The Miller Amendment will require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on potential long-term reforms of the program, including: •Ways the private insurance market can contribute to insuring against flood damage. •The impact on the NFIP if communities were to opt out of the program •The feasibility of regionalizing the NFIP based on FEMA’s 10 geographic regions which should result in premiums more reflective of each region’s risk.

Congresswoman Chellie Pingree successfully amended a major flood reform bill that would require the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to re-examine the way they create flood maps. Last year FEMA proposed flood plain maps for Portland Harbor that would have made economic development on the waterfront extremely difficult. Pingree worked with the City of Portland to write the amendment, which would require FEMA to consider the unique nature of working waterfronts like those found along the Maine Coast.

Sheriff Ben Stewart giving a press release pertaining to a victim of the flooding rivers in Madison Florida.

Flooding and Flood Insurance in Kalona, Iowa — Kalona, IA City Council Meeting (June 21 2010) Public Forum: Local resident, Karen Burton, 1. Again, for the 3rd year in a row, urges the Council to consider Kalona participation in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) 2. In light of the June 15 flash flooding, particularly in the area of the Western Creek/Ditch, urges the city to review the analysis by MMS Consultants to route additional downtown storm water to the Western Creek/Ditch as part of the Downtown Renovation Project. Local resident, Gregory Van Egdon, recalls previous flooding of the Western Creek/Ditch. Check out the FEMA floodplain map of Kalona at shucks.com L to R are: Councilors: Steve Lafaurie, Claudine Miller-Zahradnek, Mark Robe, Ken Herington City Administration: Administrator Ryan Schlabaugh, Clerk Karen Christner Mayor: Jerry Kauffman Absent: Councilor David Bentley

Should you buy flood insurance? Do you automatically get flood insurance? How to tell if you might be at risk – answered by insurance expert, Mike Tedford of TedfordInsurance.com 918-299-2345 Distributed by Tubemogul.

Ros-Lehtinen supports extension of National Flood Insurance Program

House Passes Stark-Burton Flood Insurance Amendment, September 27th, 2007

Check out www.vlaze.com/getthedaily for more videos! The source of a deadly food contamination has been identified, according to Canadian health food officials. A recent listeriosis outbreak that has been linked to 4-deaths, 21-confirmed cases and possibly 30-more cases is linked back to Maple Leaf Foods plant in Toronto. The Canadian company expanded the recall of its meat products over the weekend, and the Public Health Agency expects the number of reported cases to continue increasing because symptoms of listeriosis can remain dormant for up to 70-days after bacterial infection. The rare foodborne illness is most dangerous to the elderly, pregnant women and people with compromised immune systems. Regular treatment of the disease is a dose of antibiotics. Health officials in Canada and the United States are in talks of creating legal standards for written food allergy warnings. Currently, these label cautions are voluntary and officials say they are popping up on previously quote-unquote safe, non-allergenic products, causing many consumers to become confused and to ignore the labels all together. The FDA plans to hold a public hearing on September 16th to help understand consumers and their needs – it’s the first step towards developing new standards. About 12-million Americans have food allergies, and since 2006, a US-law has required companies to state when products contain highly allergenic ingredients. And one state is forcing overweight employees to pay 25-dollars …

FEMA and the Insurance Information Institute are Urging All Homeowners to Consider Flood Insurance People who live near the coast or next to a stream are not the only homeowners threatened by floods during a hurricane. FEMA and the Insurance Information Institute say those who live further inland should be concerned too because wind and rain from hurricanes can cause massive inland flooding. In fact, 25% of flood losses occur to homeowners with low flood risk. Most of these floods are the result of runoff during a heavy downpour. Often there is no place for the water to go, the rain falls too fast for the ground to absorb or the ground is too dry. Just a few inches of water in the basement can cause $8-10000 in damage. Unfortunately, many homeowners mistakenly think floods are covered under their homeowners, but to be covered for flooding, you need a policy from the National Flood Insurance Program. This policy can be purchased through your insurance agent. If you would like to get an idea of how much a policy would cost and what your home’s flood risk is, visit the National Flood Insurance Program site at www.floodsmart.gov Produced for Insurance Information Institute

Congressman Higgins participated in a congressional hearing on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) flood map modernization program, held by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management. Higgins, a leading advocate of correcting the flood zone issue in Western New York, told the Subcommittee and assembled FEMA officials that the flood insurance requirement has created “economic dead zones” in Western New York.

A flood claim in Jacksonville, FL goes from nightmare to dream for Michaela Miller with the help of public adjuster Mark Goldwich of Gold Star Adjusters. Mark’s DFS Lic. # is A099530.

Representing Sacramento, one of the nation’s most at-risk cities for flooding, Congresswoman Matsui offers her expertise on the National Flood Insurance Program to her colleagues on the Financial Services Committee