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Articles about Hurricane Katrina (0-50 of 518)
- 5 Lessons To Be Learned From Hurricane Katrina
By: Flora Richards-Gustafson | - Since the 1970s, the power of hurricanes has increased by about 70%. We can't change what unusually powerful hurricanes like Ike, Katrina, and Rita have done, but we can learn from the lessons they taught us.
LESSON 1: BE PREPARED IN ADVANCE
It takes time to prepare for an emergency. If you live in a place that's prone to hurricanes, disaster preparations should be made far before the news reports that a storm is heading your way. Think through your disaster plan with you ...
Tags: major hurricane disasters, hurricane disasters, five lessons learned, water damage, disaster prep
- Preparing For Water Damage As Hurricane Season Approaches
By: Jenna Anderson | - It is not everyone that has to worry about hurricane season, but anyone who lives along the Atlantic coast in The United States has to deal with the prospect of it every year. This does not always mean that they will be exposed to a hurricane, but the potential is there through certain months of the year. It is not as risky to be caught off guard by a severe hurricane as is used to be thanks to the weather technology we have today. People who are in the line of a hurricane can have up to a week ...
Tags: water damage, hurricane, bad weather, homeowners, mold, flooding, wind damage
- When Mother Nature Comes Calling In The Form Of Flooding
By: Aydan Corkern | - A flood in a home can be one of the most devastating things for the house and the homeowner. It is absolutely necessary to have separate flood insurance to cover your losses from a flood that has been caused by a natural disaster like a river overflowing or a hurricane. These kinds of floods are not covered under standard home insurance policies. Many home owners have found this out too late after Mother Nature has dealt them a cruel blow.
Flood insurance will be there when bad we ...
Tags: Mother Nature, flooding, insurance policies, hurricane, water damage company, crawlspace, basement
- Doctor, Nurses Give Help, Care To Hurricane Victims
By: Dr. Dima | - By: Lisette Hilton
National report As dislocated residents were emptying out of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, Dima Ali, M.D., felt "a calling" to help. Dr. Ali, an aesthetic medicine physician practicing at the Well Medica Anti-Aging and Wellness Center, Reston, Va., along with Jan Setnor, C.R.N.A., and Debbie Marinucci, R.N., of the Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery, Reston, Va., headed south with all the supplies that would ...
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- Water Damage And Destuction Caused By Hurricanes
By: Aydan Corkern | - Do you know what a Hurricane can cause? Hurricanes can bring many dangerous things that no one ever wants to go through. Hurricanes bring nasty weather when it hits your area and it can hit fast. It can wipe out an entire town in an hour or less and destroy everything in its path. Things can be things flying in the air, water everywhere, debris floating in the water, heavy wind blowing, and heavy rain fall. Homes, properties, buildings, vehicles, and more can be wash away with the water.
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Tags: hurricane, heavy rainfall, floods, mudslides, natural disasters, water damage, mold damage
- Mold Damage - Dealing With The Disaster Severe Storms Leave Behind
By: Aydan Corkern | - Looking back on the disaster that struck New Orleans and other coastal towns and communities in 2005 when hurricane Katrina stopped by for a visit you realize the long term affects that a storm of this magnitude can have. The victims of this storm are still dealing with the water damaged areas that now have become a home for mold an mildew. Some of the residents who thought they were able to survive this monster storm, are 4 years later still trying to rebuild and repair some of their homes.
Tags: mold damage, hurricane, water damage company, mold infestation
- The Effects Of Natural Disaster Floods To People And Property
By: Aydan Corkern | - When a flood comes it usually causes panic, water damage, mold damage, property damages, and much more. The water from a natural disaster flood can cause chemicals to get in your house and damage it and your things. When floods come from hurricanes or heavy rain fall, it brings strong winds, sometimes tornadoes, and flash floods. It can knock down houses, other buildings, poles, trees, and so on. Homes and businesses get destroyed and people can be homeless with no where to work.
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Tags: flood, water damage, mold damage, chemicals, toxic materials, hurricane Katrina
- Water Damage New Orleans - Black Mold Health Hazards
By: Aydan Corkern | - Hurricane Katrina was the name of the monster storm that hit New Orleans several years past. There were thousands of people who lost their homes, cars, and all of their belonging in this massive hurricane. Here it is several years later and the damage has still not been cleaned up everywhere there was destruction. The amount of black mold that is still there is immense.
