Source: North Carolina Department of Insurance
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In adjusting hurricane damage claims for homes within the 1968-1997 applicable residential code period, it is important that the inside of the walls be checked more carefully than
newer construction to ensure that moisture hasn’t seeped into the walls that will eventually result in mold and interior wall rot. If adjusters do not look for moisture build-up trapped inside the wall, then this damage could be missed, causing mold and rot to proliferate and resulting in bigger...
Updated: 7/1/2016
ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2016
Forecast Parameter and 1981-2010
Issue Date 1 June 2016 - Updated 7/1
Information obtained through July 2016 indicates that the 2016 Atlantic hurricane
season will have activity near the median 1981-2010 season. There remains considerable
uncertainty with this forecast which we outline in the following paragraphs.
We estimate that 2016 will have an additional 5 hurricanes (median is 6.5), 11
named...
Subject: Hurricane and Windstorm Deductibles
Description:
Follow this link for information on Hurricane and windstorm deductibles.
http://www.iii.org/issues_updates/hurricane-and-windstorm-deductibles.html
URL: http://www.iii.org/issues_updates/hurricane-and-windstorm-deductibles.html
Source: Insurance Information Institute
Site Section: Cane Page
Subject: Historical Hurricane Tracks
Description: The Historical Hurricane Tracks tool is an interactive mapping application that allows you to easily search and display Atlantic Basin and Eastern North Pacific Basin tropical cyclone data.
URL: http://csc-s-maps-q.csc.noaa.gov/hurricanes/
Source: NOAA
Site Section: Cane Page
Subject: ICAT Damage Estimator
Description:
From the site:
ICAT developed this website to provide easy access to historical hurricane damage information. All information is open source and based upon publicly available data. The data has been normalized to reflect current inflation, wealth, and population from what existed at the time of the actual storm activity.
It is our expectation that this website will be a useful tool to media sources, local, state, and federal...
Subject: NOAA Factsheet - Hurricanes and Oil Spill
Description:
From the document;
What will happen to a hurricane that runs through
this oil slick?
• Most hurricanes span an enormous area of the ocean (200-300 miles) — far wider than the current size of the spill.
• If the slick remains small in comparison to a typical hurricane’s general environment and size, the anticipated impact on the hurricane would be...
Subject: The Weather Channel Hurricane Central
Description:
Hurricane information from the Weather Channel
URL: http://www.weather.com/newscenter/hurricanecentral/
Site Section: Cane
Subject: The NHC
Description:
National Hurricane Center Home Page
URL: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Site Section: Cane