Amusement rides, antique cars damaged in NH fire.

[RailRider]

Amusement Rides, Antique Cars Damaged in Fire

This is why insurance is important.

[violakat03]

That really frightens me. If they don't have insurance on their rides, what else do they not have...?

[Coney Islander]

Fireballs are real?!! I thought they were impossible and were just Pokemon attacks

[chippewa&idora4ever]

ugh, that is so wrong

[The Interpreter]

That all being said, if the cars HAD been insured, all the owners would receive is money. Money can't replace things like that, though it is better than nothing. And, it appears no one was killed. But a man with third degree burns transporting himself to the hospital, if needed? Sheesh. Did no one contemplate the gentleman may have been in shock? Plus, if he was a worker, worker's comp would nearly demand he be transported at once, as would common sense.

[CoastersRZ]

Yeah. I found that a little quizzical. I mean, third degree burns are pretty serious, and he had to be in some discomfort or pain! I mean, third degree burns are when the skin is actually peeling off, and surely is not a nice sensation!

[The Interpreter]

I strongly suspect they meant first degree burns, which involve only a reddening of the skin without blistering. It is a common error...no one, hopefully, would allow a person with third degree burns to transport himself to the hospital. It would be assumed the patient was in shock.

[windshawne]

You'd be surprised. I worked with a farmer that got his arms caught in a combine-he was "degloved" (skinned) down both arms. He refused to go to the hospital. He recovered.

I would worry about infection with burns like that. My ex brother in law did something similar-he had a mishap in his house, by lighting a match with an unknown gas leak-created a fireball, and burned himself good. The rides would be the least worry. Like one of my current bosses says-we can replace anything in the park, but we can't replace YOU. Most employers forget that-they are worried about the bottom line.

[skaterboy22101]

That really frightens me. If they don't have insurance on their rides, what else do they not have...?

yea. first they dont get insurance then they forhet to put in safty restrants.....

[The Interpreter]

Wow. Talk about jumping to conclusions. The article states the cars were not insured...it says nothing about whether the amusement rides were insured or not. And fire insurance isn't liability insurance, not to mention that states and localities inspect rides that operate for the public.

[gigacoaster2k]

yea. first they dont get insurance then they forhet to put in safty restrants.....

The article says NOTHING about forgetting to put safety restraints on the rides..

[windshawne]

Yeah. I found that a little quizzical. I mean, third degree burns are pretty serious, and he had to be in some discomfort or pain! I mean, third degree burns are when the skin is actually peeling off, and surely is not a nice sensation!

I've had second degree burns before, and that is excruciating. I have heard (dunno if true) that third degree burns destroy the nerve endings and there is not much sensation at that point. It's the surrounding second degree that is bad pain wise.

[KI-ORIG-EMP]

I used to watch way to many cowboy movies and decided to make a campfire - in our storage shed. Let me say I received one heck of a 3rd degree burn on my lower leg. As a five year old, I would go out and play as if nothning had happen until the time to go to the doctor. Then all that pain hit me. It was so black and the bandage stuck to the wound. I never endured so much pain and my mother almost fainted from the sight of it. I was lucky I was wearing shorts or my entire body would had been burnt.

[RailRider]

Yeah. I found that a little quizzical. I mean, third degree burns are pretty serious, and he had to be in some discomfort or pain! I mean, third degree burns are when the skin is actually peeling off, and surely is not a nice sensation!

I've had second degree burns before, and that is excruciating. I have heard (dunno if true) that third degree burns destroy the nerve endings and there is not much sensation at that point. It's the surrounding second degree that is bad pain wise.

I have heard the same as well. That the nerve endings are almost non existent at that point. My mother in law works the ER and says that somebody with 3rd degree burns is heavily sedated so as not to go in to shock of what they see, but no real pain exists, but that 2nd degree burns are very painfully because the nerve endenings are still in tact.

[violakat03]

Wow. Talk about jumping to conclusions. The article states the cars were not insured...it says nothing about whether the amusement rides were insured or not. And fire insurance isn't liability insurance, not to mention that states and localities inspect rides that operate for the public.

I know by law they are required to carry liability insurance to operate the rides ... I'm talking about all the other little stuff that would concern me ... like how good is the training the operators recieve (or how well do they pay attention), how carefully are they transported and set up...

It just brings up a lot of questions that I'd rather not have about a company that operates something that could easily kill you with a little bit of neglect. If they neglect one area (in this case, the protection of their assets), what else are they neglecting?

[The Interpreter]

Again jumping to conclusions. We don't know that the rides were actually in usable condition, we don't know they were being operated at any time in recent memory, we don't know the cost of insurance, we don't know the value of the rides...Most important of all, we don't even know if the rides were uninsured. We know only that the antique cars were uninsured!!!!

How many people drive fully insured (liability wise) cars and choose not carry collision coverage that covers their own vehicle in an at fault accident? The answer is very, very many. Are you telling me that if those people chose to make what was for them a prudent financial decision that they are not properly feeding their kids or pets? That logic would be very similar.

Separately, see also:

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?he...ab-f55647b4368b