Thousands of homes were under water more than just a few hours. It went on for days and weeks before the water s ...
Tags: water damage, New Orleans, mold, black mold, hurricane Katrina
- From The Black And White Television To The My Space Generation- How People Search For The Best Buy
By: Steve Wyrostek | - I asked my 24 year old son how he used websites when he bought something. This is what he said, quote:
"I expect the websites to already know what I want when I get there."
I thought- How could a website know what he wanted? But as I got to thinking maybe this felt natural to him. Maybe his approach typified the way his generation buys.
The Youth of a Nation- Generation Y
Generational Marketers look at the tendencies of members ...
Tags: black and white, My Space, marketing, best buy, Generation Y, Enron, You Tube, Hurricane Katrina,
- Hurricane Kits
By: Eric Holm | - Hurricane preparedness and kits are a necessity for people who live in areas that are prone to hurricanes, especially now that category four and five hurricanes are becoming more prevalent due to global warming. In fact, households in areas where hurricane rarely pass should also prepare somehow because of the erratic behavior of hurricanes in recent years. According to government officials, hurricane emergency kits and the people's preparedness are the keys to surviving the hurricane season.
Tags: Hurricane kits, Hurricane supplies, Hurricane article
- The Problems For People In Storm Damaged Areas
By: Aydan Corkern | - As we all know the costs of cleaning up after any water or storm damage can be very costly, we never realize the dangers or the costs to the workers that are promised a good wage to come and help with the clean up only to be left totally stranded. This very thing has happened to workers after hurricane Katrina, and it's happened again with workers that came to help with the clean up after Ike hit the Texas coast.
As some of these workers came from different states with the promise ...
Tags: storm, hurricane, damage, katrina, ike, water, damage, homeless
- How Technology Helped Rescue Efforts In Louisiana After Hurricane Katrina
By: Samson Paulotti | - Thanks to technological advances, thousands of lives were saved from the ravaging force of Hurricane Katrina. High technology was able to capture satellite photos of the hurricane before it struck Now Orleans, Louisiana and other towns, and after it left the southern coast. Technology allowed experts to forecast the speed, force, and direction of one of America's costliest hurricanes. It would have been one of the deadliest as well had people not been warned earlier and encouraged to evacuate. H ...
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- Katrina Still Wreaks Havoc - From Water Damage To Insurance Damage
By: Chris Blastoyout | - Hurricane Katrina still blows ill-wind in Louisiana these days. The Louisiana Supreme Court rejected contentions of homeowners that insurance companies should pay for water damages resulting from levee breaches at the height of Hurricane Katrina. The state high court's reason: water damage was brought about by floods which are not covered in the insurance policy.
The 2005 calamity accounted to around $100 billion in water damage and the death of at least 1,836 people, making it th ...
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- 15 Preventive Steps To Take Before Hurricane Season
By: Lou Altman | - Being prepared in advance of a hurricane will minimize the economic impact as well as the damaging effects of hurricane rains and winds on both your business and home. Take pre-emptive action to prevent property damage and safeguard the health and safety of your family and employees by following the steps outlined below before the start of Hurricane season.
Hurricane Preventive Step 1: Be certain that both your business facility and your home meets current building code standards ...
Tags: satellite phones, business continuity, emergency planning, hurricane katrina, hurricane ike, Iridium
- Flooding From Hurricane Ike Caused Major Damage And Death
By: Aydan Corkern | - September of 2008 will be remembered because of the 9/11 anniversary, but it will also be remembered because of the damage caused by Hurricane Ike. Much of the destruction that was caused by this category two hurricane took place in Texas and Louisiana along the coast lines of the Gulf of Mexico, but other areas further inland, like the city of Houston, got their share of damage as well.
Hurricane Ike was only one of several strong storm systems that have come ashore in the Gulf t ...
Tags: hurricane, floods, disaster, tornadoes, evacuation
Social Web Results   Purina Animal All-Stars Shared By: mzee26 - Displaced from Hurricane Katrina then rescued, this New Orleans cat seems to have a fixation with running water. With the recent loss of his feline...
 Dispatches From Lindsay Lohan’s Trip to India - BlackBook Shared By: INDIATAB - What I Did During My Three-Day Charity Trip In India by Lindsay Lohan, age 23 I was blown away, like... Hurricane Katrina, when the BBC asked I...
