http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/11/20/harvey.home.destroyed.wave

The sheriff really trips me out.

11/20/2008 3:59:48 PM

yeah he's a real cock about it for no good reason, either

11/20/2008 4:03:02 PM

that's pretty damned pitiful for a lot of reasons

11/20/2008 4:04:34 PM

lolololololololololololololololol

Paying some random non-insured moving company $200 to move your house? GENIUS!!

11/20/2008 4:04:40 PM

yeah, because she clearly had a choice in the matter

11/20/2008 4:05:20 PM

I'm sure she had plenty of choices, actually.

11/20/2008 4:07:42 PM

That sheriff don't take no guff

He looks like he's been on hillbilly heroin

11/20/2008 4:08:12 PM

did you figure that out before of after you discovered she lived in a house on wheels

because that's some fine investigation either way

11/20/2008 4:09:06 PM

"Now Francis, her boyfriend, her children and six others who were living there don't know where they'll spend thanksgiving."

11/20/2008 4:09:11 PM

^ her four (children)

11/20/2008 4:11:22 PM

12 people in one mobile home. There is no way drugs were not involved.

11/20/2008 4:14:14 PM

is this the part where we start talking about who deserved what

11/20/2008 4:16:05 PM

"We already got the turkey and everything, it's in the kitchen (points at pile of debris)"

11/20/2008 4:16:17 PM

Were they trying to move it using a Ford Explorer and a trailer?

11/20/2008 4:19:53 PM

where did they all sleep? Well, I guess you don't really need to sleep when you're doing meth all the time.

11/20/2008 4:21:24 PM

If I had 7 adults living in my trailer you better believe I'd be pulling at least $1400 a month in rental income.

FREE MONEY
::Raise The Roof::

11/20/2008 4:23:51 PM

Maybe she could afford it if she didn't have 12 people living in her house. Oh, and I got to see what kind of people give their kids Bratz dolls.

11/20/2008 4:29:12 PM

you have but to go to the garage section to witness this

11/20/2008 4:32:07 PM

Here is the actual news article for those that don't want to watch the video, nothing new or different from the video though: http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=9383034&nav=menu31_2

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"CARLISLE, KY (WAVE) - A Kentucky family is in disbelief after their home was destroyed because of an order given by a county sheriff. It is something so unbelievable that WAVE 3's Scott Harvey and photographer Nick Goldring made the two-hour drive to see if it was true. Frances Barton thought things were getting better. "I bought some land, beautiful land, to give my children a better life," said Barton. Friday, she was having her mobile home moved when the trailer broke. That left it stranded in the mud, partially blocking U.S. 68 in Carlisle. "They paid somebody $200 and that is what you get for $200," said Nicholas County Sheriff Dick Garrett. "We are poor people. We don't have a lot of money," said Barton. "We live paycheck to paycheck. What was I supposed to do? I trusted those people." Nine hours and several failed rescue attempts later, Garrett said he had no other option. "I've got cars going by saying you dumb bunch of hillbillies and people cussing at me, because they were stopped in traffic," said Garrett. "We've tried everything that I know to try. We are going to take two farm tractors with buckets on them and we are going to try and scoot it off of the road." It turns out that did not work either. "When it went to slide, it went up and when it went up, it went over," said f Garrett. "Yeah it was a mobile home, but it was my mobile home," said Barton. "This was something that we worked for." Barton's home rolled over into a ditch, destroying it and everything inside. "I can understand that they think that my home is junk, but it's not," said Barton. "My daughter hasn't been to school in three days, because I didn't have anything to send her in. I couldn't explain it to her." Now Barton, her boyfriend, her four kids, and six others who were living in the home don't know where they will spend Thanksgiving or the rest of the holidays. "We already had the turkey and everything. It's in the kitchen," said Barton. "I don't even know how I'm going to buy Christmas for my own children, when they don't even have a home to sleep in." But Barton does not have time to think about it. The sheriff told her if she does not get the mess cleaned up, she will face a hefty fine. "In ten days," said Barton. "I don't have any money. I don't even have a home." "If they would have gotten a reputable moving company, that had insurance and knew what they were doing, you wouldn't be here and we wouldn't be having this conversation," said Garrett. "I had to do what I was elected to do and what I thought was in the best interest of my community." Barton and her family did receive help from the local Red Cross, putting them in a hotel for three nights. But now Barton says she doesn't have anywhere else to turn. "I don't know where to go, where to begin, where to start," sobbed Barton. "I just know they ruined my life. Ruined my life." Barton says she is considering filing a lawsuit against the Nicholas County Sheriff's Department. AddThis Social Bookmark Button"

11/20/2008 4:44:48 PM

Quote :

"A Kentucky family is in disbelief after their home was destroyed because of an order given by a county sheriff."

Quote :

"Nine hours and several failed rescue attempts later, Garrett said he had no other option. "

The thing sat on the highway for 9 hours. I'd be willing to bet she pretty much stood back and waited for someone else to do something about it. Unfortunately this is the result of her inaction. If she had some sort of plan to get it off the road I'm sure the sheriff would have waited, but I bet she just sat there and acted as helpless as she did in the video.

