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Gone With the Windnew
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood unleashed a storm of his own by announcing a civil action against some members of the insurance industry, declaring that provisions excluding flood damage from the policies of hurricane victims are void and unenforceable.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-22-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Another Storm A'Brewin'new
After Katrina, insurance pay-offs are going to be tricky. Did those who lost their houses completely fare better than those with water lines around their walls?
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
God's Countrynew
When Brian Moliere heard Katrina was hurling toward his big house in his little town of Waveland, he -- like too many other Coast residents -- figured he could just go upstairs into the attic and be above the high water mark.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Making a Shelter a Homenew
A week after Hurricane Katrina, evacuees in Jackson, Miss., are turning their shelter into a home.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Tails of Katrinanew
As the world struggles to rescue thousands of human flood victims, we can't forget the other evacuees: the animals of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast.
Jackson Free Press |
Knol Aust |
09-08-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Shelter in a Stormnew
While many residents of Jackson pick up debris and haul off trees, contract for home repairs and fret over heat without air conditioning, people crowded into the Mississippi Coliseum are struggling with the harsh truth that they have probably lost everything.
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
09-05-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
