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Things fall apart, the center cannot hold
By adamg on Wed, 03/04/2015 - 11:21am
Looks like last night's snow/sleet/rain was the last straw for Boston buildings. We've had a partial roof collapse on Columbia Point and a complete building collapse in Readville. And now this: Cars are being flattened by killer death ice. Kristin MacDougall forwarded this photo of a car flattened like a pancake by snow that fell off a building on 3rd Avenue in the Charlestown Navy Yard.
Ted the roving UHub photographer, meanwhile, reports a BMW parking on Brimmer Street on Beacon Hill was peeled open like a can of tuna by a giant icicle that fell off the Greek consulate this morning:
"Good thing there wasn't a kid in that child seat in back!" he concludes.
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Cambridge, too
Thorndike Street:
and in Somerville . . .
Gutters full if ice, and facia, fell off length of my condo onto neighbors' 2 cars in driveway below. I feel so bad. They are on a cruise so I can't even reach them. I did seal up the broken windows so no water would get in.
Insurance
Are the property owners responsible or is it up to the car insurance owners to pay for the repairs
That depends...
...on how the attorneys for the insurance companies work it out. But, in general, it would be the property owners. It was their ice, and the car was parked legally.
I'd think this would be covered
under the comprehensive portion of the car owner's auto policy - at least the glass damage for the second car (the first car is probably a write off). Whether their insurance company then goes after the property owner is another matter, but it shouldn't be the car owner's concern.
Probably? Definitely. Hell,
Probably? Definitely. Hell, the second might be a write off as well. Body work is incredibly time consuming, BMW sun roofs are very expensive too.
Snow and the cold weather
Snow and the cold weather created a 9 foot long large crack on my cement walkway 5 inches away from house does insurance cover damage to areas around house .
We can't tell you. Call your
We can't tell you. Call your insurance company and ask.
I'm not sure about that. My
I'm not sure about that. My friend's car was damaged by a brick that flew off their neighbor's chimney during a hurricane, and they were told it was their own problem.
permafrost in a gyro?
I give up, I admit I even used a synonym website to get a "p" word for ice. and it's still no good, but I posted anyway.
J
KMAC!
KMAC, shutterbug about town, documenting breaking news!
Still not regretting my exit from Boston, especially this winter. But I love you all, especially KMAC! Pulling for you!
Correction!
My friend at work took the photo and asked me to tweet it (I was there though.) I have sent a correction in to Adam. But thanks for your shoutout and support! Boston misses you!
Perhaps the owners should
Perhaps the owners should employ Boston's method of ice removal. In response to my recent snow removal request on a street near my house via Citizens Connect they marked the case as "resolved" stating "PWD is not doing snow removal at this time."
So it's simply a matter of stating "The property owner is not doing snow removal at this time." If your car happens to be hit by an icicle or the road is too narrow for two cars to pass each other in oncoming traffic wait until spring.
Which street anon?
Which street anon?
The incident that happened in
The incident that happened in Charlestown this morning occurred just moments before I came out of the Y. The cop told me to watch for falling snow. Luckily no one was hurt. Falling ice and snow is very dangerous. Almost got knocked out with falling ice off of one of the buildings in the Navy Yard last week!