Michael forwarded this for his friend Nick who says, "This was taken in the flood ravaged town of Millvale, PA. Perhaps this isn't a misuse of quotation marks as emphasis as much as a comment about what sort of damage insurance companies consider to be 'flood' damage."
During a flood seems like a questionable time to buy (and sell) a flood insurance policy.
ReplyDeleteflood insurance! get yer flood insurance here!
ReplyDeleteWell maybe it's because people are going to lie and say that it got damaged in a "flood", and this particular insurance company wants to be lied to.....
ReplyDeleteHere's the other part of the message that Nick sent to me along with the sign.
ReplyDelete"Since getting this picture off my phone exhausted my tech-exploratory talents for the night, would you mind forwarding this picture to the proper authorities? You know who I mean."
:-)
"The proper authorities" I love it!
ReplyDeleteWe need to get you a badge, Bethany.
It's insurance for all those people whose houses get trashed by their friends during a crazy party then want to blame it on something respectable like a flood.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting my picture!
ReplyDeleteThe worst flooding happened in 20044, but there's still some risk, and because it's a flood zone there might be legal requirements about getting insurance.
A lot of people are surprised to find out that the way some "flood" insurance policies are worded, the insurance company is only liable for water rising out of streams, and not, for example, for water running off of hill sides or seeping through your basement walls.
I think something similar happened after Hurricane Katrina when people found that they were insured against flooding from hurricane storm surge but not from flooding rivers, or they were insured against having their roof ripped off by wind but not against having all your stuff soaked when the rain gets in.
So...yeah. Insurance companies can be sneaky. "Caveat emptor," as they say.
"The proper authorities" I love it!
ReplyDeleteOh yes, I do too. Kudos to Nick for knowing the answer to that nagging question "Who ya gonna call?" when you see misused quotation marks!
I also think they may not be talking about floods, but FLoods, which I believe to be some sort of bacteria-laden food that school cafeterias sell. You really should get some insurance against that.
Maybe the quotes should have been around "insurance" instead.
ReplyDelete20044? With global warming and rising sea levels, the whole world will be flooded by then!
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