"bumhead" wrote in message
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Thank you all. Hoping to rebuild bigger.
No one hurt. I live in a small community in north Mississippi. Local
volunteer fire dept arrived just in time. I believe in another five
minutes or less the house would have caught fire from the intense
heat. They used 5000 gallons of water in a short time. House has
some cracked glass and warped vinyl siding on one end. Big oak tree
will have to come down and that will be expensive. I'm sure I'll take
a loss, but I did upgrade my insurance a few years ago with my home
additions and when I began to acquire more tools so maybe it won't be
so terrible.
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:46:00 -0500, bumhead
wrote:

Thursday Apr 8 early morning my shop burned. Total loss. Every tool,
jig, etc. I had acquired over the past 20 plus years gone.

Get yourself a good insurance adjuster. They typically get 5%, but can get
a lot more from the company than you can on your own.

I know one person ready to settle a claim for $20,000 and thought it fair.
Adjuster got him over $100k.