Acts of God
This past Thursday I went to go help a friend sort through some products that were destroyed during Katrina. My friend owns an company out of Maryland(Emergency Training Associates) that sells books and merchandise to the fire & EMS community. During trade shows and conventions he sets up a booth to sell those same items.
In late September he was down in New Orleans for an EMS convention. The show was wrapping up when Katrina made a beeline for the city. He was told that his merchandise, that was being shipped via a freight company, was out of LA and on it's way back to Maryland. Well, come to find out that wasn't true. In fact his merchandise was in the back of an 18 wheeler that was stranded in New Orleans.
Once the storm was over he heard conflicting reports that his merchandise had been damaged from the flood water. At one point he heard there wasn't much damage and then he heard that there was quite a bit of damage. The items were shipped to the shipping company's warehouse in Houston. My friend decided to come down and check out the items and figure out what was salvageable and what needed to be tossed. So this past Thursday we spent some time going through everything. A majority of his items were books and t-shirts. And his loss was about 85-90%. It was so sad and I felt so bad for him. His company is pretty much family owned and operated so he has taken a huge hit.
Here is the kicker. When I asked him about insurance coverage, he said that the insurance company basically told him that Katrina was an 'Act of God' and that they didn't cover acts of God. How completely asinine is that? What really gets me is the fact that this country seems to be turning more and more away from God. It seems like so many people claim there is no God or that God needs to stay out of business, but they are willing to blame Him for something like this? Sure when it's a good thing, there is no God! But hey if life sucks it's God's fault. Makes me so darn angry! I hope my friend is able to make up for the losses he is facing over this next year.
On a baby note, John and I have started shopping for nursery items. Well, we are really price comparing right now. We want to make sure that we are getting the best deal we can on those expensive furniture items. I made a price comparison worksheet and you can find that in the resource section of our webite.
In late September he was down in New Orleans for an EMS convention. The show was wrapping up when Katrina made a beeline for the city. He was told that his merchandise, that was being shipped via a freight company, was out of LA and on it's way back to Maryland. Well, come to find out that wasn't true. In fact his merchandise was in the back of an 18 wheeler that was stranded in New Orleans.
Once the storm was over he heard conflicting reports that his merchandise had been damaged from the flood water. At one point he heard there wasn't much damage and then he heard that there was quite a bit of damage. The items were shipped to the shipping company's warehouse in Houston. My friend decided to come down and check out the items and figure out what was salvageable and what needed to be tossed. So this past Thursday we spent some time going through everything. A majority of his items were books and t-shirts. And his loss was about 85-90%. It was so sad and I felt so bad for him. His company is pretty much family owned and operated so he has taken a huge hit.
Here is the kicker. When I asked him about insurance coverage, he said that the insurance company basically told him that Katrina was an 'Act of God' and that they didn't cover acts of God. How completely asinine is that? What really gets me is the fact that this country seems to be turning more and more away from God. It seems like so many people claim there is no God or that God needs to stay out of business, but they are willing to blame Him for something like this? Sure when it's a good thing, there is no God! But hey if life sucks it's God's fault. Makes me so darn angry! I hope my friend is able to make up for the losses he is facing over this next year.
On a baby note, John and I have started shopping for nursery items. Well, we are really price comparing right now. We want to make sure that we are getting the best deal we can on those expensive furniture items. I made a price comparison worksheet and you can find that in the resource section of our webite.
posted by Wendy at 5:00 PM
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