Is there a real way to increase the chance of profitting from a hurricane disaster?
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Supply products to the construction industry for rebuilding homes.
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You can ask your local government or get a loan from them. If all else fails try to sell certain things or have a fund raiser. Contact the local media.
112459
I don't know for sure, but there usually is an increase in insurance fraud after a major disaster such as this.
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Since the MS Gulf Coast is very short comparatively, the chances of a direct hit by the eye of a hurricane are pretty small in any year.  That said, with the forecast for 16 named storms this year, at least one of them is bound for the area.  4 to 6 of those 16 storms are expected to be major (cat. 3 or above).  Thus, the odds decrease some.  In addition, there are other factors such as the strength of the Bermuda High which might steer storms up the Atlantic coast instead of letting them into the Gulf.\n\nHaving said all that, you must remember just how big hurricanes are, so even an indirect hit will make a huge mess.\n\nIn short, the chances of the MS Gulf coast being impacted by a major hurricane are somewhat slim, but I certainly wouldn't just do nothing and hope for the best.  Make sure you are fully prepared starting now.
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I worked for the Government doing disaster relief, usually companies are protected, from events beyond their control, as in your case flooding,but you should check with your companies policies. Also if you have vacation, or any other paid holidays you might be able to use those. Good Luck
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Get everyone involved call your friends and neighbors to help with the benefit. Give everyone something to do. Set a date. Make poster. You need to call your local business and ask for donation and tell them what you are doing. Have your local news paper to advertise for free.  Have a raffle on something that one of the stores give you. If you can get a florist to donate a plant you could raffle it off.  Me and two of my friends had a befit for a small boy in our home town and raised over $3000.00 We used a vacated lot  and had a huge yard sale and had all kind of activities for kids and adults to do. We even had a local band to preform and Pepsi donate a drink machine. Ask the fire department and police to get involved. Ask them to let the kids look at the trucks and cars.We even got our med helicopter to land and it was a big hit. Have a bake sale. Have someone to sell hamburgers and hot dogs. Don't be afraid to ask for help. Tell the business's you will advertise their name on what ever they donated. And have fun. Good Luck
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I am from the south also and do not think it has anything to do with the hurricanes.Its just that political and business are being greedy filling their own wallets, and the heck with everyone else. Just like in the 70's gas went sky high and they had oil stored away. Pretty soon there is going to be two groups of people the rich and the poor, no inbetween. Right now you have people selling things just to get money for gas to get back and forth to work. So between the gas prices,elec bills and everyday things we need to live who is getting richer? Most of us are up the creek without a paddle. All we can do is take a really good look at who we but into office next election.
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Win the lottery. But you do have to go to the store a buy the ticket. There are not many things (if any) that'll get you rich without putting a minute amount of effort into. You could get hit by a car, just make sure your walking in a rich neighborhood. Then you can sue and/or collect insurance money.
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You could pay an escrow company to take the risk but that will cut into your profits.\n\nBasically this is the risk you run with dealing with a company in a place that you are unlikely to be able to get legal redress.  The best guarantee you have is the lure of regular business.\n\nGood luck
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I recently read an article on accuweather.com about this.  Apparently, it all depends where in the South you're talking about.  Their forecast indicates that Texas to Louisana along with South Florida have the highest chance of seeing hurricanes while West Florida to Alabama (areas hit highly in the previous seasons) have a lower probability of impact.  The overall forecast is for an above average season but not as great as last year's record season.  Anybody saying they know for sure are probably trying to sell you something.  Basically, hope for the best and prepare for the worst.
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CHeck with your local electric company, sometimes you can get money back when you lose food, etc.. in storms, particularly when it takes several days to get your electricity back on .
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Red Cross is a good one to contribute to. I helped out doing insurance adjusting when they had the hurricanes down there. We drove from Minnesota to help the best we could and it seemed like there wasn't enough time in the day. I put in 16-20 hour days helping. It was all I could do. Your heart is in the right place. I admire you for that.
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We can't stop hurricanes.  We can only find ways that bring human death and property damages are brought to a minimum.
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For you information, we did NOT get aid immediately, it was nearly 1 week and a half after that we got ANY acknowledgment of being alive.  I live in Northwest Florida and we still have damage.  There are people with blue roofs still after nearly 2 years (Hurricane Ivan).  We had no help from anyone, we were completely ignored!  The gym at one of the local high schools had the roof ripped off, and just recently was it replaced.  The reason we were "better off" was that we actually prepared. I feel pity for them yes, but hardly guilt, they got relief faster than we did.
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Check with your local rental stores.  They may have something suitable available.  Explain your fund raising event, and offer them advertising over the weekend.  You may get a reduced price for the rental, maybe even a freebie!
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A good question! I have seen other countries in the same situation and it would seem that the best practical way to render assistance is to start up a business and convert the profits to food for distribution. Failing this, start a charity and call for donations through the Internet on an international basis.There are plenty of big consortium's overseas who have surplus production from time to time.
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To which hurricane are you referring to? Hurricanes never have done good. I have been through five or six in the past eleven years and it is not fun to sit through one worring if this is the worst of it. Evacuating is not much fun either as you worry if you have anything left. It is not only human lives that are disrupted or lost, but those of animals and the environment.