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Local boy raises money and awareness on rare disease

FULTONVILLE -- Ethan Allen is a Fultonville boy, and at not even 10 years told, he's your average kid fighting a not so average battle. He loves playing baseball ...

363 Filkins Hill Road, E Berne, NY 12059

EAS #84 Winter Storm Warning 12/13/13 4:17PM (FIRST ONE OF 2013 WINTER SEASON!!!)

Issued by The National Weather Service Boston, MA ... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM EST SUNDAY.

Man deliberately floods his own house - Rainbow of North Jersey

Disaster Team president deliberately floods his own house to prove a point and settle a bet. (WEST CALDWELL, NJ October 6, 2012) -- On October 7, 2012 at ...

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Christopher Carbone commented on 31 Jan 2013

We had the benefit of time on our side as we started the water remediation within 2 hours of the "disaster" we created. That is the typical turnaround in our industry and we did have a LOT more men working on this job than usual so we could create this sales tool video. But based on the square footage of the property affected, Xactimate pricing on a loss like this would have been approximately $1,400 not including some of the items that needed to go to our contents cleaning room. (Continued)

Christopher Carbone commented on 31 Jan 2013

Far less than $2,000 nonetheless.However, had the water been Cat 3 black water due a flood or perhaps we weren't on the scene until many days after the loss occurred, the losses would have been severe. We would then have to cut and remove the drywall, carpet, pad, trim and other building materials and many of the contents of the home would likely not be salvageable. THUS, the bill might be $12k or more. The trick is responding timely and hopefully you are dealing with a clean water source.

Christopher Carbone commented on 31 Jan 2013

It is a valuable question you bring to the table. In this scenario we tried our best to replicate a naturally-occurring clean water loss that commonly occurs for homeowners. Granted, no homeowner in their RIGHT mind would deliberately unleash 1500+ gallons of water in their home - BUT they experience an inch or two of water in their whole basement and furniture and household items are drenched. (continued)

tcsadt commented on 22 Jan 2013

so how much would have it cost if the services were actually incurred on that lost? How much do you estimate if Rainbow didn't restore, would the cost to tear out and replace new for all the damaged building and contents?

(Damaged) Sentry 15V1T, Short Alert & Attack: Evansville, IN (Vanderburgh Co. Siren Test, HD)

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DELTA WRIGHT commented on 04 Oct 2014

was this the same siren i recorded? idk how that siren got damaged

DSRX100 commented on 05 Oct 2014

We had a crazy storm a few months ago. Winds were averaging around 70-90 MPH. At one location, it reached 120 MPH!

murrfarms commented on 28 Sep 2014

I guess you could call this siren "Alfalfa" now with the way the top is sticking up! (for those that don't get it, it's a reference to the character from the film "The Little Rascals")