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Four of the six most commonly used brands of trailers supplied by FEMA for Gulf Coast hurricane victims are among those brands with the highest formaldehyde levels, according to a recent study by the U. S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Air samples from trailers made by Gulf Stream, Keystone, Pilgrim and Forest River contained more than four times the formaldehyde levels that are...

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FEMA announced yesterday that it will allow 60,000 families displaced by Hurricane Katrina and now living in FEMA-provided trailers on the Gulf Coast to move into hotel or motel rooms if they are concerned about formaldehyde gas in their trailers.The policy shift, made two weeks ago but not widely publicized until now, follows a House committee finding in July that FEMA leaders had suppressed...

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Hurricane researcher William Gray lowered his 2007 forecast slightly last week, calling for 15 named storms with 8 becoming hurricanes and 4 becoming intense hurricanes.At the outset of the hurricane season on May 31, Gray had predicted 17 named storms and 9 hurricanes, 5 of them intense. The new forecast by month called for 3 named storms, 2 hurricanes and one intense hurricane in August; 5...

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The 2007 Hurricane Season officially began June 1 and will run through November 30, 2007. The National Hurricane Center forecasts that there will be 13 to 17 named storms, with 7 to 10 of those becoming hurricanes, and 3 to 5 of those are forecasted to be major hurricanes. An average Atlantic hurricane season brings 11 named storms, with six becoming hurricanes, including two major hurricanes....

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A federal jury in New Orleans has ordered Allstate to pay a man $2.8 million for a Hurricane Katrina Insurance Claim they felt should have been paid. Allstate would not pay the Slidell homeowners claim saying that a storm surge was responsible for the damage and not covered by the policy. The jury decided that wind damaged the home and that was covered under the policy. The verdict -- the...

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