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Re: flood damage
by Al (CT)
on April 29, 2013 @18:32
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Hmmm...you didn't say the flood was because of back-up of sewers and drains. I'm curious as to whose responsibility this is. If this was a floor from outside, it would definitely not be the landlord's responsibility, but I wonder if the fact that it was a problem with the plumbing would change that.
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Re: flood damage
by D (NJ)
on April 29, 2013 @21:27
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Al, when towns have alot of flooding and the sewer system gets overwhelmed, that extra can back up into homes.
During Hurricane Irene two years ago, my town had sever e flooding and the town's sewer system became flooded as well. Places that had never ever flooded before, flooded. For about a day, the town asked residents to refrain from flushing toilets unit the flood waters receded a bit and high tide was over. If you did flush, you were taking a chance of it coming back if that breaking point had been reached within the system.
My understanding of the flooding in the Chicago areas was severe and what a LL or homeowner could do to prevent internal flooding would be limited with that type of senario, esp if flooding was never an issue before.
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Re: flood damage
by Al (CT)
on April 30, 2013 @07:58
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I do not think we're dealing with a hurricane irene situation here.
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Re: flood damage
by D (NJ)
on April 30, 2013 @18:12
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The flooding in the Chicago area was extensive. Record floods were reached. Google it and some of the pictures. Having co-workers, and friends and family in that area I know from them what kind of flooding there was. Imagine streets that don't get flooded with water up above the tops of the tires of an SUV.
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