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Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies
Stef Willen works for the leading West Coast natural disaster company. Her thorough inventory of everything in a burned-down home or business helps owners receive fair settlements from their insurance company. She planned on doing it for a couple of months. Then a couple more. Then maybe long enough to write a book about it. Now it’s what she does, and she gets a decent paycheck if someone’s charred dwelling is at least 3,500 square feet. If they are a clinical hoarder, she doesn’t have to work for the rest of the month.
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September 21, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 19: I’m Here
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August 31, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 18: Nobody Cares About Chickens
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August 16, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 17: Wonderfully Ordinary
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July 21, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 16: Living Facility
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June 27, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 15: Inferno 6
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June 9, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 14: Bring It On, House Fire, Part Two
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May 20, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 13: Bring It On, House Fire, Part One
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May 4, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 12: In Steve’s Truck Again
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April 14, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 11: One In a Billion
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March 29, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 10: Laugh, Love, Smile
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March 9, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 9: The Balloon Bottom Epoch
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February 17, 2011Total Loss: A Column About Inventorying Other People’s Tragedies: Column 8: Paranormal Activity
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