Police fficers Charged in Deaths in Hurricane’s Aftermath
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- Police fficers Charged in Deaths in Hurricane’s Aftermath
- Bush Sheltered During Tornado Alert
- … start on road to recovery: After a devastating tornado rippe…
- State regulators cap fees to protect tornado victims
- Mobile Tornado Group – Final Results.
- Lloyd’s Comments on ‘Quiet’ 2006 Hurricane Season
- Daytona Beach Controllers Directing Flight Unaware f Tornado
Police fficers Charged in Deaths in Hurricane’s Aftermath
New York Times – Dec 29, 2006
28 — Seven New rleans police officers were indicted Thursday on charges of first-degree murder or attempted murder in connection with the deaths of two men on a bridge six days after Hurricane Katrina struck. Four other civilians suffered gunshot wounds in the episode which took place on Sept. No officers were hurt. The shootings occurred while much of the New rleans area was still under water communication among officers was poor and the city was chaotic.
Bush Sheltered During Tornado Alert
FXNews – Dec 29, 2006
The vehicle was driven to a tornado shelter on the ranch at 1:30 p. CST and the president Mrs. Bush and their two Scottish terriers Barney and Miss Beazley sat inside until the weather cleared deputy White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said. They were never moved into the shelter he said… “He was in the vehicle for about 10 minutes and then he went back to the house” Stanzel said adding that other members of the staff at the ranch were sheltered as well. About an hour later in Groesbeck roughly 60 miles east of Crawford a man was killed when a tornado struck an assisted living facility for veterans emergency management officials said. The rush to the tornado shelter interrupted Bush’s day at the ranch where he cleared some cedar and was kept abreast of plans to execute Saddam Hussein in Iraq. The windy day of rain and thunder began with morning calls to wish him a happy new year from outgoing U. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. (Story continues below).
… start on road to recovery: After a devastating tornado rippe…
Free with registration – rlando Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 29, 2006
(29-DEC-06) rlando Sentinel (rlando FL). 29–DELAND — Now that the storm has passed and the damage has been measured victims of this week’s tornado have entered a new phase of disaster aftermath: pushing pape.
State regulators cap fees to protect tornado victims
Bizjournals.com – Dec 29, 2006
Jeb Bush declared a state of emergency in Columbia Pasco Volusia and Lake counties as a result of widespread damage from Monday's tornadoes. Under the new rule the fee cap will not expire for tornado victims regardless of when they enter a contract with a public adjuster for a claim related to the tornado damage. Public adjusters are not affiliated with any insurance company and are hired by the consumer for a fee which is usually stated as a percentage of the claim payment that the public adjuster is responsible for recovering. Independent and company adjusters work for insurance companies and do not charge fees to consumers. Consumers can verify if they are dealing with a licensed public adjuster by calling the storm hotline at (800) 227-8676 or by logging on to.
Mobile Tornado Group – Final Results.
Free with registration – Europe Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Dec 29, 2006
Mobile Tornado Group – Final Results. (29-DEC-06) Europe Intelligence Wire… (From AFX CNF) RNS Number:7422 Mobile Tornado Group PLC 29 December 2006 Mobile Tornado Group plc (the “Company”) Chairman’s Statement Introduction It is a great pleasure to present Mobile Tornado’s first accounts as a publicly listed Company. The listing was obtained in March 2006 through the reverse takeover by Mobile Tornado International Limited of TMT Group plc a Company already listed on AIM but with no underlying business. Following this TMT changed its name to Mobile Tornado Group plc and the existing business of Mobile Tornado has continued unchanged and uninterrupted. I first became involved with Mobile Tornado as a shareholder in February 2004 having been attracted by the technology platform that had been developed. The technology was developed from 1999 onwards by Eyal Fishler and Jorge Pinievsky whilst working for Mobile Tornado Israel Limited a technology Company which they co-owned together with other investors. In February 2004 Mobile Tornado International Limited a newly incorporated Irish Company acquired the assets and employees of Mobile Tornado Israel Limited. Following this acquisition Mobile Tornado maintained an Israeli research and development centre appointed a new management team based in Dublin and commenced the process of commercialising the technology.
Lloyd’s Comments on ‘Quiet’ 2006 Hurricane Season
Insurance Journal – Dec 29, 2006
Lloyd’s notes that “the hurricane season came to an end just a few weeks ago and it was officially a quiet one. ” But it also cautioned that “Lloyd’s insurers aren’t relaxing just yet. According to Lloyd’s figures there “were only nine named storms two major storms and a $500 million loss overall. Compared to 2005 when Katrina alone cost the insurance industry more than $40 billion it wasn’t a bad year. ” The report on the Lloyd’s web site (… com) attributed the relatively benign season as did Munich Re to the “Saharan sand picked up by strong winds over Africa that was transported across the Atlantic drying the traditionally moist atmosphere and halting storms before they had the chance to form. However Lloyd’s stressed that its “insurers are not counting their blessings or indeed lowering their rates in hurricane-affected lines of business just yet. Predictions for the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season would seem to back up their caution. Forecasters from the Colorado State University predict that it will be ‘above average’ with 14 tropical storms seven strengthening into hurricanes and three becoming ‘intense’ with winds in excess of 111 miles per hour [178 kph]. Lloyd’s Franchise Performance Director Rolf Tolle commented: “The losses from the past two record-breaking hurricane seasons were so huge that most insurers have yet to recoup them. We are therefore seeing a tale of two markets. Rates have stayed strong or increased in catastrophe exposed US business while in other areas business continues to soften.
Daytona Beach Controllers Directing Flight Unaware f Tornado
News4Jax.com – Dec 29, 2006
The tornado struck 150 yards from the tower at 1:45 p. The controllers’ union said a September FAA policy change banned tower radios that could have received an alert sent 20 minutes before the tornado touched down. But Bergen said the ban wasn’t supposed to apply to weather radios only to music radios TVs and cell phones that could be a distraction. n Wednesday the FAA manager in Daytona Beach placed weather radios in the two rooms used by controllers to direct air traffic.