[Edited on November 20, 2008 at 4:53 PM. Reason : l]

11/20/2008 4:53:08 PM

Another article with a few more details: http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/597604.html

Quote :

"Barton, who helps manage the mobile park where she lived, paid for her home with a settlement from an automobile accident. It's the first home she's owned by herself. She said she thought the man she hired to move her home knew what he was doing. Chris "Pancake" Meyers told her, she said, that he had more than 13 years' experience in hauling things and that he had the proper permits and insurance for the move. (She didn't ask to see proof of insurance or a permit, she said. Meyers could not be reached for comment Tuesday by the Herald-Leader.) About 1½ miles into the move, the tires popped off. Sheriff Garrett said he's heard that somebody warned the group the tires would be loose and they should stop the move. He said Barton insisted on going ahead. "

11/20/2008 4:58:19 PM

I put this on the same level as gambling with your whole life's fortune and losing. I have zero sympathy.

She didnt HAVE to move it until she had more money for a proper moving company. She decided to take the risk and go the cheap way out.

11/20/2008 5:01:32 PM

exactly.

11/20/2008 5:02:20 PM

you guys and your lack of sympathy are so tuff

11/20/2008 5:06:21 PM

I sympathize with the 8 kids in teh house that have retarded parents.

11/20/2008 5:07:13 PM

I wanna get back to the 6 people living in addition to her and her bf and kids...

Seems like it should be pretty trivial to rake together $1000 in rent between 12 people for an equivalent or better house.

I do think the sheriff should have given more time, and the guy moving that should have been able to figure something out.

That really sucks...

but $1k/4 = $250
Minumum wage = $6.55 now?

250/$6.55 = 38.16 hours so working full time at a minimum wage job that's only 1/4 your monthly income... "Living off a car insurance settlement" says something



[Edited on November 20, 2008 at 5:21 PM. Reason : heh, just like my HW I forgot to replace all my variables]

11/20/2008 5:11:46 PM

true she should have waited to move the thing, but to have zero sympathy about what happened? sounds like we've got some heartless assholes around here. no one deserves that kind of bad luck, even if it was the result of a poor decision.

11/20/2008 5:12:49 PM

Quote :

"true she should have waited to move the thing, but to have zero sympathy about what happened? sounds like we've got some heartless assholes around here. no one deserves that kind of bad luck, even if it was the result of a poor decision."

Unfortunately this is tww. 90% of people on here are heartless.

11/20/2008 5:13:45 PM

wait wait wait... the minimum wage is 7.25?

is that just the federal recommendation??

11/20/2008 5:17:50 PM

According to the last article, only four of them are adults.

And my sympathy is with the children as well.

11/20/2008 5:18:32 PM

July 24th next year it goes to $7.25

I misread when I looked it up...

I was surprised b/c last time I worked an hourly job it was $5.15

11/20/2008 5:19:04 PM

ohhhh. yea i was gonna say i think it is like 6 something now.

but yea. word.

11/20/2008 5:20:24 PM

sheriff dick:

11/20/2008 5:50:19 PM

damn thats pitiful maybe somebody will buy that lady a new mobile home

11/20/2008 6:51:27 PM

i'm sure after this video makes the rounds, she'll get a hook up

CHARITY TO THE RESCUE

[Edited on November 20, 2008 at 7:14 PM. Reason : aka SURPRISE WELFARE]

11/20/2008 7:11:40 PM

I read the article and I'm suspicious. Mobile homes lose their value really fast. After a few years, they're pretty much considered junk. And this woman is gonna get so paid now.

11/20/2008 8:16:53 PM

for the late night crew

11/21/2008 12:03:34 AM

kind of a dick move by the sheriff though. while the woman sounds like a tard, it seems like the sheriff deserves a swift kick in the balls.


some attorney will end up suing on her behalf though.

11/21/2008 12:48:11 AM

11/21/2008 12:59:03 AM

shes own land

land dammit!

11/21/2008 1:03:40 AM

I used to hear about mobile homes for $free-$500 all the time. Mostly people who were building and wanted someone to come haul the thing off the $300k property that they had just bought. Of course, that is a case where timing is everything. Market value and replacement value can be very different since there is probably not another $500 mobile home in the area for her to pick up.

11/21/2008 1:08:36 AM

It's not like the sheriff said to go destroy the trailer, it just happened to get destroyed while they were trying to move it from the road. The lady was obviously not going to do anything to fix the situation. Hell she is complaining about having to pick up the mess, saying she can't afford to HIRE someone to do it. She needs to start taking some more responsibility, and not expecting everyone else to come in a fix stuff for her.

11/21/2008 8:53:35 AM

This shit is fucked up.

11/21/2008 9:54:52 AM

Next on Real Wives of Nicholas County . . .

11/21/2008 10:10:04 AM

I'll admit it, I laughed a lot. But I still feel bad for the lady

11/21/2008 10:24:58 AM