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Comment by halJordan

1 day ago

"why's he asking for a new dl? "

"Oh volcano exploded, his home is under 5 ft of ash."

"Gotcha, mail him the copy"

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reaperducer  20 hours ago

Fun fact: If your house is under 5 ft of ash, it's not covered by volcano insurance. That only covers you if your home is destroyed by the actual eruption/explosion.

What you need is "pyroclastic event" insurance to cover you for ash and lahar.

/ It cost something like $15/year when I lived in Seattle.

// The macOS spell checker doesn't know "lahar."

  • 6LLvveMx2koXfwn  16 hours ago

    This basically covers the financial model of the whole insurance industry;

        - get insurance to cover you for X
    - get hit by X
    - realise you actually got hit by Y after reading the policy small print (or you really did get hit by X, but your policy only covers you for Y)

    Getting something like Volcano Insurance requires some specific foresight, I would be slapping myself on the back if my house was covered in volcanic ash right up to the point when I got on the phone to my insurance company to make a claim.

kijin  18 hours ago

Brb, gotta camp on top of the ash at the same lat/long coordinates to catch the mailman.