drying out a soggy house

[Electric Comet]

not sure how folks down in houston are drying out but peeling off drywall and letting the place air dry or even with fans would not be enough for me

i would remove as much drywall and flooring as possible then put a tent over it and seal it

then get a big outdoor industrial sized space heater and place that on one side and a vent on the other

adjust to proper back pressure and then get the whole place up to 140 or so and let it sit for two or three days

then i would fix it and sell it and move to colorado

know of folks that live in the 500 year flood plain and they had no flooding

interesting info on how those flood plains are determined and apparentyl only the insurance companies have the legally usable numbers

no doubt so they can deny claims as it suits them

[notbob]

Too late!

No doubt! They've been doing it fer yrs. ;)

nb

[Meanie]

The second most corrupt business in the country.

[Puckdropper]

Meanie wrote in news:op39b8$od4$ [e-mail]:

Who's number 1?

Puckdropper

[Ed Pawlowski]

I'd guess churches or hospitals.

[clare]

Change that to Megachurches and for profit hospitals (I guess in the USA that's pretty much all hospitals - not so up here. The US "Bible Belt" seams to have more than it's share of Megachurches run my bigger-than-life charlatans as well

[notbob]

Banks, oil, the legal system, medical ....GOVT! Choose any one. 8|

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[Meanie]

The government.

[krw]

Politicians.

[Markem]

The lawyers among the the the front of the line.

[krw]

Politicians are a particularly representative subset.

[swalker]

Don't leave out the US non-profit hospitals. They make lots of money and pay the executives outrageous fees and bonuses.

[krw]

Not so. Most hospitals are "not for profit". However, "not for profit" doesn't mean that they don't bring in money by the boat load.

Yes, and don't leave out "charities" like the Clinton Foundation or even the American Red Cross.

[Electric Comet]

not sure what that means

if you mean too late to sell then no it is not too late the price will have to be adjusted though

or maybe the way to go is to build dispensable space with ten or twelve foot ceilings and build it with the foot print of the house and sturdy with steel then put the whole house up on that

gives you enough height to spare the main house

sure it would cost some money but might be less than the hit you take trying to sell a house that was underwater with a mortgage that is underwater

disaster capitalism

these hurricanes plus all the wildfires and some still burning two or three billion spent putting out fires

who knows the tally for the hurricanes