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Community Assisting Recovery, Inc.

“Survivors Helping Survivors” • 888-216-8264 • carehelp.org

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Insurance/Recovery Tip:

Free Personal Property Inventory Software

The Insurance Information Institute has been created by the insurance industry “to improve public understanding of insurance -- what it does and how it works”

They have created online home inventory software to help you keep track of “your stuff” in case you need to file a claim. The software includes a lot of detail that you may or may not need, but might be especially helpful when replacing items and /or preparing for the next disaster. Here is their description of the software and a link to their website.

“This application makes creating and updating your home inventory easy. And with our free, secure online storage you will have access to your inventory anywhere, any time. You never know when a disaster may strike - but you can be prepared with a home inventory.”

www.knowyourstuff.org

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Sempra/SCE Update:

Nomination firestorm
An ex-Sempra lobbyist could decide the future of the Sunrise Powerlink Project.
March 24, 2009

Scene from the 2007 Witch Creek wildfire. (Image from San Diego 6 News video)

President Barack Obama’s nomination of David Hayes, former Sempra and SDG&E lobbyist, for Deputy Secretary of the Interior has some opponents of the proposed Sunrise Powerlink Project up in arms.

http://www.sdnn.com/sandiego/2009-03-24/news/environment/locals-respond-to-hayes-nod

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Disaster Recovery News:                   

After fires, chance to go green
April 5, 2009

SAN DIEGO — Homeowners preparing to rebuild dwellings that were lost during the October 2007 wildfires got some guidance yesterday on how to go “green” with their next homes.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/apr/05/1m5rebuild00304-after-fires-chance-go-green/?zIndex=77852

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Insurance Industry News:                  

Legislators Introduce National Insurance Consumer Protection Act
April 2, 2009

Two congressional leaders introduced legislation today that would create a federal regulator for insurance as an alternative to the current state-based regulatory structure currently in plan.

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/04/02/99285.htm

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Disaster Prepared:                         

County adopts brush-management plan to reduce wildfire threat
March 25, 2009

SAN DIEGO – County supervisors on Wednesday adopted a vegetation-management plan that is designed to reduce the wildfire threat in areas of the county that are overgrown with brush and other foliage.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/mar/25/bn25fireplan-for-brush/?zIndex=72566

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Disaster News:

Too HOT to Handle
Wildfire Summit Fire in Santa Cruz featured on the Science Discovery Channel in a 4 ½ minute segment called “Too HOT to Handle”. The Rich family (who lost their home) is interviewed and home shot video during the evacuation is used, as well as science experiments and illustrations, to help illustrate the danger of a firestorm.

In the broadcast version, another family is also featured. They had built their home from concrete and had considered it “fireproof”. The eerie skeleton that remained and the description of how heat affects concrete is discussed. Check your local listings to watch this interesting discussion.

http://dsc.disco.com/dd/dd/dd?playerId=10032330001&titleId=10211891001

In a related link, they describe How Wildfires Work:
http://science.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.htm

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Quote of the Week:                   

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

     -Anne Bradstreet

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