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To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (5280)	4/5/2006 2:03:22 PM
From: Patricia Trinchero	Respond to of 26067

That's incredible !! The waterfalls in Yosemite will be spectacular when it all melts! The levees in the central valley will be tested soon when the runoff gains momentum. I am glad I don't live near any of them. I believe a couple levees have already broken near Merced and flooded some homes. The LA basin won't be short of water anytime soon! All the reservoirs in Northern Ca are spilling over now with more storms on the way. The spillways are controlled so there is no flood danger yet. With another week to 10 days of predicted rain, who knows what will develop! All the water has to go somewhere and it appears it can't get there fast enough! Regions of the Sacramento area are turning into "lakelike" environments. The Ca capital may become a "rice paddy".

To: CalculatedRisk who wrote (5280)	4/7/2006 4:53:49 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 26067

Storms push Lloyd's into the red Insurance market Lloyd's of London has reported a loss of £103m ($180m) for 2005, following large claims from hurricane damage in the US. The loss followed a profit of £1.37bn in 2004, and Lloyd's said that 2005 had been "the worst year on record for natural disasters". The market had net claims of £3.31bn from the string of hurricanes that hit the US and the Caribbean last year. Unlike some insurance companies, Lloyd's didn't announce they were pulling out. However, they suggested that it may be more difficult to get insurance from them in the future: However, Lord Levene warned that the market should not dismiss the events of 2005 as a one-off. "We must not fall into the trap of thinking that 2005 was a freak year which could never happen again," he said. "We must only accept risk at an adequate price and on the right terms." I wonder if that's what's going to end up driving people away from the coasts? Not the hurricanes themselves, but the inability to get insurance for their homes and businesses in coastal areas. theoildrum.com