Catastrophe & Restoration

Those in the restoration industry are taught in water-damage restoration schools that soaked building materials are brought to this state by a leak or a flood.

The storm struck High Island, Texas in September 2007 with 85 mph winds, and was the only hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland in the last two years.

During his presidency, Bill Clinton once said, "The White House: I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the prison system."

For the past 25 years, a program has been underway that provides advanced training for damage repair contractors and restorers.

The NOAA recently completed a study that said a warming global ocean could positively influence the winds that shear off the tops of developing hurricanes.

U.S.P&C insurers received another reprieve from Mother Nature in 2007.

For years, when a homeowner suffered a property loss that included damaged clothing and other textiles, the items either were written off as a total loss or dropped off at a nearby retail dry cleaner.

It has been more than two years since Hurricane Katrina's violent winds and water left in its wake the damaged and destroyed homes of tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents.