jaylar
Any time you are uncertain about a historical event, a boast, or the path of a hurricane, don’t look to historical tomes or scientific data, follow the money. The money never lies.
When I was on the Parish Disaster Committee, watching for Hurricanes, I went to a site run by an Insurance company. An insurance company that Insured Yachts.
Those multi-million dollar yachts.
This is because it is the pocket of that Insurance Company that will be ravaged if the wrong information is given.
It is very important to the Insurance Company that they track a hurricane inch by inch so that they can tell yacht owners where to move their yachts. For if they mess up, and tell a guy that Port Royal is safe, and it isn’t, they can start counting out the money from now.
The ‘joke’ if there was one, is that my ‘seniors’ in the Office of Disaster Preparedness ignored me. In 2010 they ordered people to Shelters as ‘Hurricane Tomas’ approached and was to hit Jamaica!
I told them that it would not.
At midnight, when the storm was set to ‘hit’ I was on the beach, enjoying the breeze.
This is because the site I used, the site which insures yachts was adamant that the storm would go between Jamaica and Haiti and turn to the East… meaning Jamaica was not at risk.
I learned to follow the money way back when I read Othello. I couldn’t understand why people were scared of the Moor. So I checked Lloyd’s of London. They are an Insurance company, the first. They insured ships against piracy. In one seven year period they paid out on Five Hundred Ships.
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This means, if anyone has ever had to deal with an Insurance Company, that a lot more ships were captured by the Moors, (Corsairs) which Lloyd’s was able to worm out of paying for.
Any time you have a question about anything, find out whose pocket is effected.
Very true to follow the money. I missed this post!
This is real. I was sitting on the beach smoking a cigarette, told my crew that it wouldn’t hit, but because Gov. said it would….they spent the night manning empty shelters.
With the Moors they were very powerful
Following the money always leads to the motive doesn’t it?
It often reveals the truth or reality better than a history book. For money rules.
nicest post and idea!!!!!!!!!!!! money
thank you for reading and commenting on my post.
A very good idea!
My friend in Texas lived on Boatus so knew more than all the experts.
Great! Than I wouldn’t lost for sure.
The point is; who cares if a thousand people die….but the insurance company cares if A yacht has to be paid for.
I understand what you mean, but that’s how powerful the human transactional paradigm is.
Very interesting, follow the money? I’ll give that some thought from now on.
The money doesn’t lie…
Something to add to my collection of small talk topics
Thank you…
Thank you
Interesting post. Thanks for sharing Jaylar!