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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
940 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2009

...DAY 4 OF 2009 NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK...

YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) INVITES YOUR PARTICIPATION IN
ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL FLOOD SAFETY AWARENESS WEEK...MARCH 16-20 2009.

TODAYS FLOOD SAFETY THEME IS DETERMINING YOUR FLOOD RISK AND BUYING
FLOOD INSURANCE TO PROTECT AGAINST LOSS. JUST ABOUT EVERYONE LIVES
IN A FLOOD ZONE...WHETHER THAT RISK BE LOW...MODERATE...OR HIGH.
OVER A TYPICAL 30-YEAR HOME MORTGAGE FLOODS ARE NEARLY THREE TIMES
MORE LIKELY TO OCCUR THAN A FIRE. PUT ANOTHER WAY...YOUR HOME HAS
THE SAME CHANCE OF BEING FLOODED AS YOUR CAR BEING STOLEN...YET FEW
PEOPLE HAVE FLOOD INSURANCE. EVEN LOW HAZARD FLOOD AREAS ARE AT
RISK. ABOUT ONE IN THREE FLOOD INSURANCE CLAIMS EACH YEAR ARE PAID
TO HOMEOWNERS LIVING OUTSIDE OF HIGH RISK AREAS.

YOU MAY THINK HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE COVERS FLOODS...BUT IT OFTEN DOES
NOT...AND JUST A FEW INCHES OF WATER CAN CAUSE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
IN DAMAGE. HOMEOWNERS...RENTERS...AND BUSINESS OWNERS ARE ELIGIBLE
TO PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE AS LONG AS THEIR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATES
IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM OR N-F-I-P.

THE N-F-I-P IS A FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY PROGRAM
ENABLING PROPERTY OWNERS TO PURCHASE FLOOD INSURANCE AT REASONABLE
RATES. IT TAKES 30 DAYS AFTER PURCHASE FOR A POLICY TO TAKE
EFFECT...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE BEFORE FLOODS
THREATEN. NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE AHEAD OF THE
SUMMER THUNDERSTORM AND HURRICANE SEASONS.

TO BUY FLOOD INSURANCE...CONTACT AN INSURANCE AGENT IN YOUR AREA.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT FEMA AND THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE
PROGRAM CHECK OUT:

WWW.FLOODSMART.GOV

HERE ARE SOME OTHER HELPFUL LINKS:

WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/FLOODSAFETY/

WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NASHVILLE

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LAROSA




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