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Don't blame me, it was the GPS!

Saturday, June 13, 2009 at 12:25PM

A man in Georgia came home to realize that the house he grew up in was demolished....by accident! What would you do if you found out that a contractor knocked your house down? The is one of the most unfortunate events of 2009 and it could have easily been prevented. The house being destroyed is not the only fact that makes this incident terrible, but WHY it was destroyed in the first place.

A recent Associated Press video on Yahoo explains that demolition crews tore down his house after being led to the address by their GPS device. Even if they used the GPS for directions, why didn't they read the sign or address of this man's house before taking a bulldozer to it? If the address wasn't on the door, look at the trees to see if the information matches your "Proper Paperwork", described by the demolition team that took this house down. The home owner described having old furniture in the house that was owned by his mother (who is probably dead now, so the furniture was a priceless item). Technology can be great but does not excuse any of us from using common sense and a little extra investigation with our own knowledge instead of depending on a computer to do all of the work!

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