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Former New rleans Mayor’s Aide Tells Insider Tale of Hurricane…
FXNews – Aug 25, 2007
Ray Nagin surveyed what was already being called the nation’s worst natural disaster from the window of a sweltering hotel suite he’d commandeered. Are you K? his press secretary Sally Forman asked. “This was God’s plan for me Sally” Nagin said. “What was?” she asked.
Who Will Pay for the Next Hurricane?
New York Times – Aug 25, 2007
Specifically the decision by State Farm Mississippi’s largest insurer to discontinue selling new policies on homes and small businesses there has sent shock waves beyond the state. Banks that normally require homeowner’s insurance as a condition for obtaining a mortgage are also not sure what impact this will have on their clients’ ability to buy such coverage. The insurer’s motivation is economic. Rates are regulated by the states so insurers are often restricted in the premiums they can charge.
fficial: City never got tornado warning: Sounding sirens though is…
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Aug 25, 2007
25–Chicago officials said Friday they did not receive an automated National Weather Service tornado warning but even if they had there’s no guarantee they would have activated the city’s system of warning sirens Thursday afternoon. There are no hard-and-fast rules on activating the sirens to warn the public of an approaching storm and the decision of when to sound them can vary within each ZIP code. In the end there was no tornado in Chicago.