 Debate on air travel -- Our view: When airlines share codes, truth-in-labeling suffers - Opinion Shared By: patkiernan - Readers share the impact Hurricane Katrina has had on their lives. What people are saying about the news of the week. Editorials, Debates | Columns |...
 New Orleans Parents Optimistic About State of Public Schools - District Dossier - Education Week Shared By: l_maxwell - Since Hurricane Katrina's floodwaters upended New Orleans in 2005, researchers at the Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane...
 Videos | ChurchCentral.com Shared By: TomRHarper - Tags: November 17, 2009 Length: 5:59 John the Baptist MBC looks like the hurricane hit last week. Get a 360-degree view of the attendees mixing at the...
 After Hurricane Katrina, police lied to family about shooting Shared By: GonzoMuckraker - Matt McDonald left his native Connecticut and headed to New Orleans in... shortly before Hurricane Katrina struck and floodwaters engulfed the city.
 Martin Gramatica returns to New Orleans – Daily Comet « New Orleans Lower 9th Ward News Shared By: nolapoboy - Martin Gramatica returns to New Orleans Daily Comet Gramatica will be in New Orleans Thursday for the raising of the walls on a Hurricane Katrina...
 Crescent City Phoenix - The Return of New Orleans | another wine blog Shared By: WineWonkette - When you say “New Orleans” it is difficult not to think of Hurricane Katrina. So when we first were invited to fly into town for “ Harrah’s Greatest...
 A meaningful contribution - What you need to know about charitable giving Shared By: Smart_Business - In recent years, people around the world have been affected by disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, Cyclone Nargis and the 7.9 magnitude earthquake...
- In New Orleans, chaos in the streets, and in police ranks too Shared By: GonzoMuckraker - During the turbulent days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, New Orleans police shot 10 civilians, at least four of whom died, according to...
- Are Hurricane Zones Flooded By Reporters More Than Water In Recent Years
By: Rachel Yoshida | - There has been so much attention given to the coming of hurricane Gustav. For well over a week there has been little else discussed in weather reports except the fact that Gustav could possibly rival other oat hurricanes like Katrina, Andrew, and Camille. Much preparation was made to be as ready as possible for this next big one. Buses and trains were set up well ahead of time for evacuees that had no way to get out on their own. New Orleans especially wanted to make sure there was no repeat of ...
Tags: hurricane, katrina, gustav, reporters, media, news media, weather
- A Summary Of Hurricane Ike
By: Rich Johnson | - Ike forms in the Atlantic Ocean
Hurricane Ike began as a tropical wave off of the coast of Africa around August 29th, 2008. A few days later, by September 1 it had developed into the 9th tropical depression of the
Hurricane season and was classified tropical storm Ike later in the day. Ike underwent rapid deepening on September 3rd into the morning of the 4th. It had achieved a category 4 strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale at 140 mph. Shortly after this, northerly wind shear s ...
Tags: weather, science, hurricane Ike, hurricane
- Protect Your Business From Hurricane Storm Damage
By: Lou Altman | - There are many preventive steps you can take to protect your business from hurricane storm damage. Some are simple and cost nothing, others require more effort and funds. All are worthwhile. First, put a plan in place and enact it now to keep your business operational despite hurricane storm damage.
Review the details of your business flood, wind, and storm insurance with your agent. Be certain you understand the conditions under which the contents of your business and other speci ...
Tags: Hurricane, Katrina, business continuity, Iridium, Globalstar, satellite phone
- The Explosion Of Hurricane Gustav
By: markcb | - Hurricane Gustav formed on the 25th August and has raced across the Atlantic and exploded from a tropical storm to a category 4 hurricane in just 12 hours.
Saffir-Simpson Hurricane categories:
Cat 1: Winds 74-95mph, storm surge 4-5ft
Cat 2: Winds 96-110mph, storm surge 6-8ft
Cat 3: Winds 111-130mph, storm surge 9-12ft
Cat 4: Winds 131-155mph, storm surge 13-18ft
Cat 5: Winds over 155mph, storm surge over 18ft
Gustav claimed ...
