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New TV and Web ads Communicate the Importance of a Financial Donation NEW YORK, May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the devastation wrought by the tornadoes on Monday, the Ad Council and the United Way of Central Oklahoma launched today a series of television and Web public service advertisements (PSAs) encouraging Americans to make financial contributions to disaster relief efforts. The PSAs direct audiences to visit unitedwayokc.org, where they can contribute to support the...
Senior Living Needs Likely to Increase in Oklahoma Due to Devastating Tornado SEATTLE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With an increase in severe weather over the past several years, A Place for Mom(®), the nation's largest senior living referral service, has learned that these events have become a major catalyst for senior housing transitions in the United States. As the 2013 hurricane season approaches, A Place for Mom has released data from more than 1,700 seniors and families that...
Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online In the last eight years alone, the US has seen seemingly low-powered storms gather strength and turn themselves into the costliest storms to ever affect our nation. This propensity for sudden storm strengthening led researchers from Florida State University to develop a new metric for the measurement of seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity. This new measurement focuses not only on the size of the storm, but also on its...
With Claims Payments of Nearly $19 Billion, Katrina and Andrew Are Only Storms to Rival Sandy as an Insurance Event NEW YORK, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Insurance regulators in New Jersey and New York--the two states hardest-hit by Sandy--report that insurers have settled 93 percent of the claims they received in the wake of superstorm Sandy, according to the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.). More than half of the 1.5 million claims for Sandy-related damage to...
NEW ORLEANS, April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- THIS MESSAGE IS PROVIDED BY THE HURRICANE KATRINA-TRAVELERS SETTLEMENT. IF YOU OWNED PROPERTY IN LOUISIANA THAT WAS DAMAGED BY HURRICANE KATRINA OR RITA, AND HAD TRAVELERS INSURANCE, YOUR RIGHTS ARE AFFECTED BY A SETTLEMENT. THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THAT TRAVELERS POLICYHOLDERS RECEIVED FEWER BENEFITS THAN THEY WERE ENTITLED TO. TRAVELERS DENIES THE CLAIM, BUT AGREED TO A SETTLEMENT. IF YOU RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT,...
Lt. General Russel R. Honoré US Army (Ret.) has joined the Chef 5 Minute Meals team as an advisor. Johnson City, TN (PRWEB) March 28, 2013 Lt. General Russel R. Honoré US Army (Ret.) has joined the Chef 5 Minute Meals team as an advisor. After his more than 37 years of service to his country, General Honoré has dedicated himself to creating a culture of preparedness in America. How better to do that than to join forces as an advisor to emergency food provider Chef 5 Minute...
NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Robin Hood Relief Fund has announced another $5.6 million in grants to organizations in New York and New Jersey that are helping people devastated by Hurricane Sandy. This latest round of funding includes a $2 million grant to Habitat for Humanity which will go toward rebuilding 600 homes in New York City by the end of 2013. With these latest grants, Robin Hood's Relief Committee has allocated all of the funds it raised during 2012...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Massive hurricanes like Sandy, Isaac and Katrina may cost the United States billions of dollars and thousands of lives, but apparently they don’t deter people from living near these storms’ hardest hit areas. According to a new report from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in conjunction with the US Census Bureau, Americans are flocking to the ocean in record numbers with almost 40 percent of the US population...
University of Copenhagen By examining the frequency of extreme storm surges in the past, previous research has shown that there was an increasing tendency for storm hurricane surges when the climate was warmer. But how much worse will it get as temperatures rise in the future? How many extreme storm surges like that from Hurricane Katrina, which hit the U.S. coast in 2005, will there be as a result of global warming? New research from the Niels Bohr Institute show that there will be a...
- Legal-Bay announces that their B.P. Claim funding program to target businesses in New Orleans, with aggressive marketing program to be launched starting in March. NEW ORLEANS, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Legal-Bay LLC, The Lawsuit Settlement Funding Company, announced today that they have begun an aggressive marketing programmed geared to the businesses of New Orleans, Louisiana who have been damaged by the B.P. Oil Spill. New Orleans' business community is made up of 98% of...
Latest Hurricane Katrina Reference Libraries
Location A: This is known as the Eye or the center of the Hurricane/Typhoon/Cyclone. This region is highlighted by the potential for calm winds and also the fact that it’s possible to see the sun or moon during the night. It also gives people false sense that the storm may be done, when in fact it is only at the half way point. Location B: This region is known as feeder bands that outline the center of the storm. In this region you will see very strong winds and also tornadoes and heavy...
