"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2014-04-10 1:02 PM, KenK wrote:
>> "Julie Bove" > wrote in news:li5n55$2cl$1@dont-
>> email.me:
>>
>>> I don't think I could turn this in
>>> on my home owners policy because I don't have receipts for most things.
>>
>> On a verifiable outage like yours you might only need a list of stuff and
>> costs - no receipts. Worth a call to your agent.
>>
>>
>
> Household insurance usually has a deductible, and the deductible is
> probably greater than the value of food lost. If that is the only loss
> she may as well suck it up.
>
> When there were massive power outages in Toronto after the December ice
> storms the city arranged for food vouchers to help people who had lost
> food.

That could be. I placed an order on Amazon Fresh to replace stuff.
Amounted to around $150 but I did forget to order a few things. And I'm not
counting all the single slices of bread that were in there.