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- Satellite Phone Communications During A Natural Disaster
By: Lou Altman | - A Satellite Phone is the essential communication option for emergency responders and business continuity practitioners during a natural disaster. During hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Army National Guard was immediately called out in force. One of the National Guard commanders made an interesting and astute observation regarding Hurricane Katrina. He said that responding to this crisis was an excellent and important exercise for the Guard because dealing with Katrina was much like dealing with ...
Tags: Satellite Phones, hurricane katrina, natural disaster, emergency response, business continuity
- Hurricane Vince - The Worlds Most Unusual Storm
By: markcb | - Vince was the 12th named hurricane of a very busy season that spawned hurricanes Rita and Katrina. Vince formed over part of the Atlantic ocean that was cooler than 24 C (75 F), compared to the temperature of 26.5 C (80 F) usually required for the development of a tropical storm.
It became a storm near the coast of Madeira on October 9th and was named 'Vince' soon after. The storm's eye quickly formed into the typical eye of a hurricane and measured 15 miles in diameter. ...
Tags: hurricanes, hurricane vince, tropical storm, tropical cyclone, severe weather, world weather, extreme weather
- Hurricane Bertha, A Prophetess Of Doom?
By: markcb | - Currently Bertha is heading slightly north west and is expected to then swing to the north. This will take her into colder waters where she will continue to weaken and turn back into your everyday depression. Bertha will probably then hitch a ride on the gulf stream and ditch a load of her rain on Britain, such has been the summer over here this year!
However, weakening though this hurricane is, Bertha has already managed to get herself into the record books. Simply by being the n ...
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- A Tale Of Two Hurricane Cities
By: Karen Talavera | - December 1, 2007 marks the end of another hurricane season in south Florida, and for the second year in a row we are blessed with a clean getaway. For now, we can exhale.
Yet more than two years after hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, it's anything but easy in the Big Easy.
In August this year I took a vacation to Cancún, Mexico. The Yucatan peninsula is a locale I adore and have visited extensively before. But having lived in Fl ...
Tags: hurricane, Katrina, New Orleans, Cancun, disaster, hurricane preparation, hurricane recovery, weather, government
- Natural Disasters Spark Debate Over Flood Insurance Reform
By: Michael C. Podlesny | - It has been over two years since hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana and Mississsippi. With many homes still not rebuilt, demolished or renovated, it raises the big question about flood insurance and whether or not there should be reform in the insurance industry.
In the September 2007 issue of Mortgage Banking it is reported that the decision of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee to reauthorize and reform the National Flood Insurance Program by moving the Flood I ...
Tags: flood, insurance, katrina, hurricane, wind, natural disaster
- Hurricane Pet Preparedness
By: deborah.stanley | - brought to you by www.PetsReady.com
The hurricane season varies from year to year so one cannot predict how strong the storms could get at a certain time or how many will hit us. They say that global warming affects the storm systems and makes them more dangerous than ever. With that in mind, it is our responsibility to get prepared in advance and make sure that the most helpless members of our families, our pets, are taken care of.
Learning from the ...
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- Johnny Depp Could Have Lost Millions From Big Pirate Treasure Lost In New Orleans Hurricanes
By: tencerpr | - The real similarity is just like when doubloons were lost at sea and people went on treasure hunts to find them.
Many years of economic hardships made the mardi gras tone down the use of the expensive doubloons and switch to a recyclable plastic beaded necklace. Then hurricane Katrina, devastated New Orleans. Much of the collectable doubloons were lost in the disaster, along with many heirloom possessions. The city has not recovered to this day.
While girls are know ...
Tags: johnny depp, keira knightley, orlando bloom, katrina, new orleans, hurricane, pirate, children, millions, doubloon, treasure
- Bush Using Darfur, Aids To Salvage Failed Presidency
By: James Opiko | - Rap Artist Kanye West had this to say: "George Bush doesn't care about black people!" -- Said during a Hurricane Katrina telethon.
After the Katrina disaster many polls indicated that large majorities of blacks believed that the federal response to Hurricane Katrina would have been considerably speedier had those trapped in New Orleans been rich and white, and that the slow response was an indication of continuing racial inequity in this country.
Most whites disagr ...
Tags: Bush, Darfur, Aids, genocide, sudan, failed Presidency, foreign aid, Hurricane Katrina, Reagan
- Be Sure Your Used Car Isn't A Victim Of Hurricane Katrina
By: P. Filler | - It has almost been two years since Katrina hit the southeast portion of our country. Car dealerships were not spared the extensive flooding, which means that over five hundred thousand new and used vehicles were flooded due to that one storm alone.
