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Cleaning
objects covered in dust and ash I
recently found this article that was published after 9/11 regarding
cleaning objects covered in dust and ash. I freely admit that the kind of
dust and ash mentioned in this article is NOT the same as the ash after a
wildfire, but it might give you something to start
with. http://www.heritagepreservation.org/PDFS/Dustpressrelease.pdf [acrobat
required] Here is a video on returning to your house after a
fire and cleaning objects: Other links for cleaning fire damaged video tapes,
photographic and audio materials can be found at: An article from ______________________________________________________________________________________________ SDG&E
Class Action Denied Fire victims need the best
legal help to challenge SDG&E As anticipated, the SDG&E/Sempra Class Action
was denied by a ruling of the San Diego Superior Court on June 22, 2009
[see below]. Concurrent with the ruling to deny class action
certification, SDG&E settled with most insurance companies who had
subrogated their wildfire losses. Sempra will most likely pay
approximately $900 million of the losses sustained by
insurers. The time has arrived to get off the fence.
If you had a 2007 wildfire loss that has not been paid by your insurer or
if you were not insured or underinsured and you have not already done so,
you will need to sign with an attorney immediately to protect your rights
against SDG&E. For the last ten months, CARe has anticipated that
the class action would be denied and that insurers would prevail in
subrogation to recover most of their wildfire losses. Notably,
SDG&E has not admitted liability for causation of the Witch, Rice and
Guejito fires in the settlement of the insurers’
claims. CARe initially supported the class action because
it could benefit all fire victims, including those most likely to “fall
through the cracks”, and would be the most cost effective resolution of
the causation issues. CARe always asserted fire victims would need
individual legal representation to litigate the damages issues after any
class action to determine causation. Once CARe realized the class
action was not likely to be certified, we advised fire victims to hire
only fully qualified attorneys. In fact, a prior CARe guest
attorney-speaker has consistently opined he did not believe that the
SDG&E class action would be certified by the court even though other
attorneys were supporting the class action. We have encouraged fire victims to sign with a
competent law firm with:
______________________________________________________________________________________________ Judge
rejects class-action motions in wildfires
litigation June 25,
2009 The judge
overseeing the massive litigation stemming from the 2007 wildfires has
ruled against two class-action motions that potentially could have added
hundreds of thousands of plaintiffs to the
case. http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/25/bn26consol21941/ SDG&E
OKs paying big amount to
insurers June 27,
2009 San Diego
Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $686 million to a group of insurance
companies that had sued the utility over claims the insurers paid to
victims of the 2007 Witch Creek, Guejito and ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Rebuilding
process slow for Jesusita, Tea fire
survivors Weeks
after the Jesusita fire and months after the Tea fire destroyed or damaged
several hundred homes around http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jun/26/rebuilding-process-slow-for-jesusita-tea-fire/ ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Chasing
after a 'storm chaser' Fraud
complaints, lawsuits and government investigations have dogged a Southern
California-based firm offering one-stop disaster recovery
services. http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-disaster5-2009jul05,0,3422841.story ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Get a
Kit The
department of Homeland Security wants to remind you that having a disaster
kit can help when you have to rapidly
evacuate. http://www.ready.gov/america/npm09/getakit.html ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Deadline
looms to charge suspected Old Fire
arsonist 6/18/09 Prosecutors
have four months left to charge an arson suspect in the 2003 Old Fire
before the statute of limitations runs out, officials and experts say.
http://www.sbsun.com/search/ci_12622050?IADID
______________________________________________________________________________________________ “The healthy and strong individual is the one who
asks for help when he needs it.” Rona
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