[pct-l] Cleaning down bags

[Lonetrail at aol.com (Lonetrail@aol.com)]

Wayne
 
If covered "CASH OUT":a new bag in the hands is worth three old wet  stinking 
ones. Also make a list of other contents loses. I usually collect 10  percent 
as a public adjuster. If in doubt see Tahoe & Switchback Inc its  listed 
"under water"
 
Lonetrail

Wayne

Check your policy: You have structural and contents.  Clothing is contents  
it 
may be covered. Your dry wall, etc., is  structural. If in doubt call your  
agents don't take no for an  answer. Sometines they bend

Lonetrail

Seems  like we may  have covered this recently, but I can't find it. My   
basement  recently flooded and I had to spend the last week of   
valuable  vacation time ripping out damaged sheet rock and carpet and    
mucking out muddy floors.  Time I really would rather have   spent  
hiking.  Anyway, I have two old, but still somewhat   useful down bags  
that got soaked in the incident.  I got  them  dried out quickly, but  
they will need to be washed.   We have a  big front loading washer, so  
I think we can use that  to wash  them.  Any soap recommendations?   
What's the  best way to  dry them?

In exchange for your advice I'll give you  mine about  floods:

1.  Get flood insurance.  Your  standard insurance  policy will cover  
water damage caused  because wind blew your roof  off or your pipes  
broke, but not  due to a flood.  You have to  get government-sponsored   
flood insurance at additional cost.   Like most people in  Portland,  
Oregon I reasoned that I live 150'  above the 500  year flood plain and  
won't be flooded.   Unfortunately,  the water draining off the 400' of  
hill behind my  house had  other ideas.

2.  Walk around your neighborhood and think   like water.  Where would  
you go if you got the upper  hand?  Observe the storm sewers and  
ditches that protect your  home.   Are they clear