PJ Fan Mariann Brady loses home to fire

patrickredeyes · February 2008

pjtradeking wrote:

That is AWESOME!!

Figure I would pass along a Dallas 98, a Pink Borgata and a WPB 98 and a little $$...

If you do send a poster, put what you will send... this way we wont double up on anything...:)

I don't have much but it's something and thats better then nothing.

I will let you know for sure. By this weekend I hope to get what I have out.

Blredyellow · February 2008

Evil Closet:

"Though I'm not clear on why she needs $$$ if she is insured?"

Insurance doesn't cover everything. It'll barely cover the costs of them rebuilding their home.

pjtradeking · February 2008

patrickredeyes wrote:

I don't have much but it's something and thats better then nothing.

I will let you know for sure. By this weekend I hope to get what I have out.

Doesnt matter what it is...It is ALL appreciated!! The fact that you are willing is the coolest thing!!

Just found out that another kind soul is going to be sending me a 500 gig hard drive, so I will be putting at least every show from 2000 to now on it and sending her that as well!!

Westernsky · February 2008

So sad to hear about the fire, though its good to hear everyone is ok and doing well.

I will look around and see what old stuff I can find to make copies of and look for any extras (stickers & shirts). I'll get a little package out soon.

I have a fuzzy memories these days, but I think we met many tours ago and she was nice enough to share some much welcomed water on a very hot day.

einatshaul · February 2008

I'm sorry to hear about this and glad no lives were harmed, that's whats most important. Secondly, I could send over IIC (plus shirt) and ITTW if no one beat me to it, can have someone bring'em over to me from my house in Israel in April.

THis is just part of lifes trials.

albawild · February 2008

Mariann has done more for the PJ community than anyone can imagine.

As for insurance, if they will cover items like posters, it is for the purchase price ($20), not for the Ebay price she needs to pay to replace them.

Blredyellow · February 2008

albawild: great point. that's what we trying to get across in the original message to people.

thanks to everyone for helping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blredyellow · February 2008

http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2008/02/gaston_home_burns_when_nearest.html

patrickredeyes · February 2008

Can we get a sticky for this thread please.

Blredyellow · February 2008

agreed.

sticky please.

thank you!

Kel Varnsen · February 2008

albawild wrote:

As for insurance, if they will cover items like posters, it is for the purchase price ($20), not for the Ebay price she needs to pay to replace them.

Are you sure about that? A couple of years ago my parents garage flooded due to the crappy work of some contractors replacing the roofing. I had a bunch of collectibles stored in there like comic books and vinyl. For our policy we had to submit a list of everything that was damaged as well as its replacement value (for a bunch of stuff my dad just looked up ebay listings). For most of the stuff we were paid that (or a percentage of that if we wanted to keep the damaged stuff). My mom had a bunch of antique furniture and she was also paid the replacement value for it.

pjtradeking · February 2008

Kel Varnsen wrote:

Are you sure about that? A couple of years ago my parents garage flooded due to the crappy work of some contractors replacing the roofing. I had a bunch of collectibles stored in there like comic books and vinyl. For our policy we had to submit a list of everything that was damaged as well as its replacement value (for a bunch of stuff my dad just looked up ebay listings). For most of the stuff we were paid that (or a percentage of that if we wanted to keep the damaged stuff). My mom had a bunch of antique furniture and she was also paid the replacement value for it.

Just depends on what kind of insurance you have/had. Some policies will only pay up to a certain amount and some will pay replacement. But with posters and collectibles and things, it is all subjective and has limits to what they will and wont cover unless you had some sort of an adendem(sp) or specific policy to cover those types of items. Also depends on the company and what you have worked out. There is no way that she will ever be able to replace everything, but we can do our besy to try, right?

