Category: Florida News

FEMA Hosts Flood Insurance Roundtable in West Virginia

Apr 25, 2018

FEMA Region III said it will work with other state partners to host Flood Insurance Partner Roundtable events throughout the region in the coming year to broaden the conversation to reduce the risk of future flooding, increase the number of …

Why Coastal Living Is Becoming Affordable for Only the Rich

Apr 25, 2018

When Hurricane Irma reached Florida’s Big Pine Key in September, it caused the floor of Terry and Sharon Baron’s cream-colored mobile home to collapse. On Marathon Key, twenty miles north, the winds lifted Diane Gaffield’s mobile home off its concrete …

How Hackers Use Hotel Key Cards to Break Into Rooms

Apr 25, 2018

By getting hold of a widely used hotel key card, an attacker could create a master key to unlock any room in the building without leaving a trace, Finnish security researchers said in a study published on Wednesday, solving a …

Hurricanes and beyond–Drones take insurance industry by storm

Apr 23, 2018

Drones are also capable of using thermal imaging in order to detect water beneath roofs, Casey Logan reports for the Ft. Myers News-Press. When a hurricane can be good for business https://www.news-press.com/story/news/2018/04/22/hurricanes-and-beyond-drones-take-insurance-industry-storm/511017002/    

Cities to Florida: Show us the money for hurricane costs

Apr 23, 2018

The most recent estimates show than more than $27 million remains unpaid more than a year and half later.  Tony Jarmusz reports for the Daytona Beach News Journal. http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20180421/cities-to-florida-show-us-money-for-hurricane-costs