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SusanDallas
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Sep 05, 2017

Update Port Aransas RV Question

Someone posted a new U-Tube video on the aftermath of hurricane Harvey. It was a TV interview with a lady in one of the RV parks on the island. She was telling them that she had bought the new class A last year when she retired. She had sold her home and bought the RV. She stated that she had 3 grown children that had moved to Port Aransas years ago and she wanted to be near them. When the time came to evacuate the island, she got in the car with her children and went to Corpus Christi. The video showed what remained of the RV. The entire roof was gone and all that remained was the cab. It looked like it had been a beautiful RV. This caught my attention because my sister and her family live in Port Aransas. They had enough warning from the officials to hook up their boat and take it inland. Then they went back and hooked up their travel trailer and got their pets. My question is the insurance on this lady's RV that she intentionally left behind and then posted the statement online. I really don't think the insurance company should be obligated to pay her claim. What do all of you think? I am a retired female myself but I think what this woman did was inexcusable.

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  • Of course insurance exists to provide protection from accidents or even poor decisions. She paid her premiums, got caught in a storm and evacuated with her family not clogging the highway with her motorhome. It would be a breach for the insurance company to not pay. Many of us would have moved the motorhome inland but she did not. I am sure it will still cost her but the insurance should pay.
  • I don't believe that the woman intentionally left if to file an insurance claim. But I do believe ( I think this quote was from Albert Einstein): The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
  • I doubt any ins. company will consult any members of this forum as to what they will or will not pay. You also do not know all of her circumstances. Leave the poor woman alone!
  • darsben1 wrote:
    AS most authorities encourage you to take only essentials what she did was most reasonable.

    If this is reasonable then if I ever have an old RV that I want to unload but I can't find a buyer, I know what I'm going to do. There are hurricanes in the US most summers. Problem solved.
  • chances are she wont get anything by the time they pay it off. So cant see it being on purpose
  • No insurance money, probation and banned from owning an RV.
  • AS most authorities encourage you to take only essentials what she did was most reasonable.