Most Losses in Texas Panhandle Fires Are Uninsured

March 16, 2006

  • March 16, 2006 at 2:35 am
    weirdo says:
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    Where are all the snide comments now about \”idiot\” homeowners who live in a disaster-prone area and were too cheap to buy insurance?

  • March 16, 2006 at 3:01 am
    Bale out says:
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    Why buy insurance??, the government(tax payers) will bale them out. No problem.

  • March 16, 2006 at 3:58 am
    Connie says:
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    Looks to me that the Insurance Agents in North Texas have not been out & about to visit with those that may have the need to purchase their products. Looks too like the homeowners & ranch Owners may have overlooked an expense they should have considered as a necessity. Now the Mortgage Companies & Banks are going to require the coverage in place before the finance the rebuilding of these places & the owners are going to have to eat losses that woyld have been covered & pay out more in expenses that they should have budgeted for prior to the loss, but we all know that hindsight is 20/20. God Bless Texas & keep her going strong!

  • March 16, 2006 at 5:14 am
    Judith Purcell says:
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    No one could have expected this disaster, much less have planned for the government to pay for it. I hope the government does help.

  • March 17, 2006 at 10:29 am
    Hal says:
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    Well, you can make an argument for insuring the cattle, barns, fences, and ranchhouses. Maybe. Cover is available.
    The article says \”most uninsured including ranchland and cattle is uninsured\”.
    Well, the ranchland damage is to fences and grass. The grass is food for the cattle.
    Please call your underwriter and ask about insuring the grass in a 50 acre field. Let us know what he says.

  • March 20, 2006 at 12:24 pm
    JIM says:
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    As a fellow rancher, I can sympathize with the losses of cattle and property and have no critism for the Ranchers. I bet they are already back rebuilding and planning for the future. They are not losers and won\’t act like they are. Most buildings, excluding fences, were most likely insured. The livestock that we own is seldom insured unless it is very valuable. Usually, the Govt. aid ????? is in the form of low interest Loans. I am still making pmts on a 1980 loss. Hope they can recover and get back in business.

  • March 20, 2006 at 12:38 pm
    hal says:
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    You have my sympathy for the 1980 loan. AND they just gotta get back on their feet because I can\’t do without steak and wife doesn\’t do well with meats that are not \”organic\” –

  • March 21, 2006 at 12:44 pm
    R.L.Thompson says:
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    Please pass this information on to those who would like to help. The last email I received from friends in the Panhandle is that they are having to shoot suffering livestock. The losses are growing. Thank you.

    Cattlemen’s Disaster Relief Fund.
    ( http://www.tcfa.org/Disaster.html )
    Established at the Amarillo Area Foundation by The Texas Cattle Feeders Association http://www.tcfa.org , the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association and the Livestock Marketing Association of Texas, to assist cattlemen affected by wildfires in the Texas Panhandle, as well as similar disasters in other areas of Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
    Similar to the Cattlemen’s Hurricane Fund established in 2005, the groups will use the Disaster Fund to help cattle producers begin to put their lives back together.
    Donations are tax deductible.

    To make a donation:
    send a tax-deductible check payable to
    “Cattlemen’s Disaster Relief Fund”
    5501 I-40 West, Amarillo, TX 79106
    Hay locations for feed to be donated:
    McLean Feedyard, Ltd.
    Pampa Rodeo Grounds
    Roberts County Airport-Miami

    For more information on the Disaster Fund or hay donations, contact:
    Texas Cattle Feeders Association
    Burt Rutherford burt@tcfa.org
    (806) 358-3681



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