Hello fellow Kossacks. I am so mortified to have to write this request for help, but we donât know what else to do. 😰
Otteray Scribeâs granddaughter, Kossack âBurns Lassâ, has been visiting with us here, from NC, to help us with tasks we old folks just canât manage anymore by our ourselves. Having her very able-bodied self here has been like assisted-living. Very helpful, and giving us both a stress-break.
Until the early morning hours of yesterday, Thursday, when a storm came through. The high winds caused a large branch to fall from one of our oak trees, onto Burns Lassâs Toyota Camry, denting her roof, and shattering her windshield. 😱🫣
Oh dear. The car is not drivable with the smashed windshield. Then we found out her car insurance (Geico) wonât cover a replacement windshield since she doesnât have âcomprehensiveâ coverage. Dammit. 😖
We tried to get our homeownerâs insurance to cover the âproperty damage to others,â especially as this was an âact of God,â a branch falling from a healthy tree. Our insurance said our deductible would be $1200. Really?!
Burns Lass desperately needs her car to get back to work in NC. She works in admin at a very popular NC state park, which is inundated with visitors this time of year. She should be at work today, after taking three days off to come to help us. But her car is not drivable with this glass damage.
We have Safelite coming at 3:30 today to replace the windshield. Fingers crossed that they do a good job. 🤞🏽 Theyâve quoted us the price of $500.00, for a not-OEM windshield replacement, including new wipers.
The problem is, Burns Lass doesnât have the funds (NC pays their state park admins very low wages 🙄😠). We feel responsible to pay for this for her, but we canât afford it, either. 😰
We feel so bad about this happening to her car. Like, no good deed goes unpunished. 😬 She took off time from work to come over to us in TN to help her grandfather, who is increasingly disabled these days, due to post-polio syndrome, weâve lately found out. (Hits people after age 65, especially if they had severe polio before age 12. Polio raises its ugly head again decades later in life. 😓) She has helped with house cleaning, laundry, grocery shopping, just keeping his spirits up with her charming company. And now this is her thanks for it. 😢
If anyone feels inclined to help us with this unexpected, urgent expense, it will be deeply appreciated. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
PayPal is Covered! Thank you all so much!! 🙏🏽
Iâm sorry to have to ask for this help. I wouldnât if it was just for us. 🥺
Thank you for reading. 🦋🌻🐈
Sockpuppet and OS
UPDATE:
Thank you so much, Kossack Community! Itâs kinda breathtaking how fast we got this need covered! Such sweet, caring, generous Community here!
This is such a relief for our Burns Lass. Now we can all breathe easier and get this repair done today. Wish we could keep her here longer, but she has to get back to work! 2.5 hour drive for her through twisty mountain roads. With the extra weâve got, she can buy a tank of gas! {{{Thank you}}}, DKos! 🥰🥰😍🙏🏽🙏🏽🌻🌻🌈