It was a cold winter night in Illinois, everyone was in their homes warm and safe. The meteorologist kept accurate predictions of the weather for their whole career. One day on the weekend the meteorologist notices a strange reading in his forecast. He picks up a strange cloud group coming towards his city. A Blizzard with high winds of over 100 mph, hail, frozen rain, and it dropped to negative 10 degrees. The blizzard demolished peoples homes from frozen trees and high winds, power lines tore town from tons of frozen rain, hail destroyed cars and windows citywide. The storm destroyed city generators and left people without hope.
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are the first ones to help a city in need. the most visible Salvation …show more content…
(Pekin Insurance - Don’t be that guy!) Loss of use coverage takes care of things like hotel costs or rental cost if your property is unable to live in, the expenses of fuel and food costs that exceed normal costs,storage and moving costs. Contents replacement is very important. Many people don’t acknowledge is what is considered contents. A good rule is, if you were looking to move, what would you take with you? Naturally you would take clothes, dishes, furniture, and pictures add more to that list. Separate structures besides the house’s coverage takes care of items such as sheds, detached garages, or outbuildings. Also included in that coverage are driveways, sidewalks, patios, and brick landscaping borders. (Pekin Insurance - Know your insurance …show more content…
The aftermath is most likely the most challenging. That is because after the storm has passed, all the fires had been put out, and the roads had all been clear, there is still much more work to do. Recovery is a long-term process that can take months, and even years. The American Red Cross held its 5th Annual Disaster Preparedness Summit on August 21st in downtown Chicago, where there were more than 200 leaders that were representing 85 business, government and community organizations gathered at the “Booth School of Business” at the University of Chicago , Gleacher Center so they can be prepared to partner and mobilize when disaster strikes. The Summit mainly focused on the recovery part in the disaster cycle, bringing together specialists who led recovery tactics in areas of infrastructure, economic development, transit, housing and human services. (Red Cross Stories - Summit tackles topics of recovery in disaster
The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are the first ones to help a city in need. the most visible Salvation …show more content…
(Pekin Insurance - Don’t be that guy!) Loss of use coverage takes care of things like hotel costs or rental cost if your property is unable to live in, the expenses of fuel and food costs that exceed normal costs,storage and moving costs. Contents replacement is very important. Many people don’t acknowledge is what is considered contents. A good rule is, if you were looking to move, what would you take with you? Naturally you would take clothes, dishes, furniture, and pictures add more to that list. Separate structures besides the house’s coverage takes care of items such as sheds, detached garages, or outbuildings. Also included in that coverage are driveways, sidewalks, patios, and brick landscaping borders. (Pekin Insurance - Know your insurance …show more content…
The aftermath is most likely the most challenging. That is because after the storm has passed, all the fires had been put out, and the roads had all been clear, there is still much more work to do. Recovery is a long-term process that can take months, and even years. The American Red Cross held its 5th Annual Disaster Preparedness Summit on August 21st in downtown Chicago, where there were more than 200 leaders that were representing 85 business, government and community organizations gathered at the “Booth School of Business” at the University of Chicago , Gleacher Center so they can be prepared to partner and mobilize when disaster strikes. The Summit mainly focused on the recovery part in the disaster cycle, bringing together specialists who led recovery tactics in areas of infrastructure, economic development, transit, housing and human services. (Red Cross Stories - Summit tackles topics of recovery in disaster