This isn't a classic Mimikama fact check, but the text is simply too good that we want to give it a stage again here.
This text appears countless times on Facebook. One of the most shared posts about this is this one from 2013 :
“You have to read it (I haven't laughed like that in a long time)!
A policyholder wrote this text to her insurance company.
She was asked to explain how the storm damage to her garden fence could have happened...
(the text caused great amusement at the insurance company).Ladies and Gentlemen!
They demand an explanation as to how my fence came to be destroyed by a storm.
After initially being at a loss as to what to write, I am still forced to answer in order to fulfill my obligations as a decent policyholder, I now duly state: “The sun warms the air differently around the world. Where it hits the Earth vertically (at the equator), it warms more than where it hits at an angle (North and South Poles). And it warms more strongly over land than over the sea. Warmed air expands and the air pressure becomes higher in these places (this is called “highs”). In cooler places the air pressure remains low (“lows”). The air tries to balance these pressure differences again: it flows from areas with high air pressure to areas with low air pressure - the greater the pressure differences, the faster the air moves.At 6 km/h, this is called wind. From 75 km/h this movement is called a storm, from 118 km/h it is called a hurricane. But the air is only that fast when there are extreme pressure differences. Such a pressure difference existed over Germany on the day of the damage. At the time of the accident, fast air was passing through the greater Hesse area, also passing through Asterode and past my house.
Since my house was in the way of the fast air, it was to be blown away. However, my trusty fence didn't allow that. To protect the house, my poor fence struggled with all its strength against the fast air. He initially managed to successfully defend himself and the house, so that the fast air was forced to take its way through the neighboring house. When the large roof of the neighboring house flew past in one piece, which only happens in very rare cases, my fence must have been startled or at least briefly distracted. The fast air immediately took advantage of its opportunity and treacherously pushed down my trusty fence. The hero collapsed and died lying on the ground in front of the house, which he had at least successfully protected.”
In my opinion, this is the process as it actually happened.
Facebook post (sic!)
However, it could also have been less dramatic and the case should be treated as normal storm damage, to which there is nothing to add except that there was a storm in Asterode that day - as in all of Germany. If further presentation is necessary, witness statements are desired or you believe an autopsy of the fence is necessary, I will be happy to assist.
Best regards"
Description of the storm damage: Author unknown
Of course we started looking for the author of this text. The oldest find about this probably comes from the “Suppornet” forum , written by a “Kati”. There is no date given directly on the thread, but based on the link “supportnet.de/fresh/ 2008/9 /id2154855.asp” we assume a date assignment of 2008/9: September 2008.
Behind this is an entry from keywelt-board.com from February 5, 2009 and Bauweltenforum from February 19, 2009. - But here too you don't find out anything about the author.
The text generally inspires all Internet users. It also causes laughter offline: David Nathan and Simon Jäger recited the text at the Primavista reading on August 22, 2013 in Berlin and thus put you in a good mood.
The location of the event
Hesse, Asterode, is mentioned in the text.
– At least in relation to the most shared text. However, there are now variations in which the location information has been changed, such as HERE (Lower Saxony, Braunschweig) or HERE (Bad Aussee, Austria) .
However, if we concentrate on Hesse and continue from 2008, there was “Emma” here, for example. The hurricane swept over Germany of up to 150 km/h The severe weather center described Emma as the “most severe, widespread storm since Kyrill”.
“Across the country, roofs were covered, trees were uprooted, cars were damaged, construction fences and signs were torn from their anchorage and road and rail traffic was disrupted,” is written in the 2008 storm documentary by Deutsche Rückversicherung AG .
Shortly afterwards the next storm followed: “Kirsten”
However, “Emma” or “Kirsten” are not explicitly mentioned in the text, but we cannot rule out these as possible causes.
Even if we're speculating about the cause here, and even if we couldn't determine the author with certainty: the text is simply too beautiful for us to not even turn a blind eye to during our fact check. 😉
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