Reply #7: asbestos shingles

[pitohui]

i don't think the state should have to pay the bill from FEMA, it's ridiculous and anyway you can't get blood from a turnip, but that's another issue, good tarp jobs that actually hold out water are just not in fact cheap in my humble experience

i think at some point the state will have no choice but to go bankrupt if the feds seriously think we can give them all this money

as far as asbestos roofs --

a friend in mid-city did somehow get a tarp on his roof, even though it's an asbestos roof, but his roof is a total loss, if your roof is somehow not a total loss and they think it can be patched, apparently they won't tarp because somehow the act of tarping it makes yr roof a total loss? do i have that right? what did you do? were you able to get a new roof quickly?

he can't replace his roof, insurance says it will cost $25K for all repairs, roofer says the roof alone will cost $40K because of size and shape of the house, it's in a historic district

since he lost everything financially in katrina, he's going to have a blue roof for years unless something else happens

it makes you wonder why we even buy insurance