Violent tornado spares town’s residents
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- Violent tornado spares town’s residents
- Schools gamble on storm coverage: Financially pinched they are short…
- Parents try to help kids cope after tornado
Violent tornado spares town’s residents
Globe and Mail – Jun 25, 2007
The Friday night tornado that hit Elie Man. was rated F4 the second worst on the tornado-intensity scale from zero to five. The full text of this article has 609 words.
Schools gamble on storm coverage: Financially pinched they are short…
Free with registration – rlando Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jun 25, 2007
(25-JUN-07) rlando Sentinel (rlando FL). 25–Hurricane season is under way but school districts across Florida are short on property insurance and counting on the federal government to pick up the pieces if a big… 25–Hurricane season is under way but school districts across Florida are short on property insurance and counting on the federal government to pick up the pieces if a big storm strikes. Most school districts have insurance that covers only a fraction of the value of their buildings. Premiums have shot sky-high since the devastating hurricane seasons of 2004 and 2005 and school officials say they cannot afford more coverage. Several districts are pooling insurance premiums to buy more coverage gambling they won’t all get hit by a storm. Even so districts expect the Federal Emergency Management Agency to open its checkbook for school repairs which could run into billions of dollars if a major hurricane hits the state. FEMA has helped schools pay for hurricane damage in the past but can’t promise how much money it might pony up. “It is a huge concern” said Scott Clark in charge of.
Parents try to help kids cope after tornado
Topeka Capital Journal – Jun 25, 2007
She also has heard her son crying. He asks her to call the “fixer man” so they can go home. Children his age who have survived a tornado want life to go back to the way it was before the storm Martha Barnard University of Kansas professor of behavioral pediatrics said. “They think it’s a possibility that things can go back” she said. “Even adults can’t fathom that it won’t be back to some type of normalcy. ”To help adults should create routines with meals bedtimes and discipline Barnard said. Mandy Sorg says she looks forward to the beginning of the school year when her 6-year-old son Michael will be back with friends some of whom he hasn’t seen since the May 4 tornado.