The last couple days I have seen so many pictures of devastation. I woke up yesterday to read about the millions without power and all the homes, business and buildings that been destroyed and damaged during Superstorm Sandy has caused. While I have always dreamed of living on the east coast one day, these crazy storm stories make me want to take shelter and stay as far away as I can.
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During these times, there are so many people that don’t have any time of emergency fund. Having some sort of emergency fun is extremely important, especially when you have children that rely on your support.
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Yes, we had a sewage back up in our basement and had to replace the flooring and walls. It was disgusting!
Yes, we had plugged up kitchen sinks that began to back up in our tub. The good thing was not having to do dishes. LOL
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I’ve used it when my sump pump and my microwaved died in the same week.
I had to put on a new roof this summer – that’s something everyone who owns a home should be saving for!!
when our house flooded.
We have never had an emergency fund.
We had Hurricane damage from Issac and had plenty of damage. We had to put up a new Fence.
Sad to say that we don’t have an emergency fund. 🙁
We haven’t used our emergency fund yet.
To put a metal roof on our house.
We have never had a big one.
Fortunately we haven’t had to use emergency fund money.
Sseriously, that looks like my neighborhood!
yes, we did when my husband got sick and spent a few days at hospital
We recently used our emergency fund money to replace our dishwasher.
We have used our emergency fund for when our roof was leaking but we are slowly building it back up.
Yes, when our well tank broke this past summer and now after Hurricane Sandy, we need to clean up a number of trees.
Yes I needed to dip into my emergency fund when one of my cats got sick.
Thank you.
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Yes, we had to use our emergency fund when our boiler went out
Yes, I had to use my savings to pay a hospital bill from my MS. I have Medicare but there were still uncovered costs.
Car repair mostly
I don’t currently have an emergency fund, since the husband has been out of work, every time I try to start one the money gets spent on necessities.
When the last vestages of hurricane Sandy hit Northern NY, we lost power from late Monday night until early evening yesterday, thankful our neighbors let us use their computer and take a shower. We used some of our savings/emergency funds to eat dinner out since we couldn’t cook at home. Not much damage done- one of our sheds got the roof torn off, neighbor’s dog is missing.
I don’t have an emergency fund, and thankfully haven’t had to use one!
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Yes, we had electrical trouble this last month.
Yes we did, when my husband lost his job.
Yes, we had to dip into it a few years ago when our well pump went on Christmas Eve. Eeek!
The car broke down unexpectantly.
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Thankfully we have not had to use our emergency fund.
yes, we are always having to use savings for one reason or another!
No I dont even have an emergency card to be honest.
what emergency fund? just scraping by with no chance of creating one
No, never had an emergency fund. Every month is a struggle.
no, I haven’t! but we keep ours at a safe level regardless.
Yes unfortunately, when my husband lost his job last spring we had to use the fund. But I was very glad it was there, and now we are working to rebuild it once more!
We do not even have an emergency fund.
We have not had to use our emergency fund yet.
nope i haven’t
Yes I’ve had to use a lot of mine, when my car broke 🙂
We just had to use ours to fix our hot water tank.
Yes, for vet bills!
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yes car broke down and i had to use ti
Yes. My son’s clutch went out on his car.
It seems we are always dipping into our emergency fund. The last time was when our basement flooded.
well it’s not really set aside for emergency fund but yes we had to fix our car when a deer ran into my car when my son was driving it
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No our small emergency fund has not yet been used !!
Yes, just last month–my dog jumped the fence & was hit by a car. She needed surgery to stabilize her leg.
Yes, we had to put in a new Septic Tank.
The Car breaks down or the Dog gets sick. Thank you. Jerri Davis
I had to use my emergency fund when our car broke down.
I had an emergency fund that really came in handy when my kids both got sick on vacation.
I had to use my emergency fund to pay for a new computer in school.