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But the economy typically recoups most of that lost activity after a shutdown ends, as it would after disruption caused by a natural disaster.

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And of all the destabilizing events in a pet’s life, it is having their owner disappear – due to a divorce, illness, natural disaster or other more horrifying fate.

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They don’t believe Weiss will want to deal with day-to-day news coverage decisions such as how many correspondents and technical crews to send to cover a natural disaster.

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As a result of these threats of natural disaster, which Mr Levy calls the Caribbean's "unique market", the cost of home insurance will always be high.

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“This recovery cannot be credibly compared to any other wildfire cleanup in recent memory,” said Andrew Whelton, an engineering professor at Purdue University who studies natural disaster recovery.

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