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    • Harry Shearer: Katrina: Something Besides Emotion

      Posted by Billbar from Huffington Post

      Tivo the emotional stories if you want, but the best thing you can do for New Orleans, aside from paying a visit and enjoying some great food and great music and great people, is to get past the "natural disaster" myth--Mississippi experienced a natural disaster, New Orleans did not--and understand the situation a little better than you did yesterday.

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    • President Delusional: "Who you gonna believe? Me or your lyin' eyes?"

      Posted by Billbar

      Mr. Bush, his presidency still marred one year later by the slow government response to the storm, spent the afternoon demonstrating his empathy and optimism in meetings with residents and officials along the storm-wracked coast. Mr. Bush delivered his remarks at an intersection in a working-class Biloxi neighborhood against a carefully orchestrated backdrop of neatly reconstructed homes. Just a few feet out of camera range stood gutted houses with wires dangling from interior ceilings. A tattered piece of crime scene tape hung from a tree in the field where Mr. Bush spoke. A toilet seat lay on its side in the grass.

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      State Farm shredded docs to avoid payout

      Posted by Billbar from Rawstory

      State Farm Insurance supervisors systematically demanded that Hurricane Katrina damage reports be buried or replaced or changed so that the company would not have to pay policyholders' claims in Mississippi, two State Farm insiders tell ABC News. Kerri and Cori Rigsby, independent adjusters who had worked for State Farm exclusively for eight years, say they have turned over thousands of internal company documents and their own detailed statement to the FBI and Mississippi state investigators.

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    muckraker comments on:

    How much worse can it get for Hurricane Katrina Victims?

    One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: that would be a site you should visit.

     

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    8:47 pm 9/11/08
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    New Orleans considers evacuation as Gustav looms

    One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: that would be a site you should visit.
     

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    7:55 am 9/05/08
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    muckraker comments on:

    Gustav plows through Caymans

    One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: that would be a site you should visit.
     

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    7:50 am 9/05/08
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    muckraker comments on:

    Thousands flee as Gustav grows toward Category 5

    One of the many tragedies of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina three years ago was the fact that insurance companies used the event to systematically deny claims, leaving victims further in desperate straits. That shouldn’t happen following any natural disaster, and even though the immediate storm effects did not cause as much damage as predicted, there are sure to be plenty of claims for flood damages throughout the Midwest and along Gustav’s path. If you or someone you know has been denied an insurance claim related to Gustav: that would be a site you should visit.
     

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    7:48 am 9/05/08
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    elizabeth3405 comments on:

    Thousands flee as Gustav grows toward Category 5

     It is unfortunate… wishing the best to the people and pets of New Orleans.

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    8:30 pm 8/30/08
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    Jeff comments on:

    Thousands flee as Gustav grows toward Category 5

    Mayor Nagin has announced a mandatory evacuation of New Orleans.

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    6:24 pm 8/30/08
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    rwtaylor comments on:

    Bush White House: Foreign Katrina aid rejected, unused

    Didn’t you know?











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    8:59 am 5/06/07
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