What a story rvpiano. I'm so glad you were able to get things back in order and that all seems to be well now. I can't emphasis enough having excellent insurance and having your expensive items documented somehow.
When I was younger I came home one day to see fire trucks lining the road in front of our home. It was a complete loss. The only things I had left were the clothing I was wearing and the few items that were in my car. Everything else was gone. To file a claim we had to sit down and list all of the things we had that were in the home. What a task! For years afterward I would find myself saying, "Hey whatever happened to.....oh yeah it was burned up in the fire". It is a terrible thing to have to start over from scratch.
When I was younger I came home one day to see fire trucks lining the road in front of our home. It was a complete loss. The only things I had left were the clothing I was wearing and the few items that were in my car. Everything else was gone. To file a claim we had to sit down and list all of the things we had that were in the home. What a task! For years afterward I would find myself saying, "Hey whatever happened to.....oh yeah it was burned up in the fire". It is a terrible thing to have to start over from scratch.