The dealerships were reimbursed for the vehicles by their insurance companies, and the titles were officially marked as flooded. However, high numbers of vehicles remained hard to legitimately dispose of. Doubtless becoming a gold mine ...
Tags: titles, officially, marked as flooded, flooded, high numbers, vehicles, gold mine, con artists, con, southern states, katrina, know the facts, facts
- Disaster Planning For The Hurricane Season- Bottled Water
By: Marcus Stout | - The hurricane season will be upon us shortly and it is wise to begin to plan for all eventualities associated with these catastrophic events. Proper planning now will avoid much of the stress resulting from hurricane damage and may well avoid injury and loss of life.
The hurricane season
Many people do not realize that the hurricane season is very long and spans the six month period from June 1 to December 1 each year. The frequency of major storms has been increasi ...
Tags: Hurricane survival, disaster planning, bottled water
- Is Katrina Cough Real?
By: George McKenzie | - "Katrina cough" is believed to be a collection of respiratory illnesses that may be due to exposure to mold, dust, and related allergens resulting from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Doctors in the New Orleans area began seeing an increase in respiratory complaints by patients in the months following the storm. These patients described a cough, congestion, runny nose, sore throat and headaches. Most patients were treated with antihistamines, nasal sprays, or antibiotics.
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- How One Small Business Trumped Hurricane Katrina With Help From The Local High School
By: Ellen Miller | - August 2005 had been a great month for me, as I marked 10 years in business. All month long, the mood was festive and upbeat, and I was pleased at how well the business was going and excited about the future.
But suddenly, my entire world was turned upside down and inside out when the massive storm struck and did its horrible damage.
On the day Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, I was supposed to be filming my 2nd exercise DVD in New Orleans - but the only filming done th ...
Tags: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Mandeville LA, Exercise Video, Excercise DVD
- Preparing Your Boat For A Hurricane
By: Jonathon Hardcastle | - Every marina has different rules for what must be done by boat owners in the face of an approaching hurricane. In the wake of Katrina and Wilma, states are beginning to pass laws requiring boat owners to prepare their boats in certain ways. In light of all this information, some of it conflicting, what are the most important things a boat owner must know to protect themselves and their boat during a hurricane?
There are two basic rules that most experts agree offer the most import ...
Tags: Boat, boating, hurricane, minimize damage
- Hurricane Season- How To Survive
By: Richard Stoyeck | - Copyright 2006 Richard Stoyeck
Most researchers who study crisis will tell you that the reason people die in a crisis is because they PANIC. This is true of people lost in the woods, capsized from a boat or stuck in the middle of a hurricane. Your brain is your best asset in such a situation. Yes you want to be optimistic about the outcome. At the same time, you have to be deadly accurate in appraising the current minute by minute situation that you find yourself in.
Tags: hurricane, panic
- Students Chip In To Help Katrina Victims
By: Kadence Buchanan | - While most college students on spring break are busy sunning up and partying down in exotic locales such as Cancun, there are others who are content to sacrifice their spring break to help those less fortunate. The deadly hurricane Katrina caused irreparable damage to New Orleans and its surrounding areas, and many sympathetic college students stepped up to the plate to help those in need. Several different charities helped to organize the event which featured the students assisting in a multitu ...
Tags: Katrina victims, students chip, irreparable damage, charity work
- Spike Lee And Ray Nagin - What Do They Have In Common
By: Rev Michael Bresciani | - Spike Lee was born Shelton Lee in Atlanta, Georgia in 1957. He came from good African American stock his father being a jazz musician and his mother a school teacher where he was raised in Brooklyn, New York.
Lee's When the Levees Broke aired as a four hour long documentary on the Katrina disaster replete with a appearances and comments by Lee himself. The pictures were hard to look at and the stories were heart rending. What was harder for many Americans to withstand was the obvi ...
Tags: Spike Lee, Ray Nagin, Lee, Nagin, CNN, Katrina, levees, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gulf Coast, Bush, Charlton Heston, ARA.American Rifle, IMDb, Atlanta, Chocolate, Choco
- First Anniversary Of A Natural Disaster
By: Carol McClelland | - Copyright 2006 Transition Dynamics Enterprises, Inc.
