It Figures
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The number of fires that collectively burned across Florida on more than one day in May, according to the Florida Division of Forestry. As of May 19, fires burned nearly 44,000 acres. Authorities issued a dense smoke advisory May 19 for Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Glades and Hendry counties. In the Everglades National Park, almost 36,000 acres burned, authorities said.
100,000
The number of homeowners’ policies six insurance companies could remove from Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp in June per Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty’s approval. Florida law allows Citizens’ policyholders to refuse the offer and stay in Citizens. All of the take-out companies have agreed to offer the same or better coverage than the policyholder had with Citizens, and at the same or lower price, McCarty said.
13
The number of Kentucky counties the Federal Emergency Management Agency designated for disaster assistance to help local governments rebuild public property damaged by the April 3-4 severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in the commonwealth. Officials approved the assistance following a review of damage data gathered by federal and state disaster recovery officials. The counties designated to receive assistance are Anderson, Crittenden, Fleming, Fulton, Hancock, Hopkins, Lewis, Livingston, McLean, Nicholas, Ohio, Spencer and Woodford.
15
The number of days from May 19 that a federal judge gave Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs to turn over policyholder records to State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. State Farm is entitled to records two former adjusters took and gave to Scruggs that are related to the Hurricane Katrina claim of Thomas and Pamela McIntosh, U.S. Magistrate Robert H. Walker Jr. ruled. Scruggs claims he no longer has most of the records.
$110 Million
The amount of additional funds an Alabama official estimates the state needs – double its allocated federal aid – to address persistent housing needs in 22 counties declared disaster areas from Hurricane Katrina. Alabama Economic and Community Affairs Director Bill Johnson joined officials from Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas in updating members of Congress on their use of Katrina relief funds. Congress has not yet taken action on additional funding.