Originally Posted by
penski
Sorry to hear what happened, losing my sewing machine would be like losing a friend
I can't imagine. I'd probably start moving all my sewing stuff to the higher floors as soon as I heard that we might get hit by the storm. (That, and any computers that are on the lower level/basement.) I'm grateful that we have an upstairs to move things to if that were to happen to me.
Actually, it did happen a few years back...floods were happening all over Poland and I started looking around our house and trying to see what I would move if they got any closer. Unlike tornadoes or earthquakes or tsunamis, which hit without warning, floods usually come gradually and in this day and age, there is a lot of news coverage with warnings. When I was in FL (my original home), I saw that many people just want to sit out the storm and hope it doesn't hit. I'm a lot more proactive and would make sure my most precious things are water proofed or covered or put in plastic, etc. so that if I came back to a home that is still standing, I'd have a more likely chance of coming back to something that was special to me.
The one lady offered a machine to this OP that according to sew.patternreview.com retailed for almost $3000 including embroidery. Wow. I'd say that was pretty nice. I could get used to such a machine in a heartbeat--even if I had had a favorite machine before.