Dave. This storm is different than the other two. It is over a much wider area, so it caused a lot more damage. Also, the immediate impact is going to take a while to over come. But between government and insurance dollars, plus private money, in the long run, a year or two down the road, the economic impact will be tremendous. Look at what happened to you. Less than 2 years after Katrina, you were looking for help with your business. The same thing happened after the '93 flood in St. Louis. A year later my business took off, which lasted at least 15 years Wim Sent from my iPhone On Oct 31, 2012, at 1:19 AM, Dave Doremus <algiers_piano at bellsouth.net> wrote: > That's frankly absurd. This storm won't get close to the damage caused by Katrina and Rita and that was certainly not a boost to the economy. In fact it led to a massive amount of criticism of the government spending money on storm recovery. This will be even worse because of the lack of flood insurance purchased in the Northeast. Recovery is going to demand more federal dollars than the Gulf Coast did. Tuners/rebuilders will not be busy until people assess housing damage and get other aspects of their life moving again. Most are going to be well underinsured and homeowners does not cover flood damage. Pianos come long after shelter. > > > ---Dave > New Orleans > > > On Oct 30, 2012, at 7:40 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: > >> I feel very sorry for everyone effected by this storm. But Not only are tuners going to be very busy, the silver lining of the storm is that it will have a tremendous economic boost for the entire Northeast, if not to the whole country. It might the kick in the ass this country needed to get us going, just as WW II got us out of the depression . >> >> Wim >>
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