Any time a natural disaster such as a hurricane, earthquake, fire, or tornado strikes, there's a flurry of attention right after the event and over the next few weeks or months. Then the survivors are left to pull their lives back together again.
What most people don't realize is that as the first anniversary approaches, the survivors may experience a welling up of emotions. At times the intensity of these emotion ...
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- One Year Later: Surviving The Katrina Anniversary
By: Carol McClelland | - Copyright 2006 Transition Dynamics Enterprises, Inc.
One year ago, your life was turned upside down by Hurricane Katrina.
Now, one year later, you are facing the first anniversary of the disaster. You may be feeling nervous that another hurricane may blow through. Emotions brought on by your losses may be coming over you in waves. It's possible that your discomfort has grown each day as the anniversary approached. This article provides you with some tips to help y ...
Tags: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina Anniversary, Hurricane Katrina Anniversary, grief, loss, relocation
- Hurricane Proof Computer
By: Joe Uantu | - Hurricanes cause billions of dollars in damage each year, including damage to computers. Unfortunately, computers can be much harder to replace if lost than other electronics because of the data contained on their hard drives and time spent tweaking and overclocking them. Being a Katrina evacuee and survivor myself, I know how important a computer can be after a natural disaster. With hurricane season looming in the days ahead, I decided to write a guide to help people protect their computers an ...
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- Hurricane Season 2006: Four Steps To An Efficient Evacuation.
By: Paul Purcell | - Its hard to believe its already hurricane season, and its also hard to believe that this season is projected to be as bad as or worse than last years season that saw hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Were here to help you prepare, but rather than repeat the usual flashlight and first aid kit disaster preparedness checklist, were going to give you a few details that will help your family plan an efficient evacuation should a severe hurricane threaten your area.
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- Backpacks For Charity
By: Jerry Smith | - There are several sites on the web, that describe programs that provide backpacks full of school supplies to needy children, and backpacks full of toiletries and other necessities for wounded military personnel and for victims of disasters.
A sixteen year old girl, with the help of her Mom and some friends, bought 200 backpacks and filled them with toiletries and other necessities for the victims of Huuricane Katrina. They did this with their own funds except for a wonderful dono ...
Tags: charity, hurricane katrina, backpack, inspirational stories, school supplies
- Hurricane Katrina - How To Use Your Business Loss To Get A Refund On 2004 Taxes
By: Richard A. Chapo | - With the massive losses caused by Katrina, the economy of the Gulf Coast region is in extremely bad shape. Fortunately, there is a quirk in the tax code that can help you generate a large refund from your 2004 taxes.
Apply Losses to 2004 Taxes
When a large geographic area suffers a disaster, the President can declare it a federal disaster area. President Bush has made such a declaration for the Gulf Coast area.
While youve probably heard such decla ...
Tags: hurricane, katrina, tax, taxes, irs, business loss, losses, casualty loss, insurance
- Hurricane Katrina - Businesses Can Claim Casualty Tax Losses
By: Richard A. Chapo | - Hurricane Katrina has left a wide and long path of destruction. Besides the human toll, businesses on the Gulf Coast have taken a beating. If yours is one, here is how you can write off casualty losses on your taxes.
Casualty Losses Katrina
If your business suffered losses because of Hurricane Katrina, you can at least write-off much of the loss. In doing so, you may be able to get a refund of taxes paid earlier in the year.
Tax law allows busines ...
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- Irs Gives Victims Of Hurricane Katrina More Relief
By: Richard A. Chapo | - The IRS has announced further tax relief for victims of Hurricane Katrina due to slow clean up efforts and obviously devastated areas.
The IRS is giving relief to both businesses and individual taxpayers in certain areas that have been absolutely wiped out. Instead of being required to file in March or April, depending on whether the payer is a business or individual, all taxpayers in certain regions will have till August 28, 2006. Further, the IRS is waiving all late filing pena ...
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- Victims Of Hurricane Katrina - Irs Gives Tax Relief
By: Richard A. Chapo | - In response to the devastation along the Gulf Coast, the IRS is giving tax relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina. The following steps are expected to be expanded upon in the next few weeks. The IRS seems to realize it is hard to file your taxes if your home or business is gone.
Tax Relief A Small Step
The Commissioner of the IRS has issued orders extending all tax filing requirements for victims of Hurricane Katrina till October 31st. The IRS is also waiving al ...
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