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Hurricane Katrina was the costliest storm in U.S. history, causing more than $41 billion in estimated insured property losses. Evidence suggests that insurance companies classified damage to reduce company payouts. In response, homeowners have filed numerous lawsuits fighting claim adjustments.
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The Insurance Transparency Project
Dean Starkman took an in-depth look at the insurance industry through his blog, InsuranceTransparencyProject.com, which offers commentary and original reporting on political, legal, and corporate news affecting the insurance aftermath; he contributed to several newspapers and is also working on a book and a data-collection project in Bay St. Louis, MS.
Print 'Eyewitness Statements Are No Longer to Be Relied Upon'—Shows v. State Farm 'Eyewitness Statements Are No Longer to Be Relied Upon'—Shows v. State Farm
Print Coming Soon: Insurance Crisis Answers Not Yet on the Table Coming Soon: Insurance Crisis Answers Not Yet on the Table
Print The Legal Storm in Katrina's Wake The Legal Storm in Katrina's Wake
Print 'Where Did You Get This?'—Shows v. State Farm 'Where Did You Get This?'—Shows v. State Farm
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In the Danger Zone
A website and series of articles by Steve Myers on how outdated flood maps contribute to the destruction wrought by hurricanes such as Katrina.
Print Alabama Left Behind Alabama Left Behind
Print Daring the Surge Daring the Surge
Print Elevating Pays Off Elevating Pays Off
Print Every Few Years, Another 100-Year Storm Every Few Years, Another 100-Year Storm
Print Fending for Themselves Fending for Themselves
Print In the Danger Zone In the Danger Zone
Print Thinking Outside the Flood Plain Thinking Outside the Flood Plain
Print Who's At Risk? Who's At Risk?
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Living Through the Storm
Mark Hertsgaard focused on global warming and interviewed a wide range of people about what went wrong in New Orleans before Katrina, and how ongoing reconstruction and conservation efforts could protect the Gulf Coast in the future.
Print On the Front Lines of Climate Change On the Front Lines of Climate Change
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To Have Not, And To Hold
Filmmaker June Cross is working on a feature-length documentary film that examines the failures of public policy through the experiences of one extended family from New Orleans.
Video To Have Not, And To Hold To Have Not, And To Hold
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Where Do We Go From Here?
Joseph Rodriguez created an extensive body of photographs that will be distributed as a book, featured in online exhibitions, and displayed as a traveling exhibition consisting of approximately 25 multimedia portraits of individuals affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Photo Vietnamese Tet Festival in New Orleans East Vietnamese Tet Festival in New Orleans East
 
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