Hurricane Irene / Any Storm Chasers?

[cybergeek23851]

The sunken china cabinet and dips in the roof, correspond with supports under the house that failed due to rain and ground water.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I was hoping that was the spot!

 

[NeTree]

Ugh.

 

[Burnham]

Sad to say, that's looking like a teardown.

 

[arborworks1]

I would agree on tear down as well. But I bet insurance pays to have it repaired. Kinda silly as that entire side of he house will have to be rebuilt.

Sorry to see that.

 

[Tucker943]

This Irene storm was God's stimulus plan for OHara Tree Service. Ive done well on it. Ive made good money and added a lot of new customers(some which will stay, and of course, some which arent brand loyal), to the list. My thought process was a little different then it usually is. Typically, when I go and give a bid on tree work someone is considering, Im mid to high on the bid scale. I bid to make a good profit, or atleast try to. With this storm, i was mid to low. Of course, insurance work I am always high on. But, I saw truck loads of folks who got hit with unexpected storm damage and in many cases, had little to no disposable income laying around. Working class folks, raising kids, on a tight budget. I worked to accomodate them. Dont get me wrong, I made sure each job made me money on varying levels. I felt bad for some folks. They didnt consider taking a tree down, getting bids, and setting aside some money and going with the company of their choice. This shit got thrown on people whether they could afford it or not. So, I worked as hard as I could with folks to find an options to keep the cost down and make myself affordable. I made money, but really seemed to notice a deep sense of gratitude out of some folks.


Now its back to being the high baller.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Good for you, Chris. I guess that you can't really apply for God's stimulus plan, just hope that you might get selected for some reason.

 

[Husabud]

Irene has definitely helped us out. I was in the late summer funk and did some pre and post storm advertising. I have to say that I have seen a lot more customers doing the necessary pruning and more so doing storm damage work. As much as I despise signs and do not believe in advertising in the paper, it has paid off this time. I too have been trying to accommodate the working class folk as much as possible. We all need a break sometimes.