http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/ Maximize The Return On Your Insurance Claim... Contact Us Below Or Call 800-223-9137 Copyright 2009 Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:00:08 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Foreclosed Florida homes considered for hurricane housing (Miami Herald)
The state's top disaster-management official has a use for all those foreclosed homes in Florida: temporary hurricane housing. ''This option didn't exist two or three years ago before the real-estate market crashed,'' said Ruben Almaguer, interim director of Florida's emergency management division.
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A 105-mile-long mound of dirt and rock helps stop the Everglades from flooding South Florida communities sitting on former swampland.

Foreclosed Florida homes considered for hurricane housing (Miami Herald)
The state's top disaster-management official has a use for all those foreclosed homes in Florida: temporary hurricane housing. ''This option didn't exist two or three years ago before the real-estate market crashed,'' said Ruben Almaguer, interim director of Florida's emergency management division.
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AUGUSTA, GA--(Marketwire - June 4, 2009) - Florida is the most hurricane-prone state in the country, having been hit by seven hurricanes just since 2004. This year, many emergency responders throughout the state have a powerful new tool to help them manage the impact of the inevitable storms. WebEOC , the world's first web-enabled crisis-information management system, is being widely implemented ...
]]> http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-florida-counties-prepare-for.php http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-florida-counties-prepare-for.php Hurricane News Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:15:06 +0000 FEMA may house future hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes (Montgomery Advertiser)
MIAMI -- The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full.

Foreclosed Homes May Become Hurricane Shelters (The Huffington Post)
FILE - In this March 24, 2009 file photo, a sign lies on the ground in front of a foreclosed home in Homestead, Fla. The federal government is exploring how to put Florida hurricane evacuees in foreclosed homes if a Katrina-like storm devastates the region and shelters, hotels and other housing options are full, The Associated Press has learned.
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The hurricane season began Monday and officials in Florida are telling residents to be prepared.
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The Florida Business Continuity Center has been launched ahead of the upcoming hurricane season, providing workspace recovery backup facilities for businesses and governmental entities throughout Florida seeking a secure, inland location.
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The South Florida Water Management District is conducting its annual "Hurricane Freddy" exercise today to test the agency's emergency operations response to and recovery from a catastrophic hurricane.

Kottkamp reviews Sarasota hurricane drill (North Port Sun)
SARASOTA -- Florida Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp made a brief stopover at the Sarasota County Emergency Operations Center Tuesday during the annual statewide hurricane drill.
]]> http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-south-florida-water-district.php http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-south-florida-water-district.php Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:05:13 +0000 POLL: Hurricane season is here, but residents not bustling to stock up on supplies (Marco Eagle)
More than half of residents in hurricane-prone areas don t feel vulnerable to storms, nor do they have a plan in place. Those are the findings of a Mason-Dixon poll commissioned by American Initiatives and announced Thursday at the International Hurricane Research Center at Florida International University in Miami just in time for today s start of the hurricane season. Sunday, the day before ...

Your Home Team for North Central Florida (WCJB Gainesville)
Hurricane season is on its way and state leaders want people to be prepared. Major storms are predicted to splash the Florida coasts and the Alachua County Emergency Operation Center prepares for the unknown.
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The 2009 hurricane season begins today and ends in November. Emergency managers in Florida are taking part in a simulation of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926 on the first day of the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season.

Foreclosed upon homes are easy hurricane prey (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Mike Manikchand points toward his neighbors a half-dozen empty, foreclosed-upon homes, sitting on weed-strewn yards and he wonders: What will happen if a hurricane slams into southwest Florida this year? His simple answer: "A lot of these places will get destroyed."
]]> http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-2009-atlantic-hurricane-season.php http://www.preferredclaimsadjusters.com/archives/-2009-atlantic-hurricane-season.php Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:35:17 +0000 Hurricane apathy: Don't let it affect your preparation (WTSP-TV Tampa)
For all of the storms to strike Florida -- Jacksonville, Daytona and Tampa historically have better odds of dodging landfalling storms. Those odds create hurricane apathy, leaving residents unprepared.
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Forecasts of an "average" hurricane season starting Monday sound almost good at least compared to a hyperactive 2008 (which mostly spared Florida) or the 2004-5 carousel of cyclones (which did not).

Live near an abandoned home with dangerous debris? If hurricane threatens, call your city (The Palm Beach Post)
Mary McClenehan cast a wary eye on a once pretty pink house. Behind it, a dry, in-ground pool was filled with a large grill, love seat and children's toys. If a hurricane comes, she fears the debris could go airborne.
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State and local agencies will start their annual hurricane exercise Thursday in preparation for this year s hurricane season.
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With the beginning of the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season upon us, hurricane prone states across the country are doing their part to help prepare their citizens and communities. From sales tax holidays on hurricane and emergency preparedness equipment in Virginia and Louisiana, to a major hurricane exercise in Florida, states are taking actions to ensure that citizens and the emergency response ...
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Forecasters are calling for an "average" hurricane season this year. Does that mean an "average" amount of angst as we track the "cone of possibility" across the Atlantic? An "average" number of just-missed-us sighs of relief?
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Christopher Landsea, science and operations officer for the National Hurricane Center in Miami, will discuss "Hurricanes and Climate Change: What Can Florida's Hurricane History Tell Us?" at 6 p.m. Friday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea, 141 S. County Road.
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