RedSnapper Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1406364666265021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 i was caught by that wave..... one dead camera one big insurance claim km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gervais Montacute Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 That was a big one Keith! What camera and how much? And I'm guessing that is Aberystwyth sea front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I seem to remember Martin Parr used a Nikonos for his Bad Weather series. May have been photographer's equivalent of urban myth of course. Hope you have enough back up. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I used to have a Nikonos for bad weather. But it didn't get much use once I settled into doing travel marketing; bad weather is not a subject travel clients desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 ....and keeping it in the family - CMKN2N - (today's live news) is my son's car after a discussion with a tree near our home - the conversation went something like this " Hi Dad, do you want a good set on a car beaten up by a tree.....well, there is one just down the road - and could you bring a Land Rover and winch......." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Tried to find CMKN2N, Not there?? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 i was caught by that wave..... one dead camera one big insurance claim km Hi Keith were you one of the three people I could see in that clip? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidC Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Allan, could not find it by a ref no search - strange - it is there...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 D4 trashed plenty of backups full replacement insurance too done 3 jobs since that inciodent onwards km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Lost my first proper camera to a wave. Pentax ME, insurance paid for an ME Super. Can't compete on the size of the wave though, that looked to have been a whopper! You're lucky to be around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyMelbourne Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Same for me. I dropped a ME Super in the sea off the Falklands somewhere. That was a very big wave. No insurance in those days just a good lesson in that always put the strap around your neck. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Convery Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 The story has made the BBC site. I hope you get paid for the words as well as the picture. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-24801060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 i'll get something........ i'm good at marketing... km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 We could have used you in NYC last year, Keith, to cover Sandy, the worst hurricane that ever hit this city. Me? I was home wrapped in a down comforter, and then without electricity for five days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 We could have used you in NYC last year, Keith, to cover Sandy, the worst hurricane that ever hit this city. Me? I was home wrapped in a down comforter, and then without electricity for five days. Do you get compensation for loss of power in the states? In England some people without power for that length of time are getting around £250 ($375 approx). Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julesimages Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Great photos Keith. I was wondering how you protected yourself and gear in those storms. The salt water must play havoc. I don't have any experience of that in Cambridgeshire (if I do post similar images from here....be worried...very worried!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Great photos Keith. I was wondering how you protected yourself and gear in those storms. The salt water must play havoc. I don't have any experience of that in Cambridgeshire (if I do post similar images from here....be worried...very worried!) Please don't frighten an old man like that. Allan (Cambridge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pearl Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Just seen KM on BBC Wales today. The storm has made a mess of the seafront as well as his camera. Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ed Rooney Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 We could have used you in NYC last year, Keith, to cover Sandy, the worst hurricane that ever hit this city. Me? I was home wrapped in a down comforter, and then without electricity for five days. Do you get compensation for loss of power in the states? In England some people without power for that length of time are getting around £250 ($375 approx). Allan Good question, Allan. But I don't know that there is one answer. I try not to interact with The System, if possible, and my discomforts were minor compared with those who lost homes and businesses on the shoreline. Those people certainly got help from state and federal in addition to their insurance. The recovery is still ongoing. Since I settled here in Lower Manhattan, after coming back from Oxfordshire, I've experienced three different blackouts. The 5 days with Sandy was the shortest. Most everything downtown was closed, but a couple of Aussis set up a generator in their bar near me and grilled burgers and poured beer. God bless our new New Yorkers from Down Under. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 If you want to see the wave that got me...http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/video-watch-moment-freak-wave-6268805 km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 We could have used you in NYC last year, Keith, to cover Sandy, the worst hurricane that ever hit this city. Me? I was home wrapped in a down comforter, and then without electricity for five days. Do you get compensation for loss of power in the states? In England some people without power for that length of time are getting around £250 ($375 approx). Allan Good question, Allan. But I don't know that there is one answer. I try not to interact with The System, if possible, and my discomforts were minor compared with those who lost homes and businesses on the shoreline. Those people certainly got help from state and federal in addition to their insurance. The recovery is still ongoing. Since I settled here in Lower Manhattan, after coming back from Oxfordshire, I've experienced three different blackouts. The 5 days with Sandy was the shortest. Most everything downtown was closed, but a couple of Aussis set up a generator in their bar near me and grilled burgers and poured beer. God bless our new New Yorkers from Down Under. I understand what you are saying Ed but Iam afraid I did not make myself clear. The power companies in the UK have a contractural obligation to keep the power on to homes and businesses at all times. When this fails (even for acts of God) and the power is off over a certain length of time then the power companies are obliged to offer compensation to their customers on a sliding scale (upwards) depending on how long they were without power. Generally this compensation is offered even if a customer has not applied for it. So why not look at your power supply companies contract to see if there is a compensation clause in there? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCat Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 I think we just got a subtraction of charges for those 5 days. Also the same for cable. I could be wrong but actually am not interested in collecting anything more. It was so hard for everyone--even the companies themselves. They had to replace and repair a lot of equipment. Those of us not in the flood zone really had an easy time of it. There are people who are still homeless. Very sad. Paulette Edit: A friend of mine did get $$$$ from her home insurance policy for spoiled food. My fridge wasn't full enough to warrant anything like that. Anyway, I was eating the food before it would spoil. In my building we were putting some things like milk on the windowsill. We had to be careful to put food in squirrel-proof containers. I saw a squirrel in a tree eating what looked like a piece of pizza. Should have grabbed my camera, but didn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 If you want to see the wave that got me... http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/video-watch-moment-freak-wave-6268805 km Whoa. I didn't realize you were in danger. I didn't mean to make light of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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