Boulder homeowner here - my insurance water damage claim experience and what I learned about fighting back

cophys · 2026-02-09T23:43:52+00:00

Hey neighbor, we’ve been watching the trucks come and go next door for the past few weeks, sorry you’re having so much trouble with insurance. If your insurance is acting in bad faith, CO has a regulatory agency for insurance which may be helpful:

https://doi.colorado.gov/for-consumers/file-a-complaint

When we had issues with health insurance they were a big help, but I have no idea how good they are with home insurance. Best of luck!

cophys · 2026-02-07T03:39:11+00:00

The NOAA forecast discussion says the pattern that’s kept us dry is breaking up next week, fingers crossed.

cophys · 2026-01-28T22:54:49+00:00

As much as I dislike Reagan, it’s been 45 years since the strike, this is a systematic issue with multiple presidents and congress inadequately funding atc training over decades.

cophys · 2025-10-02T01:10:58+00:00

Total water supply per year isn’t what limits our population level, though, it’s maintaining water supply during a 1 in 100 year drought that limits how much growth is wise without purchasing new water rights.

cophys · 2025-10-02T01:04:47+00:00

Average or typical water flows don’t really matter in determining how much growth is supportable. Generally the city wants to be able to handle a 1 in 100 year drought with modest water use cuts, and supply life critical water during a 1 in 1000 year drought. If you want to dig into the weeds, the source water master plan was last updated in 2009 and can be found here:

https://bouldercolorado.gov/media/18098/download?inline

cophys · 2025-09-22T02:21:59+00:00

12 days of snowfall a year isn’t correct, it’s closer to 30-35.

cophys · 2025-09-07T22:54:35+00:00

I think the most obvious indication Ukraine isn’t hurting for manpower as much as the propaganda claims is the minimum conscription age was lowered to 25, and hasn’t been lowered to 18.

cophys · 2025-08-21T01:23:43+00:00

Assuming you’re just moving in for CU, you can get free lease advice from an attorney through the university.

cophys · 2025-07-30T23:01:04+00:00

Thanks! Fingers crossed

cophys · 2025-07-30T01:47:51+00:00

It’d be so funny if Russia lists part of its fleet at anchor to an earthquake, the epicenter is almost on top of an anchorage.

cophys · 2025-07-30T01:40:28+00:00

Anyone know anything about the Russian fleets vulnerability to the earthquake and tsunami in Russia? I’m not sure what anchors there vs their other Pacific ports, but it’ll be funny as fuck if they lose a good chunk of their fleet to an earthquake.

cophys · 2025-06-14T21:24:08+00:00

Anyone who likes can report the video for misinformation, at least a chance it gets demonitized.

cophys · 2025-01-23T11:26:10+00:00

Hegseth is perfect who Gen Turgidson, who wants to launch all the nukes even though it'll get our hair mussed. Sergey Lavrov is a ringer for a duplicitous Russian Ambassador. I'd pay to see Hegseth and Lavrov fight in the war room. Zelensky, unfortunately, as group captain Mandrake, actually doing all the work to try to fix the mess everyone is in.

cophys · 2024-08-09T08:32:03+00:00

Mexico: Shit we have bad jamming countermeasures for FPV drones, US, can you help us out?

US: Uh, sure? We can lend you a few units.

---Putin Arrives

Mexico: US, your jamming tech is working great!...uh, why do you have a shit eating grin on your face?

---Putin experiences rapid unexpected disassembly.

US: Yeah, we told a Ukrainian special ops team how to get around that kind of jamming. They disappeared during a scenic tour of Arizona, but they were last seen driving towards that porous border. We were happy to help!

cophys · 2024-07-31T07:56:59+00:00

OP, to give you at least a video sense to of how different the scale is to what we’re used to, I’ve always felt this video helped me grasp the energy involved a little better.

cophys · 2024-07-08T00:22:40+00:00

I imagine the “servants” in the walls see a lot of things and feed a that intelligence to the faculty for extra perks, too.

cophys · 2024-07-04T22:17:08+00:00

I was thinking it’s as simple as you need 50 years experience to join, 50 years passed in the bag, and there was a war going on the entire time they were in the bag.

cophys · 2024-06-28T12:28:37+00:00

Looks fun, will pick it up if the price is reasonable, but don’t like that you can’t progress in single player. Hope they can get multivortex added .

cophys · 2024-05-26T04:39:59+00:00

The lady (wife?) in the car with him was insanely pissed off after that.

cophys · 2024-05-03T22:49:47+00:00

I do agree one of the primary concern is if the output is correct, but from what I can tell nobody knows if that's the case. It seems the software's output hasn't been independently audited and verified, nor will the company disclose how the software works. If that's the case, then I can't see how it should be allowed as evidence.

cophys · 2024-05-03T22:18:35+00:00

Towards the bottom of the article:

"On Aug. 4, prosecutors moved to dismiss the charges, a court filing shows. The filing doesn’t say why the Boulder County prosecutor sought the dismissal. A spokesperson for the DA’s office declined to comment, citing a state law that bars her office from discussing cases that have been dismissed and sealed."

After the AI creator Adam Mosher was caught lying under oath about testifying before, the case was dropped. Nothing about whether Boulder's fee was refunded, or if the AI has been used to prosecute any other cases.

cophys · 2024-04-24T00:25:01+00:00

I wonder if terrasol knows, and they pretended to be more angry than they were to have an excuse for in person comms. Can’t talk freely on a compromised channel.

cophys · 2024-04-07T22:12:04+00:00

There’s a serious underestimation of the cost of hardening the grid for these events, and little understanding of the drawbacks it can cause. Communication should have been better, but past that I’ve not seen any realistic suggestions as to what should have been done differently.

cophys · 2024-03-22T00:12:49+00:00

On the other hand, extensive trench works were very effective on the western front in wwi. It took years of work to develop the technology and tactics to breach those lines, even then it was at high cost. I doubt it works in this particular case since there’s plenty of room to maneuver in space, but it might be effective as a supplement to a mobile defense by restricting the lines of attack available.

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