The other property damage can be covered by an SBA business loan, and this $4500 is tied to my personal residence because it's the only access to my permanent residence. Of that amount, $1699 has to be spent on a culvert, and $493 has to be spent on a pipe to support the electric wires going into the house (they require receipts to prove the money was spent on those things), leaving $2308 to fix hundreds of feet of road and bring the grade up to the level of the bridge so we could drive across it. If we somehow find someone else to fix the embankment (estimated cost $193,000), the rest of the road is estimated to cost $25,000 just to be able to drive up to the house, nothing fancy, and much more work required. I really don't understand what those FEMA people are thinking, and they are very snotty about it, as if I am a parasite trying to pull a fast one. I wish I was, because then I could just give up and go live in my home as if nothing had happened.

I really don't know how they think that is going to make any difference given what it's really going to cost.

Well there's a thought. I wonder if that nice lady from the IRS is now enjoying a vacation in beautiful Estes Park, or went home today.

Mr. Troutbend probably thinks the same thing.

i WAS JUST ABLE TO POST A BLOG!

I shudder to think what the shutdown is costing us - last time it was $1.5 billion - seems the money could have been spent more wisely.

I am not having any problem and did this for you to check it out to see if there is a problem with me.As you can see.But did read it on facebook.

Strangely, the carpet had sort of a coating of dirt, but underneath it was clean but wet, so not all that nasty. That kid just went at it. He didn't have a lot of initiative, but once he started on something, he did okay. If there was electricity I might have tried to dry it out without removing it, but not sure that'd work.