Puerto Rican Lightening...
When a failing business (especially in New York) has a mysterious fire in the night destroying the place including all the records and the owner claims enough insurance to start a new business, it comes under the heading of "Jewish lightening"Legally, it's arson. In the old days investigators didn't have reliable means of determining the cause of such fires... unless it was obvious like a few empty cans of gasoline found in the premises leading to arrests, the insurance companies still had to make payouts on claims.
Today in the news, Latin singer Marc Anthony (Marco Antonio Muñiz) of Puerto Rican descent suffered a great loss when his 120 foot long yacht estimated at $7 million caught fire and capsized in a Miami harbor off Watson Island last night.
According to Yahoo news, it took more than 45 firefighters two hours to control the blaze and thankfully no one was injured.
Some of the reactions to the story were a bit revealing:
"a lot of times, fires like that are caused by friction. friction between the payment book and the insurance papers!!"
"The yacht was up for sale earlier this year. Didn't sell. Boom, fire. We see what you did there, Marc. *wink *wink"
"Was for sale, guess it was a fire sale."
"Fire $ale since nobody else wanted to purchase the money pit in a normal $ale."
"On a good note the fire was extinguished when it capsized."
"Mark, here’s some financial advice. If your worth is $80M, don’t spend a tenth of it on a yacht. You’re welcome."
"Two best days of a boat owners life: the day they get the boat, and the day it burns up in flames so they don't have to pay for it anymore."
"Anthony’s boat, which was for sale earlier this year..."
"Hmmm...can't wait for the investigation to reveal arson. Insurance fraud."
"Too much Salsa, huh?"
"I am guessing fire investigators will see if the fire was caused by arson. These multi-million dollar yachts don't just catch on fire. This is a rare event and stirs a lot of suspicion as to the cause."
(I like this last one)
"Was it arson? I need to know, tell me baby girl cause I need to know."
It's been raining on and off this week. Let's not rule out Puerto Rican Lightening...
Comments (3)
But, there's definitely some of his song titles that apply.
Such as;
I wanna be free
It's Over
Time is an ocean
Tucked away
Here is gone
Tragedia
How could I
Smash
You never know
Big Machine
Give me a reason
I need to know
If I had the opportunity
Nada Personal
What a scene
Those are all actual song titles of his