mariann · February 2008

dear friends
The outpouring of love and good wishes from the pearl jam community has left me in tears so many times over the past few days that people nearby think I’m crying for the ‘things’ we lost in the fire when I’m really crying for the joy of knowing I am so cared for and loved by all of you. I wish I could reach out and hug every one of you right now. My hope is that I’ll be able to do that someday in the near future in ten club lines or at concerts as Pearl Jam gets us all together again.
I’ve read so many positive comments online from people I’ve never met except through the internet, which is why my laptop was the first unnecessary thing I wanted, I needed, to replace. The Pearl Jam community is truly amazing and is very much part of my family.
We’re painfully learning the process of putting our lives back together. I’d like to address some concerns I’ve read. First off, yes, we have insurance on both our home and car that were destroyed. We thought (and still hope) we have enough coverage to rebuild. This is our home, the place we raised our children, know our neighbors, and love our lifestyle. We worked hard over the 21 years we lived here to make it just right for us, and hope we can recreate that someday. After spending the last 3 days with insurance people we have learned that when we tell them what was in the house, they will reimburse us for about half of their worth. It doesn’t matter how much coverage we have. They take things very much at face value: A pearl jam t-shirt is just a old t-shirt to them. Stickers are just stickers, vinyl is just a record,, cd’s are just cd’s, posters are just paper. None of them are “special” to them as they are to me and my family. Yes, we had a lot of pearl jam memories and memorabilia. Though Jim and I were the only ones living in our home at the time, there are 5 ten club members in our family that stored their valued possessions there while finding their place in the world. On the walls, surrounding pictures of our family, were posters of shows we’d been to, guitar pics we were fortunate enough to get, lol..even framed vinyl! I guess we’re obsessed.
I want to publicly thank our friends that started threads and the myspace page for me. They truly understand how I feel about the band and how much I miss the music already! My love goes out to all of you. I cannot begin to thank enough so many of you that are putting together music and video and other things so quickly. Wherever we end up during this process will feel a lot more like home, thanks to you! I love you all, so much!

mariann (aka rainman)

PureandEasy · February 2008

mariann wrote:

dear friends
The outpouring of love and good wishes from the pearl jam community has left me in tears so many times over the past few days that people nearby think I’m crying for the ‘things’ we lost in the fire when I’m really crying for the joy of knowing I am so cared for and loved by all of you. I wish I could reach out and hug every one of you right now. My hope is that I’ll be able to do that someday in the near future in ten club lines or at concerts as Pearl Jam gets us all together again.
I’ve read so many positive comments online from people I’ve never met except through the internet, which is why my laptop was the first unnecessary thing I wanted, I needed, to replace. The Pearl Jam community is truly amazing and is very much part of my family.
We’re painfully learning the process of putting our lives back together. I’d like to address some concerns I’ve read. First off, yes, we have insurance on both our home and car that were destroyed. We thought (and still hope) we have enough coverage to rebuild. This is our home, the place we raised our children, know our neighbors, and love our lifestyle. We worked hard over the 21 years we lived here to make it just right for us, and hope we can recreate that someday. After spending the last 3 days with insurance people we have learned that when we tell them what was in the house, they will reimburse us for about half of their worth. It doesn’t matter how much coverage we have. They take things very much at face value: A pearl jam t-shirt is just a old t-shirt to them. Stickers are just stickers, vinyl is just a record,, cd’s are just cd’s, posters are just paper. None of them are “special” to them as they are to me and my family. Yes, we had a lot of pearl jam memories and memorabilia. Though Jim and I were the only ones living in our home at the time, there are 5 ten club members in our family that stored their valued possessions there while finding their place in the world. On the walls, surrounding pictures of our family, were posters of shows we’d been to, guitar pics we were fortunate enough to get, lol..even framed vinyl! I guess we’re obsessed.
I want to publicly thank our friends that started threads and the myspace page for me. They truly understand how I feel about the band and how much I miss the music already! My love goes out to all of you. I cannot begin to thank enough so many of you that are putting together music and video and other things so quickly. Wherever we end up during this process will feel a lot more like home, thanks to you! I love you all, so much!

mariann (aka rainman)

May God bless you and your family.

I checked out some of my vinyl last night, I'll get it out to you soon. It's not much, but in situations like this, if many contribute just a little, it will add up quickly.

pjtradeking · February 2008

mariann wrote:

