Alex and I are broken up. My heart hurts and there's a hurricane headed this way so I may not be able to spend much time moping about it online, but I'm not really the type to deal with things quietly. So, please, whine here all you like.

I'm really sorry to hear about that. Just stay safe and relatively sober. You'll get through it.

@H55: Thank you. Weird timing for us. I'm most always sober, so I'm not worried about that. You'll get through it, too. The internet makes us stronger.

Wha' happened?

I'd stay up and whine but I've got to work an 11 hour day tomorrow.

Aw, Val. Sorry to hear that. His loss, anyway.

How bad does the hurricane look?

It's like the old saying goes: "Boys are dumb."

i don't have a whine for you right now, Val.  i just have a "you're the best."

Breakups suck. :(

I've also heard hurricanes are not so great either.

:(

As far as whining goes I've got nothing, really. Oh wait, I am all out of guacamole. TRAGIC.

You haven't evacuated WHY?

Awe. I'm sorry sweetheart :(

*crash

Val, I'm so sorry about the breakup.... and I'm scared about the hurricane! I hope you and your are safe and well...

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Sorry 'bout that. You take care.

Sorry to hear that, val. Them breakups are always hard.

I bet y'all didn't even get wet. All that much.

also, *wink wink*

Hug. I hear things are pretty bad down there. I hope you are okay!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I think we can conclude the following: this Alex fellow is a fucktard.

Does anyone second the motion?

They lost their shirts and changed the rules.

well, clearly the zombies stole his eyes first.  then his brain.

none of the insurance companies want to insure shit that actually gets fucked up frequently. It's too expensive for them. We had that problem after 2005 considering we got hit by like FIVE hurricanes that year. None of the insurance companies wanted to cover hurricane damage anymore and everyone was rightfully pissed off.

Alex is a fucking tool. I'll murder him for you.

Even when your policy is supposed to cover certain things, they don't fork out.

Hurrican Ivan struck Alabama on September 15/16, 2004. By the time Katrina struck in early September 05, something like 60% of the claims from Ivan hadn't been paid out yet. And that's for people that had the right kind of insurance. Kind of makes you wonder why they throw a fit when you're late on one payment, doesn't it?

Also, Alex might not be a fucking tool, but he definitely doesn't have any taste, either way

Thanks again, y'all. He was driving me crazy yesterday, until I just yelled at him for being a huge ass to me. I'm not sure if he noticed, but he dumped me, and I'm still the nice one. Lame.

Re: insurance - turns out that this (or most? I'm not sure how it works exactly) policy won't cover the first $13,000 of hurricane damage, and then pays a percentage after that. I'm sure it's because of Katrina; so many people had such a huge amount of damage, that I'm pretty sure a lot of it hasn't been fully paid back yet, as Scurv said.

Also, let me relate this fantastically lame tale: My apartment complex is made up of several buildings in a row, right? The office of the complex has power, and the three buildings on the far side of the complex have power, and yet the three buildings in the center - including my apartment - have no powerrrrrr. DEATH. I will kill. Fortunately, my roommate's family has power, so we're chillin' at their house. It was so nice to dry my hair.

But Indy's, like, super-old now. Also: a playa. So many STDs festering in those khakis.