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To: Drygulch Dan who wrote (5188)	2/7/2006 4:01:48 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 26021

Those loyalists of the Exumas will soon learn the wrath of mother nature. Good lesson for them! :-)

To: Drygulch Dan who wrote (5188)	2/17/2006 8:07:38 PM
From: CalculatedRisk	Respond to of 26021

Expert Has 'Bad News:' 06' Hurricane Season Could Repeat 05' insurancejournal.com There is no reason to expect any change in hurricane patterns in the near future, the number of hurricanes have been increasing since 1995 and will continue to do so for the next decade or two, according to Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami. Mayfield admitted he was the bearer of "bad news" as he cautioned more than 1,000 insurance adjusters, mediators and attorneys attending the Feb. 8 to 11 Seventh Annual Windstorm Insurance Conference in Orlando to prepare for what very likely will be a 2006 repeat performance of 2004 and 2005. Mayfield even suggested that due to the La Nina effect, there could be more hurricanes in 2006 than there were in 2005. <MORE>