Tsunami survivor at Munich Re warns of huge hurricane damages
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- Tsunami survivor at Munich Re warns of huge hurricane damages
- FEMA seeks funds from thousands of hurricane victims
- Hurricane Center Director Reprimanded For utspokenness
- Homebuyer and Hurricane Expo is a Saturday highlight.
- Montrail Hurricane Ridge XCR
- Hurricane Katrina evacuee among those being forced out of Grove Parc
Tsunami survivor at Munich Re warns of huge hurricane damages
International Herald Tribune – Jun 15, 2007
A week later Höppe took over the Geo Risks department at Munich Re. He and his team of 30 geophysicists geographers and weather experts pore over research and simulate disasters to make sure the reinsurer one of the world's largest is ready for the costliest catastrophes from an earthquake in Tokyo to a Category 5 hurricane in Houston. Höppe predicts that the Atlantic hurricane season this year which began this month will be worse than usual with insured damages surpassing the $20 billion average of the past seven years and far exceeding the $250 million of last year. His models show a high probability that at least one storm will cause major insured losses. Scientists like Höppe have gained greater prominence since Hurricane Katrina. The storm battered the U… Höppe predicts that the Atlantic hurricane season this year which began this month will be worse than usual with insured damages surpassing the $20 billion average of the past seven years and far exceeding the $250 million of last year. His models show a high probability that at least one storm will cause major insured losses. Scientists like Höppe have gained greater prominence since Hurricane Katrina. The storm battered the U. Gulf Coast in August 2005 flooding New rleans and causing record insured losses of $40.
FEMA seeks funds from thousands of hurricane victims
USA Today – Jun 15, 2007
She was told the federal government had given her disaster aid when it shouldn’t have. She was going to have to pay it back. For nine months after Hurricane Katrina toppled the small cottage she had rented in D’Iberville Miss. the Federal Emergency Management Agency paid for Gilbert to rent a mobile home. It was the only housing she could find near the battered coast. But the government told her she owes back $3880 of about $5000 that FEMA paid her in rental aid. “I haven’t paid anything back because I don’t have it” she said.
Hurricane Center Director Reprimanded For utspokenness
NBC6.net – Jun 15, 2007
NBC 6 obtained a copy of a letter in which Proenza is chastised by his superior Mary Glackin of the National Weather Service. Some quotes from the letter include:”I will not accept intentional disregard or refusal to work with one’s supervisor. “”Such conduct does not promote an efficient or effective NWS and puts in jeopardy our ability to help the public prepare for hurricane season. “”I want to make certain that your interactions with the news media are in the best interest of conveying critical and accurate information to the public.
Homebuyer and Hurricane Expo is a Saturday highlight.
Free with registration – Bradenton Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 15, 2007
(15-JUN-07) Bradenton Herald (Bradenton FL). 15–The Manatee Homebuyer and Hurricane Expo will be held 9 a. Saturday at the Manatee Convention Center 1 Haben Boulevard Palmetto.
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Hurricane Katrina evacuee among those being forced out of Grove Parc
highbeam.com – Jun 15, 2007
find Chicago Defender articles. Afferretta Harrell could be displaced yet again. First she left New rleans when Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf C.