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Just had Thanksgiving Dinner, in the Motel6 in Phoenix. Yum. Marie Callenders.

Most of my winter work in the past if there wasn't a good cane to keep me busy came from flooding, weight of snow and in some years freeze losses. I remember working some freeze losses in Orleans that were good size claims because the water lines are in the attic and when they burst they cause damage from the ceiling to the floor and Orleans is not a bad place to winter. In my adjusting career I do not recall ever having or needing to winter in California, I can only recall three assignments that I was on in California during the winter, fires in 93, Northridge in 94-96 and the Northridge reopens thanks to the commissioner 1999- 2001.

Some of the best losses (large bill) have been in the TX or Louisiana where the pipes are in the attic and not insulated. In Houston were had christmas freeze in 83, 89 and a few years ago. I was working  monster water losses from houses that were vacant and "winterized" by the mortgage company. Months later the house,s were sold and the undiscovered pin holes in hard copper pipe (on the bottom between the ceiling joist) the water turned on after closing all most of the ceilings on the floor when the new owners started to move in. (To get all the water out of the lines, the plumber must blow them with air pressure)

 Thanksgiving 1990,

I was sitting in a foxhole along the Saudi /Iraq border freezing my hind end off, scared to death that those sic F@#KS were gonna drop nerve gas on us.

Every Thanksgiving after that was and is gravy.

Robby Robinson

Posted By CatAdjusterX on 27 Nov 2010 05:49 PM

I was sitting in a foxhole along the Saudi /Iraq border freezing my hind end off, scared to death that those sic F@#KS were gonna drop nerve gas on us.

Robbie, I'm sure I'm not the first to say this, but thank you for your service.

JWG