The following is important news for those awaiting calls from Adjustors - there is a big difference between a Reference number (the one you get the first time you call) and a Claim number. Also, if after reading this you feel bad, read the following song and I hope you feel better. The team who created it deserve an award!

20575. BywaterBlues.....
by nomoreboard, 9/28/05 14:38 ET
I read your earlier post re La.Cit. Fair Plan, (which is) also my homeowner insurer, and (I) thought the reference number they gave me 3 weeks ago was my claim number. I was shocked to find that , when I called yesterday, it wasn’t and that I was supposed to call back and update my file to get the actual claim number (even though no one ever told me in the many previous calls to them that I had to do this). I suggest that you call them and make sure you have a claim number assigned (as opposed to a mere reference number). They also gave me the number of the adjusting company (Insurance Company) but their line stays busy. This is rapidly turning into a fiasco and Fair Plan policy holders may need to take collective action. I too have State Farm flood insurance and found them to be accessible. Maybe we should start by registering a complaint with the La. Insurance Commissioner. After that, I'm ready to take legal action.

20575.1. 225 291 2773 fax
by BywaterBlues, 9/28/05 14:43 ET
Re: BywaterBlues..... by nomoreboard, 9/28/05
That is the fax # for LA Cit Fair Plan. Fax them immediately w a copy of your drivers license, current address where you evacuated to, claim # and demand a $1500 Loss of Use advance. (I assume you have Loss of Use on your Homeowners...if you don't yo will have to just wait until adjustors can get to your house..who know when that will be)I did this and received a Fed Ex package yesterday w a $1500 check. Gd Lck.

20575.1.1. btw
by BywaterBlues, 9/28/05 14:54 ET
Re: BywaterBlues..... by nomoreboard, 9/28/05
...the only reason i knew to do this was i had to send countless emails and phone calls to my insurance agency that finally resurfaced last week. I threatened to contact the insurance commissioner and all of a sudden my phone calls were returned. I own more than one house so the situation is compounded w/ me. Just awful. LA Cit Fair Plan has been curiously publicly silent throughout all this and it is fvckn inexcusable.

AND THE FEEL GOOD SONG...

20510. My Favorite Things
by Angelle2442, 9/28/05 0:12 ET

Take 5 people who have been cleaning out and packing up 3 post-Katrina homesCombine with a comedienne and an art professor...Add a couple of bottles of wine...Stir...Here's the result. Feel free to share the laughs :-)

My Favorite Things (Are Debris)(To the Tune of “My Favorite Things” from Sound of Music); Written by Ellen Steigman and Donna Musarra with Greg Baber, John Valentino,David Mervis, Marquis & Jennifer Hodes

"Water is swarming with verminous species. Elegant swimming pools teeming with feces. The rash on my haunches is starting to sting. These are things that Katrina brings.

Casinos on beaches and trees without branches. New Orleans got flooded, what were the chances? Buses were promised but never appeared. Things got much worse than we ever had feared.

When the mold growsWhen the bugs bite, When the fridge smells bad, I simply remember my favorite things and FEMA don’t seem so bad.

Houses are burning and levees are breeching. Into my water the sewage is seeping. Horrible odors awaft in the breeze. Hoping I don’t catch a dreadful disease.

Helicopters flying and criminals shooting. I called the police but they’re too busy looting. National Guard troops all over the town. Why did it take Bush two weeks to dump Brown?

First the roof leaked. Then the dome reeked,Damn, the fridge smells bad! New Orleans covered in green, purple and gold, It’s not Mardi Gras, it’s MOLD!

(slowly)Boats on the rooftops and lawns full of branchesPresidents hiding on big Texas ranches. Blue tarps on houses as far as I see,My favorite things are debris!"