Hurricane Milton — Oct. 5 - present. Hurricane Milton formed as a tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico before strengthening rapidly to a hurricane on Oct. 6. It initially moved towards the north coast of the Yucatan Peninsula before veering toward central Florida. On Oct. 7 it rapidly...
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast and many residents filed claims under their homeowners policies. Insurers denied these claims on the grounds that flood damage was expressly excluded from coverage, and homeowners filed suit against their insurers. At trial, these plaintiffs argued ...
Hurricanes and other extreme weather events can compromise the safety of your gas lines, so an importanthurricane safety tipis to keep an eye (and a nose) out for any leaks during or immediately following a hurricane. Also, if you know a hurricane is headed your way, consider turning off ...
Well, it's certainly a truss bridge (notice the thick, tubular, "lenticular" trusses at the top). The vertical ties running from the top curve ("chord") of the trusses, through the bottom curve, down to the deck mean that the bridge does not push outward on its supporting towers, tho...
Even if you could make one work, doing so would combine the hazards of running a windmill in a hurricane with the pointlessness of hauling a wave machine to Oahu's North Shore. Ramjets take the basic principles of other jets and crank them up to 11, all without major moving parts. Air...
Publishing content over the holiday is like teaching a toddler to swim during a hurricane Spreading ideas is like assembling an IKEA table If you’re a regular reader, you probably remember many of these examples of analogies. That’s because striking images like these tend to stick in your ...
Local information in search results can also be helpful in an emergency. If you search for “hurricane,” ourCrisis Response featurescan show you local shelter information if there’s a hurricane close by, rather than just generic information about what a hurricane is. ...
1. Does the 43% DTI condition only apply to the first five years? Doesn’t this mean that banks can raise this number with mortgage payments along with it after the first five years? April 6, 2016 at 10:58 pm Lenders don’t keep track of your income once your loan closes. They und...
(1999) showed that resource loss as a consequence of Hurricane Andrew resulted in avoidance coping (i.e., cognitive and behavioral efforts to deny and minimize dealing directly with the stressful demands of the disaster), as well as acute stress through a loss of coping self-efficacy (i.e....
we might very well be getting ready to be grandparents by now. I hope it doesn’t sound silly, but I don’t really care if it does, but I consider my relationship with Budge to be my greatest accomplishment. Out of everything I’ve ever done, being with her together and loving each...