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The safety of pets has become an increasing concern since the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. When preparing pets for an evacuation, make sure to have food, water and medicines for five days, medical and veterinary records, toys, blanket or bed, litter box and litter, ID attached to your pet, pet carrier and/or leash, current photos of pet with physical description and a container to carry these necessities.
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| The Ten Most Costly Catastrophes, United States |
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Insured loss ($ millions) |
| Rank |
Date |
Peril |
Dollars at time of incident |
Dollars in 2008 |
| 1 |
Aug. 2005 |
Hurricane Katrina |
$41,100 |
$45,309 |
| 2 |
Aug. 1992 |
Hurricane Andrew |
15,500 |
23,786 |
| 3 |
Sep. 2001 |
World Trade Center,
Pentagon
terrorist attacks |
18,779 |
22,830 |
| 4 |
Jan. 1994 |
Northridge, CA earthquake |
12,500 |
18,160 |
| 5 |
Oct. 2005 |
Hurricane Wilma |
10,300 |
11,355 |
| 6 |
Sep. 2008 |
Hurricane Ike |
10,655 (3) |
10,655 (3) |
| 7 |
Aug. 2004 |
Hurricane Charley |
7,475 |
8,520 |
| 8 |
Sep. 2004 |
Hurricane Ivan |
7,110 |
8,104 |
| 9 |
Sep. 1989 |
Hurricane Hugo |
4,195 |
7,284 |
| 10 |
Sep. 2005 |
Hurricane Rita |
5,627 |
6,203 |
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| The Ten Most Costly Hurricanes In The United States |
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Estimated Insured loss
($ millions) |
| Rank |
Date |
Location |
Hurricane |
Dollars at time of incident |
Dollars in 2008 |
| 1 |
Aug.
25-30, 2005 |
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, TN |
Katrina |
$41,100 |
$45,309 |
| 2 |
Aug. 24-26, 1992 |
FL, LA |
Andrew |
15,500 |
23,786 |
| 3 |
Oct.
24, 2005 |
FL |
Wilma |
10,300 |
11,355 |
| 4 |
Sep. 12-14, 2008 |
AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, OH, PA, TX |
Ike |
10,655 |
10,655 |
| 5 |
Aug. 13-14, 2004 |
FL, NC, SC |
Charley |
7,475 |
8,520 |
| 6 |
Sep. 15-21, 2004 |
AL, DE, FL, GA, LA, MD, MS, NJ, NY, NC, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
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Ivan |
7,110 |
8,104 |
| 7 |
Sep. 17-22, 1989 |
GA, NC, PR, SC, VA, U.S. Virgin Islands
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Hugo |
4,195 |
7,284 |
| 8 |
Sep. 20-26, 2005 |
AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, TN, TX |
Rita |
5,627 |
6,203 |
| 9 |
Sep. 3-9, 2004 |
FL, GA, NC, NY, SC |
Frances |
4,595 |
5,237 |
| 10 |
Sep. 15-29, 2004 |
DE, FL, GA, MD, NJ, NY, NC, PA, PR, SC, VA
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Jeanne |
3,655 |
4,166 |
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| The Deadliest Hurricanes in The United States from 1851 to 2006 |
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| Rank |
Hurricane |
Year |
Cat. |
Deaths |
| 1 |
TX (Galveston) |
1900 |
4 |
6,000 |
| 2 |
FL (SE/Lake Okeechobee) |
1928 |
4 |
1,836 |
| 3 |
KATRINA (LA,MS,AL,FL,GA) |
2005 |
3 |
1,300 |
| 4 |
LA (Cheniere Caminanda) |
1893 |
4 |
900 |
| 5 |
SC/GA (Sea Islands) |
1893 |
3 |
600 |
| 6 |
GA/SC |
1881 |
2 |
408 |
| 7 |
AUDREY (SW LA/N TX) |
1957 |
4 |
390 |
| 8 |
FL (Keys) |
1935 |
5 |
390 |
| 9 |
LA (Last Island) |
1856 |
4 |
350 |
| 10 |
FL (Miami)/MS/AL/Pensacola |
1926 |
4 |
275 |
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