dear friends
The outpouring of love and good wishes from the pearl jam community has left me in tears so many times over the past few days that people nearby think I’m crying for the ‘things’ we lost in the fire when I’m really crying for the joy of knowing I am so cared for and loved by all of you. I wish I could reach out and hug every one of you right now. My hope is that I’ll be able to do that someday in the near future in ten club lines or at concerts as Pearl Jam gets us all together again.
I’ve read so many positive comments online from people I’ve never met except through the internet, which is why my laptop was the first unnecessary thing I wanted, I needed, to replace. The Pearl Jam community is truly amazing and is very much part of my family.
We’re painfully learning the process of putting our lives back together. I’d like to address some concerns I’ve read. First off, yes, we have insurance on both our home and car that were destroyed. We thought (and still hope) we have enough coverage to rebuild. This is our home, the place we raised our children, know our neighbors, and love our lifestyle. We worked hard over the 21 years we lived here to make it just right for us, and hope we can recreate that someday. After spending the last 3 days with insurance people we have learned that when we tell them what was in the house, they will reimburse us for about half of their worth. It doesn’t matter how much coverage we have. They take things very much at face value: A pearl jam t-shirt is just a old t-shirt to them. Stickers are just stickers, vinyl is just a record,, cd’s are just cd’s, posters are just paper. None of them are “special” to them as they are to me and my family. Yes, we had a lot of pearl jam memories and memorabilia. Though Jim and I were the only ones living in our home at the time, there are 5 ten club members in our family that stored their valued possessions there while finding their place in the world. On the walls, surrounding pictures of our family, were posters of shows we’d been to, guitar pics we were fortunate enough to get, lol..even framed vinyl! I guess we’re obsessed.
I want to publicly thank our friends that started threads and the myspace page for me. They truly understand how I feel about the band and how much I miss the music already! My love goes out to all of you. I cannot begin to thank enough so many of you that are putting together music and video and other things so quickly. Wherever we end up during this process will feel a lot more like home, thanks to you! I love you all, so much!

mariann (aka rainman)

Keep your head up, Mariann!! Talked to Doris last night and Bruce this morning, I think we are all on the same page now(or should I say that I am finally caught up!! haha) and should have something to you very soon!! Let me know when you get your cell up and going again, and I will call you then!! talk soon...much love to you and Jim!!

Scottie

Blredyellow · February 2008

Kel: Please read Mariann's note.

And while I understand the "why," your questioning "won't insurance cover everything" kind of misses the point of all of this. This is about us coming together and helping out a fellow longtime PJ fan who has contributed to this community in ways that many couldn't imagine. This isn't about money and it's not about "value." This is about friendship and love.

(And on the most simple, basic level, not everyone in the world has a ready-go-list of everything they owned to hand over to an insurance company. Especially if their house just burnt down. And even when insurance does help out, it won't cover everything, and a settlement check is going to take time to arrive.)

I'm sure any extras or duplicates or whatever will get passed around eventually. If you want to give and help, give and help. If not, don't. But please don't be cynical and please don't hurt the cause.

Gmoney · February 2008

ill be putting a care package together tonight...
i lost a lot of my stuff last year in a robbery, i can only imagine how much worse this must feel. most importantly i send my prayers and thoughts.

Lizard · February 2008

Wow--bless you and your family.

I made a special avocado blanket that i will send and I know if have stickers and maybe some posters to send......

NOTHINGFAN · February 2008

bump.

please everyone, anything would help. Mariann has done so much for this community, that a lot of people don't even realize what she's done.

Even if you have an extra Christmas single, it would help.

Thanks for everyone that has contributed.

We have all of the Pearl Jam bootlegs covered, so no need to start burning Pearl Jam bootlegs. Other band bootlegs would be appreciated.

Wobbie · February 2008

This is an awful thing that happened to some wonderful people. Sometimes, I almost can't believe the tradgedy in this world. I count my blessings and am grateful I have made it through (relatively) unscathed.

This story hits home on three levels for me:

I've been a fireman for 22 years.

I've been a huge PJ fan since Ten hit the airwaves.

and I collect, too (in my case, over $40k spent on mementos of some crappy baseball team).

I know how awful fires can be. Even though firemen sometimes get an adrenaline rush over running into fires, I always tell my guys to never forget how absolutely devastating they are for the homeowners. When we pick up our hoses and go home, the nightmare is just beginning for the victims. So, my heart goes out to Mariann and her family. Floods, fires, hurricanes and tornados - they're all terrible. On the positive side, it sounds like Mariann is the type of person who can get through something like this (with help from her many friends).

As far as collecting - I've asked myself a few times what I would do if my collection ever went up in smoke. The thought that some of my baseball "community" might help is heartwarming. And they probably would, now that I think of it.

Take care, Mariann. I know there's a lot of good vibes being sent your way. I believe in Karma (or at least, that what goes around comes around), so I'm pretty sure you'll get through this. It'll take time for sure but I bet you get that beautiful house rebuilt. I don't have any unique PJ stuff to send your way, so all I can do is send my best wishes and keep you in my thoughts. It sucks that this had to happen but I'm glad you've still got Jim and Max to get you through (and vice-versa).

PJ Fan Mariann Brady loses home to fire

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