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THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE

THE EFFECTS OF HURRICANE WILMA CONTINUE TO BE FELT, EVEN AT THIS YEAR'S WHITE PARTY AT MIAMI'S VIZCAYA MUSEUM (Miami Herald)
For a stylish measure of Hurricane Wilma's economic impact, don your best apparel and head out this evening to the White Party. Half of the restaurants signed up to cater the gala at Miami's Vizcaya Museum have pulled out of the event, saying they lost too much money in the Oct. 24 storm to justify donations to the AIDS fundraiser, organizers said.

Middle-Income Workers Being Priced Out of Southern Florida Housing Market (Real Estate News)
RISMEDIA, Nov. 28 (KRT) After Hurricane Wilma mangled Brigitte Soto's mobile home, pitching a tent made more sense to her than searching for an affordable place to live.

Wilma was hard on barrel-style roof tiles, officials find (Sun-Sentinel)
The winds of Hurricane Wilma exposed a major flaw in South Florida's popular barrel-style roofs, according to local building authorities seeking tougher construction standards.

Funeral homes, grieving families cope with hurricane aftermath (Gainesville Sun)
n a hushed chapel, Robert Rosado waited as family members hurried from across the state. An uncle, back from serving in Iraq, flew down from Queens. Rosado, a 36-year-old father of five children with a sixth on the way, fell while tightening a tarp on a neighbor's hurricane-damaged roof.