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[VaccaRabite]

And now, for our next contestant on the Question of Pain, with your host Swampyyyyy Bottoms!

Vacca Rabite, what sits about 735 feet above the sea, but is currently full of water?

Gee Swampy, lemme think about that one. Oh, I know. Is it "My House?"

Thats RIGHT! Jimbob, tell the poor sap what he's won!

Well Swampy, Mr Rabite has won a burst radiator. On the top floor of his house. Its been pumping out hot water at 20PSI for many hours now. He will get to enjoy water cascading beautifully out of all of his recessed light fixtures on the floor directly below his new burst radiator. He gets a new in house pool in his basement. He will also get to enjoy looking at new cracks in his ceiling and walls. All this sounds great, but there is more. Mr Rabite will get to spend the rest of the night pulling up sopping wet carpet and foam, while trying to stave off mold. And if you thought that was enough, just wait to hear what else he's won. Mr Rabite will get to replace his computer, DSLR, several lenses, his brand new HD video camera, and his cell phone. And last, but not least, he'll get to deal with insurance adjusters!

Jimbob, those are some great prizes. Vacca, what do you think of all the loot you get here tonight.

....... Um. This game show blows.

Whe-he-hell... Everybody come on back next week for another exciting edition of The Question of PAIN!

Brought to you by the Awesome Squad! Paid for by USAA.

[VaccaRabite]

Okay, no interwebs at home for the moment, so here is an update from work.

Disaster recovery took out the ceiling, then the ceiling above the ceiling (the stuff you can find in a old house will sometimes blow your mind - but the DAPO of my house framed in a new ceiling 8 inches below the original plaster ceiling). On the floor above, the took up the linoluem that was under the carpet (that I had removed) only to find more older linoleum glued directly to the original floor. With that, they cut sections of it out, but not all of it.

Industrial sized de-humidifiers we set up in my basement, de-ceilinged dining room, and the bedroom where the radiator popped. Also, 10 massive blowers are running. 2 in the top room, 4 in the dining room and 4 in the basement.

After talking to the USAA rep for about an hour today, here is how things should play (pay?) out. We owe our deductible ($1K, ouch) to the disaster recovery team.

I'll be shopping for a new cell phone today after work, and hopefully all I'll need to do to reconnect to the world is pop my SIMM chip in and go. Insurance will pay $300 of the new phone. So, no iPhone upgrade for Zach. Initial cost is out of pocket for this, but life is silly and requires me to have a cell phone.

For 3 of my lenses, USAA just wants a picture of them, and the cost to replace them and they say that they will cut a for replacement.

For the camera body (canon 350D), 70-300IS lens, and HD video camera we have to take them to Ritz to get checked out. if Ritz says they will cost more to fix then replace, then we get new ones. If not, Ritz tries to fix our current stuff. I hope that its totaled. Water damaged electronics can be really funky down the line.

The computer I have to take to a repair shop and see if they can fix it. Again, I hope its totaled. Right now I have the drive out to see if I can recover pictures and such. Both the computer and the backup were in the flood, but I am hopefull that I can get at least 1 of those drives to work.

The wireless router is functional! But, the jack that it plugs into is in the room that has taken the most damage, so it has to stay unplugged for the time being.

And, of course, dust and crap is all over the house.

We are going to hire contractors to put a ceiling back on and check/replace the recessed lights and ceiling fan. I am going to be repainting and replacing the floor. Painting and floors are easy. Ceilings aren't hard, per sey, but they aren't fun either. I've done the whole sheet rock thing. I don't feel that I am missing out letting someone else do that for me.

Okay, thats all I got. Hopefully, I'll have the wireless up again over the weekend, so I can get online via my work laptop.

Zach