still waiting for power. thankfully house isn't hurt. Only loss will be food in the fridge. But reports from the power company say some of us may not get power back for as much as TWO WEEKS. A lot more than 48 hours stated by the mayor.
It took us 2 weeks to get power back after Ike. I know our neighborhood will have it really bad after this storm because lines and poles are laying in the yards all over the place
This storm has been officially classed as a derecho, (a.k.a land hurricane,) with winds exceeding 100mph by National Weather Service. ~Texas Storm spotter/Chaser
I live in Tomball (upper left corner of Houston) and most of everyone’s power is back Except mine. The power people said they don’t know how long it will take until it’s back so I’m just stuck here hoping it will get better before the weekdays Update: the restoration map said I could be without power until Wednesday
We had 122mph winds in the uk not long ago.. closest we had to this was a few trees fell and planes couldn’t land. 🤷🏽♂️ houses were generally ok unless a tree fell on it.. but our houses are built out of stone and actual brick.
After one of the major hurricanes in Florida, I had to hire private inspector to give me estimates on damage in order to insurance to pay me right amount. So sad, paying insurance all these years and when you need it, they bargain on you.😢
"Together" People in Texas are getting web feet Every day this week rain did repeat Now this next week we face the heat Pray for those without AC an no retreat Neighbor helping neighbor is how this we defeat
I know most of these people may not believe in science, but they said they’re supposed to be one of the worst summers yet with the most names for hurricanes. This is a precursor to what’s gonna happen.
Oh please! The Eastern seaboard ,the south they all get these storms. Your Texan gvt is never prepared. Off grid electicity. No good drainage systems. Everything is dumber in Texas.
Well, I guess people pay for insurance for their homes and businesses for reasons like this. If it was flooding, it would not be covered, but I think wind damage is fully covered.
Mother nature balancing our excess; the excess exploitation of her riches. And this will only dial up from here all the way to level 9. This is at best level 4 in terms of intensity and frequency of her carnage. The future is being left a barren bowl of dust.
the tornado hit my aunt and uncles house in Katy. She said the sky tuned a greenish color during the tornado. My dad lives downtown so he has no power and my church was cancelled because of how they have no power either Edit: my dad lives in a 2 story shared home that look almost identical to the brick houses that were showcased
This should have been a state of emergency. My lights have been out since Thursday at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="376">6:16</a> pm in the Glen Lee Subdivision, really sad 😔
My birthday turned out better than 1980 with Mt. Saint Helens eruption! And i didn't even have a Cinderella cake! No cake at all, no party. Nothing. Aaaand i was SUPER hungry all day.
Stay safe you all... we are always at the mercy of nature whenever it unleashes... I live in hurricane alley in the caribbean.. Cozumel, Mexico.. hardest hit 2005 by Wilma..who lingered for two days.. though that was before i came in 2011... residents say to me no elec. for a whole mo. money useless to buy food bec groceries are closed... perishables were distributed to residents before rotting away... govt stepped in as well as foreign parties to help recovery get started asap.. as the island mainly lives on tourism...
And most people still build out of "just good enough" materials. Sort of makes sense, or it did, but now the potential for weather everywhere is getting much more extreme. It wouldn't take that much more to build out of stronger, better stuff. Most of the extra cost will come back in energy savings, the durability would be a bonus.
