Vegas Teacher

Unless I've  asked before, doesn't your homeowners insurance or renters insurance cover these costs?  Secondly, I'm not a fan of this forum, I find most are self centered with Chad being a notable exception.  Example, last October when Nigel fell off a cliff breaking his neck, his wife put out a request for help to drive and park or store their rig for a few months.  I live 12 hrs away and was the only one to volunteer  help.  So does that mean that there is no-one who lives within a 500 mile radius of Prosser Washington who could get off their lazy ass to help...Cobb being one.  Frankly most of them make me sick.  Some have more money to burn than you or I will ever make.  DT being one.  One guy had a new truck a couple of years back adding  super singles at a huge expense then dumped the truck for an ever bigger one with an oversized generator.  If you look at the profile, the truck is so low behind the cab he will high center going over railway tracks.

 I can  barely  afford to make these 4-5 month disaster response trips to your country fixing houses damaged by floods, fires, tornados and hurricanes costing me loss of wages and conservatively 3-4k US in diesel adding up to 10k$ Canadian funds.  At the rate of destruction the USA will fall further behind each year, you will Never catch up.  The disasters leave a trail of misery, hopelessness, child and family abandonment, drug and alcohol abuse plus a host of other wonderful issues society has to offer. In over 22 years, I've seen it all.

There is a saying, 'There is no cause than helping your fellow man'....really? When have any of these jokers recently got off their butts to help.  Yes I know some have done tours in Vietnam...Charlie and Cobb being 2.  The closest I can come  is having done Marine Search and rescue for 5 yrs.

That last topic I did on Generator sizing was a test to see what kind of response it would get. 7 or 8 were bullshit, glad handing, slapping on the back by the good ole' boys.  Nothing relevant to my question.

Look at all the stupid topics and even more irrelevant responses and stack them up against your rental being trashed. My best guess your wife was in tears and your  blood was boiling plus you probably lost some sleep over it....I would have.

There is tremendous skills within this group.  From my standpoint it is mostly wasted on self serving agendas.

Re your case, I've told you what I think and stand by it, BUT, I have also rented and know the problems you and your wife face and you may not have the skills to affect repairs yourself, I can, this is what I do for 4-5 months.  Had this last job not cropped up and had there been  more time between it and the next one coming up in a couple of weeks, I'd offer to do the repairs for nothing...just materials.  It would give you hope and that is most important to those traumatized by disasters of any type.  Yours fall into that category.

I'm sorry for the damage to your house.  I wish I was closer or had the time but at my age gigs that pay 5 - 8k a month take home are scarce.

I'm not after a response.  This bunch pretty much reviles me.

Roger