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U.S. News & World Report
WILLIAMSTOWN, KY. (AP) ... the owners of Kentucky's Noah's ark attraction are demanding their insurance company rescue them from flooding that caused nearly $1 million in property damages. The Ark Encounter says in a federal lawsuit that heavy rains in 2017 and 2018 caused a landslide on its access road. The Courier Journal reports the attraction's insurance carriers refused to cover damages ...
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kentucky/articles/2019-05-24/kentucky-noahs-ark-attraction-sues-over-flood-damage
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)you are simply doing it wrong.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,966 posts)malaise
(269,505 posts)We can't make up this shit
delisen
(6,053 posts)True Blue American
(18,001 posts)Ark can not float? Did they save the Dinosaurs on it?
keithbvadu2
(37,130 posts)Croney
(4,689 posts)are trying to collect on insurance after gale-force winds hurtled the craft into outer space.
atreides1
(16,133 posts)Since a flood is a natural disaster, then that would fall under an act of God, and most insurance won't cover that!
TrogL
(32,822 posts)...and I dont dare explain why.
True Blue American
(18,001 posts)mercuryblues
(14,577 posts)they were going under anyhow, God just sped the process up for them.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)"The 510-foot-long wooden ark has been a popular northern Kentucky attraction since its 2016 opening. "
If by popular they mean a "boat shaped building" that has never met any of it's projections of attendance and has done fuck all for the local economy, then I guess it's popular.
Girard442
(6,095 posts)Videoes of the construction releeased by the organization itself show the building to be made of concrete, supported by numerous pillars.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)This lawsuit is over damages to their access road caused by heavy rain two years ago and last year (from my reading of the excerpt). Who's responsible for that access road? As I recall, The Ark Encounter was subsidized rather handsomely by the Kentucky Legislature with taxpayer funds. Did the public spigot get shut off? According to the excerpt, Ark Encounter is seeking punitive damages as well as compensatory damage. Would Jesus seek punitive damages, or would He settle for just being made whole? Punitive damages wouldn't seem to square with most readings of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew) or the Sermon on the Plain (Luke).
Vinca
(50,347 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Should't God be responsible for this? I thought they were supposed to be able to endure a flood. Wasn't that the point?
I think they should pray about it. Maybe that will help.
keithbvadu2
(37,130 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)If that ark starts to float away, they should be sure there are no republicans aboard to pollute the REDEEMED WORLD with their lying, cheating, greedy, anti-American ways.
Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)Titanic in its current state is probably more seaworthy than this thing.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)DFW
(54,589 posts)It's hard to keep a straight face over this one.
Now I know the centurions felt after hearing the name Biggus Dickus.
FakeNoose
(33,002 posts)DFW
(54,589 posts)I guess this one was just too far from Mt. Ararat for even celestial entities to intervene.
If it's any consolation, I don't recall reading that insurance covered any of the damage to the original, either.
HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)With Heavenly Mustard!
mercuryblues
(14,577 posts)2 kit Kats, 2 gummy bears, 2 elephant ears, 2 squirrel nuts, 2 cow tails and lots of suckers. They refused the 3 Musketeers, Jolly Ranchers and sugar Daddys
FakeNoose
(33,002 posts)mercuryblues
(14,577 posts)you
Blue Owl
(50,663 posts)A HERETIC I AM
(24,386 posts)Color me shocked.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)They clearly didn't have Noah whisper in their ears about floods.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)If I can't save the animals, maybe I can at least save my bank account!"
Cattledog
(5,924 posts)mindem
(1,580 posts)All they need to do is to have thoughts and prayers and everything will be OK.
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