So glad you're safe and being supported.
Be well.
Thanks everyone for the well wishes.
I truly appreciate it.
The power was out today, but spent most of the day trying to get my stuff out of that apartment and deal with the car.
My company is picking up the tab though for the little bit of stuff that was damaged by the flooding.
The first picture is from today when I went back there. The entry way into the apartment, also doubles as a dining room.
The second picture is from last night. My apartment is a ground floor unit on Dover Beach. I was standing on an upstairs patio trying to locate a hotel. You can see the entire drive way is flooded. The water was around 3-4 feet deep and had the patio and my car tires completely underwater.
https://ibb.co/m7nqrp
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I truly appreciate it.
The power was out today, but spent most of the day trying to get my stuff out of that apartment and deal with the car.
My company is picking up the tab though for the little bit of stuff that was damaged by the flooding.
The first picture is from today when I went back there. The entry way into the apartment, also doubles as a dining room.
The second picture is from last night. My apartment is a ground floor unit on Dover Beach. I was standing on an upstairs patio trying to locate a hotel. You can see the entire drive way is flooded. The water was around 3-4 feet deep and had the patio and my car tires completely underwater.
https://ibb.co/m7nqrp
https://ibb.co/kuUOcU
@Shadowfactor wrote:
I’m currently in Barbados for work.
The island is currently being hammered by Tropical storm Kirk.
This evening around 6 pm. The island started to get torrential downpours and it quickly flooded my apartment with over 3 feet of water in under 30 minutes. When I opened the door even more flowed in.
I go outside and the water is knee high on the streets. I can’t even get into my car because the water has risen above the bottoms of the doors.
I immediately start calling hotels around the area and everyone is booked already that’s within walking distance.
I’m down here all alone for work so I don’t really know many people to call. I called Amex to see if they could locate and secure a hotel room for me within walking distance. I explained to them that, I was all alone in a foreign country and the place I was staying was completely flooded and I couldn’t access my car either.
10 minutes later. I get a call back from Amex card services management team. They located a hotel for me and secured it.
I asked them what card it was put on since I never got an alert. The guy told me not to worry about it and to make sure I got to safety as quickly as possible. I’m not sure what he meant by that.
After I got checked into the hotel. A different representative from Member services called and asked me if I was safe and needed anything at all. Cash, passport replaced etc. If I needed anything to please call back and they would do their best to assist me.
I was told that they would be waiving all cash advance fees on my card for the next 7 days.
If it wasn’t for Amex this evening getting me a room at a hotel that I had previously called and was told was sold out. I really don’t know where I would be right now.
The roads are so flooded that there would have been no way for me to drive even if I could have gotten my car started.
Luckily I’m safe now, but this is a mess.
Amex really went above and beyond this evening. I have to say. I will be making some phone calls to the EO office to try to get those guys some kind of bonus
Wow Thats very Caring of AMEX Much Love for them going to the stars and Beyond to make sure you were Safe! I pray that you are Safe
@Shadowfactor glad to hear that you are safe and thank you for sharing this. Truly amazing service and I assume they've retained a customer for life?
Amex was already my favorite lender, but this sealed the deal. I already planned on being a life long Amex customer.
Now if only their cards were as widely accepted overseas.
Now if only their cards were as widely accepted overseas.