Communication Breakdown

enworb · January 30, 2013, 10:41:44 PM

Definitively give them a call Kel. Tell them you want to apply for the AGDRP. It will probably take a little while to go through it all and apply but the worst thing that can happen is your claim gets denied.

How long was the power out? You are eligable if: "your principal place of residence was without electricity, water, gas, sewage services or another essential service for a continuous period of 48 hours"

If you are able to leave your property what so ever, even if you were able to walk only 10 metres down the street then youre not eligable. Seems stupid i know but seeing as you were able to get out i doubt you qualify on those terms.

keldaw · January 31, 2013, 08:55:54 AM

TANKS GUYS , I WILL RING TODAY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS , our power was off from 12.30 lunch time sat till 4.30 am wednesday morning ,. a lot longer then 48 hours ..
also we still have to use the toilet and have showers so our septic tank and grey water tank overflowed , what a stink .. and my gen would only run the p/c , tv and 2 lights .and it soon used up my spare fuel i had for it and my mower , on monday morning we went to town to get more fuel and could not get any because the 2 garages we went to also had no power so we got no fuel and before that we could not leave the house because of the rain and the wind , and the tv and radio kept telling everybody not to get on the roads and stay at home.
because it was so dangerous so i think i have a legal claim ..
anyway i can try , and thanks for the help and info .. ,, kel ,,

Goldseeker · January 31, 2013, 10:55:24 AM

Hey Kel, what is the worst that they can say to you, "Sorry, you don't qualify". On the other hand, you might be surprised. Good luck.

enworb · January 31, 2013, 02:04:18 PM

You should get it seeing as your power was out for over 48 hours. So will anyone else living in your house.

Steveqld · January 31, 2013, 04:02:25 PM

Good luck, you can only ask. I think it comes down to whether your local Govt area was declared a disaster area.

enworb · January 31, 2013, 04:38:34 PM

Yes you would have to be in a suburb declared eligable for the payment. how did you get on Kel?

keldaw · January 31, 2013, 05:36:20 PM

Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7696' dateline='1359612514'Yes you would have to be in a suburb declared eligable for the payment. how did you get on Kel?

no good matt , we have to be flooded in so we could not get into town to get more food , but this time the road was not flooded deep enough to stop us from getting through .. ,, kel ,,

enworb · February 01, 2013, 07:10:18 AM

So you didnt get it even though your power was out for over 48 hours?

keldaw · February 01, 2013, 08:25:16 AM

Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7724' dateline='1359664818'So you didnt get it even though your power was out for over 48 hours?

out power went out at 12 .30 saturday lunch time and came back on at 4.30 am wednesday morning . sat to sun = 24 h
sun to mon =24 h mon to tue =24 h
tue to midnight +.30 =12 h midnight +.30 tue night to 4.30 am wed morning .. total .. 88 hours without power .
.is this the 21 century or not ?? we are still trying .. ,, kel ,,

enworb · February 01, 2013, 08:39:33 AM

During the 2010/2011 floods if power was out for more than 48 hours then someone was eligable for the payment. I would assume the rules are the same now. Hopefully you hve some luck and get it.

keldaw · February 01, 2013, 08:59:37 AM

Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7726' dateline='1359670173'During the 2010/2011 floods if power was out for more than 48 hours then someone was eligable for the payment. I would assume the rules are the same now. Hopefully you hve some luck and get it.

true matt , but in that flood we were blocked in and the road was flooded and we could not leave town , that is the difference we were told , they call it floodbound relieve payment and it is about $ 180.00 ea , but they told us we can not get it , it has to be what they call an designated disaster area , and we could have gotten out of town if we wanted to , but you could not really understand what the wind and rain was like , why would anybody want to leave home and go driving into town in them conditions i will never know and the radio also advised people to stay indoors and stay off the roads ,, kel ,,

enworb · February 01, 2013, 08:37:16 PM

So your suburb hasnt been declared eligible for the agdrp yet then?

keldaw · February 01, 2013, 08:40:32 PM

Quote from: 'enworb' pid='7774' dateline='1359713236'So your suburb hasnt been declared eligable for the agdrp yet then?

that is right matt , and it is a town on it,s own ,
and not a suburb ,, . ,, kel ,,

enworb · February 02, 2013, 08:00:16 AM

Bummer

keldaw · February 02, 2013, 11:52:41 AM

we are about 23 km,s from the first shopping centre and around 28

to the bigger shopping centre.

we went in to town last monday to get more petrol for the generator and they had no power to pump the petrol so we came back home empty , and had to use petrol out of my boat tank to get us through with the lights and tv . and p/c ..

in the old days , if there was no power because of a blackout then they could use a crank handle to pump the petrol for you.. ,, kel ,,