Yeah, I think we would have been fine if we’d had just a freeze over one night, or something like that.
The thing that really sucks here is that because the cold went on for so long, and the power outages were so lengthy, the temperature in interior spaces of a lot of houses dropped dangerously low. We’re seeing a LOT of busted pipes in finished space. I know several people whose entire kitchen ceilings have caved in from water damage.
And of course, FEMA probably won’t pay anything out because it’s going to be really hard to prove the damage. It’ll rely on people submitting photographic evidence to their counties, and it wouldn’t surprise me if FEMA rejects a lot of that.
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