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Natural disasters are terrible: terrible to endure, terrible to remember, even terrible to read about.

The Certified Restoration Dryclean-ing Network has named Myron Blankenbaker vice president of business development.

Selective Insurance Group, a claim and risk management services company, has promoted David Richmond from claims liability analyst to assistant vice president, corporate claims manager.

CompuWeather, a meteorological consulting firm for the insurance industry, has created Hurricane Katrina and Rita wind map sets with ZIP codes.

The New York State Insurance Department has published its 2005 Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints.

Risk management company Guy Carpenter's advanced modeling unit, Instrat, has produced "Tropical Cyclone Review of 2005."

James Lee Witt, former FEMA director, and James Loy, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, have formed ProtectingCalifornia.org.

Fatal bridge collapses are not uncommon.