A Hurricane Season of Discontent; Lessons Learned in 2004

September 22, 2004

  • September 24, 2004 at 11:36 am
    John DL Arendsen says:
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    We are licensed general contractors, manufactured home community developers and dealers. We would be happy to help you folks in any way we can should you need the services, experience and expertese of honest and reliable contractors and tradesmen.
    Sincerely,
    John DL Arendsen
    President/CEO
    ON THE LEVEL GENERAL CONTRACTORS INC.

  • September 24, 2004 at 5:17 am
    insuranceguy says:
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    No slight to the previous post-er, but isn’t it about time that Florida and other coastal states outright ban mobile homes? Why have a building code at all if you are going to allow people to live in residences so incredibly unfit for that environment?

  • September 27, 2004 at 2:32 am
    J.L. GARDNER says:
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    Having seen the damaged areas first hand, and having insured a whole lot of mobile homes on the southwest coast of Florida,I would say that Charlotte county will be a great place to insure mobile homes in the future. 99% of the damaged homes were of the 1970 to 1980 vintage. Charlotte county had very few newer manufactured homes and those that were 1994 and older (NEWER BUILDING CODE) stood up remarkably better than the older units. As the damaged units are replaced with NEW units that are built much better, companies WILL look at this a little different. As far as rate increases, you better believe it will happen. As far as banning mobile homes “It ain’t gonna happen”.
    It is outragious to think anyone can build a structure and “guarantee” that it will endure a direct hit from a cat 4 or cat 5 hurricane. This applies to CBS site built, modular or manufactured homes. In Charlotte county 4 hospitals and most of the hurricane shelters were heavily damaged by hurricane Charley, 8 schools and 5 fire department buildings were total losses. As bad as it hurts now, Florida will come back stronger than ever, better building codes probably, but we still have the best beaches and sunsets.

  • October 10, 2004 at 8:00 am
    Gina Ortiz Lymburner says:
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    Ok, Lets check the facts. The FACTS are -We PAY our insurance companies to be PREPARED. That is the very nature of the business. When did insurance companies stop be accountable? That’s why we make our monthly premiums. You better believe they send out enough warning about how you should be covered in case of an emergency. Well, this is an emergency. The entire point of paying insurance is so THEY ARE PREPARED when a disaster strikes. What did they think the hurricane season was a thing of the past like the dinasours. If you aren’t preparing months ahead of hurricane season and then what are we paying you for. They are paid and paid BIG bucks to make sure they are prepared. To CRY well we didn’t expect to get hit with more than one hurricane in a season is a SLAP IN THE FACE to everyone who struggles to make those insurance payments. Well take this as a lesson our insurance companies are EXACTLY like our politicians. THEY LOVE TO HEAR THEMSELVES TALK, but it’s all HOT AIR.



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