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Community Assisting Recovery, Inc.

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

Upcoming Meeting Schedule:

Insurance/Recovery Tip:

Insurance Checks and the Mortgage Company

After an insured homeowner loss, many policyholders are surprised, sometimes irritated, almost always
frustrated, that the name(s) of the lender(s) are included as a LOSS PAYEE on the dwelling and other
structures checks.

For a full discussion on this topic (including the bank paying interest on the insurance proceeds), please download our handout:
http://www.carehelp.org/downloads/handouts/InsuranceChecksAndTheMortgageCompany.pdf

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CARe Update:

Next Week CARe is in Santa Barbara

George Kehrer, Executive Director of CARe, will be available for individual appointments in the Santa Barbara area from June 2 through June 6. Please call 818-216-0123 for an appointment.

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Sempra/SDG&E Update:                     

SDG&E sends out shut-off packets
May 28, 2009

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. announced Thursday that it sent out packets this week to the 60,000 customers in unincorporated areas of San Diego County who could have their power shut off during Santa Ana winds.

http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/05/28/news/sandiego/zc5e3b3cbb5022f42882575c5000299b2.txt

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Disaster Recovery News:                   

Angora fire victims OK'd for funds in Tahoe burn area
May 28, 2009

LAKE TAHOE — Almost two years after the fire, Angora fire survivors will get one last voucher to help out their neighborhood.

http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/article/20090528/NEWS/905289939 

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Insurance Industry News:                  

Bill To Create U.S. Catastrophe Pool Introduced 
5/22/2009 

A Florida legislator yesterday reintroduced the Homeowners’ Defense Act, legislation which would allow states to join a national catastrophe insurance pool.

http://www.property-casualty.com/News/2009/5/Pages/Bill-To-Create-US-Catastrophe-Pool-Introduced.aspx

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Disaster Prepared:

Cal Fire: Precautions, not predictions
May 31, 2009

Tomorrow is the official start of the 2009 fire season.

Whether it will be a mild year for fire, such as in 2008, or a terrible season, as in 2003 and 2007, is up to the whims of nature and winds from the east.

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/may/31/1m31season23427-cal-fire-precautions-not-predictio/?metro&zIndex=108353

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Disaster News:

Santa Barbara Endures Its Most Threatening Natural Disaster Ever

Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Jesusita Fire forced an estimated 30,000 South Coast residents from Goleta to Montecito out of their homes and put another 30,000 on warning. In its wake, 78 homes were lost and another 22 damaged, not to mention the more than 100 outbuildings that got torched. But the real story is how many homes were saved by the brave and diligent firefighters who personally fought off the flames through the night, risking their own lives and sustaining injuries to do so. As of The Santa Barbara Independent’s press deadline, the threat has subsided, and the fire is nearly 100-percent contained.

http://www.independent.com/news/2009/may/14/santa-barbara-endures-its-most-threatening-natural/

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Quote of the Week:                   

Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

     - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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