07-03-2020, 10:59 PM
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The cost of flood and storm damage …
Insurers are set to pay out an average £32,000 per household for flood claims after destructive UK winter storms, an industry body has said."The bill to clean up after storms Dennis and Ciara is set to total more than £360m, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said.
About £214m is going on flood claims and £149m on wind damage."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51773037
That is I guess for those who still had flood insurance after perhaps the previous flooding. Bad enough being flooded once but then when insurance is not covering future floods and it happens again … what a blow that would be.
How would you cope with anything like losing everything if your house was flooded?
07-03-2020, 11:15 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by Baz46
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Insurers are set to pay out an average £32,000 per household for flood claims after destructive UK winter storms, an industry body has said."The bill to clean up after storms Dennis and Ciara is set to total more than £360m, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said.
About £214m is going on flood claims and £149m on wind damage."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51773037
That is I guess for those who still had flood insurance after perhaps the previous flooding. Bad enough being flooded once but then when insurance is not covering future floods and it happens again … what a blow that would be.
How would you cope with anything like losing everything if your house was flooded?
07-03-2020, 11:19 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Hello Bruce, can you recommend some good digs in Aus......
07-03-2020, 11:26 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by baz46
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hi bruce, make that request for two plus whatever accompanying family members there are!
08-03-2020, 01:49 AM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
HI guys. I'm not Bruce but I do live in Australia. We have floods here too; big ones. And,as you know, dreadful fires and drought as well. But good luck. IF you can afford it and you are self supporting, notwithstanding the above, anywhere in Australia is a good place to live. Depends on whether you want to take your UK weather with you with slightly warmer temperatures (Tasmania, High country in NSW and Victoria, Canberra and Melbourne sometimes) or you want Mediterranean (Perth , Adelaide) Tropical (Brisbane, Gold Coast and all points north) or Monsoonal (Darwin, Cairns etc) Then there's always the plains and the desert. Dry!
08-03-2020, 09:28 AM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Foxy and baz...we could all go out to oz and cover any cost/lifestyle by going gold hunting :lol, imagine the three of us prospecting, digging up huge nuggets ( no foxy, not the chicken kind) ..we’d have it made in a couple of years..now we just need a snappy name, the bare knees three...hm..needs work...08-03-2020, 12:58 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by keezoy
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HI guys. I'm not Bruce but I do live in Australia. We have floods here too; big ones. And,as you know, dreadful fires and drought as well. But good luck. IF you can afford it and you are self supporting, notwithstanding the above, anywhere in Australia is a good place to live. Depends on whether you want to take your UK weather with you with slightly warmer temperatures (Tasmania, High country in NSW and Victoria, Canberra and Melbourne sometimes) or you want Mediterranean (Perth , Adelaide) Tropical (Brisbane, Gold Coast and all points north) or Monsoonal (Darwin, Cairns etc) Then there's always the plains and the desert. Dry!
08-03-2020, 01:00 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by Primus1
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Foxy and baz...we could all go out to oz and cover any cost/lifestyle by going gold hunting :lol, imagine the three of us prospecting, digging up huge nuggets ( no foxy, not the chicken kind) ..we’d have it made in a couple of years..now we just need a snappy name, the bare knees three...hm..needs work...
I'll get some new shorts for us all, what's your waist size?
08-03-2020, 01:08 PM
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Re: The cost of flood and storm damage …
Originally Posted by Primus1
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Foxy and baz...we could all go out to oz and cover any cost/lifestyle by going gold hunting :lol, imagine the three of us prospecting, digging up huge nuggets ( no foxy, not the chicken kind) ..we’d have it made in a couple of years..now we just need a snappy name, the bare knees three...hm..needs work...
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Thanks Keezoy Australia sounds brilliant, so many different climates in one country. Perhaps one day I'll get the chance to visit....
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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That's a fantastic idea Primus, when do we start.....I'll get some new shorts for us all, what's your waist size?
Had I done so though, it might well have been me doing the inviting!
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