Archive for August 2018

As wildfires ravage the U.S. West, Republican Senate candidate Mitt Romney has called for more logging and a high-tech early detection system in a plan that was met with some skepticism. Romney, a candidate in Utah, said in an essay … Source: Claims Journal

With four storms already in the books, the Atlantic is expected to produce a total of nine to 13 named storms during the six-month hurricane season that ends Nov. 30, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said. That’s down from … Source: Claims Journal

Sicilian gangsters dropped 25-kilo (55-pound) cast-iron weights on the limbs of drug addicts, alcoholics and other vulnerable people to obtain insurance payments for fake car accidents worth hundreds of thousands of euros, police said Wednesday after making 11 arrests in … Source: Claims Journal

That poorly ventilated conference room isn’t the only place with the potential for sick-air syndrome. Airliner cockpits can also have levels of carbon dioxide elevated enough that in simulations it causes pilots to fail test maneuvers at higher rates than … Source: Claims Journal

Ingersoll Named VP of Corporate Innovation at CSAA John Ingersoll has been named VP of Corporate Innovation at CSAA Insurance Group. Ingersoll is among the inaugural Velocity Program at the company, a “growth engine” that brings employees from various business … Source: Claims Journal

Hurricane John is moving off Mexico’s western coast, having absorbed Tropical Storm Ileana, and is expected to stir up heavy surf and drop rain on the southern portions of the Baja California peninsula while keeping away from landfall. Another tropical … Source: Claims Journal

A train crash into a tour bus that killed four in Mississippi last year stemmed from the railroad and the city failing to improve an unsafe rail crossing, federal safety regulators concluded Tuesday. The March 2017 crash also injured 38 … Source: Claims Journal

The power of water is on constant display here. It can be seen from the erosion of the steep clay banks, the waves that crash into the breakwalls and the rising waters that have consumed the beach. The first nor’easter … Source: Claims Journal

The largest wildfire ever recorded in California needed just 11 days to blacken an area nearly the size of Los Angeles – and it’s only one of many enormous blazes that could make this the worst fire season in state … Source: Claims Journal

Waterloo Fire Rescue’s proposal to bill insurance companies for its emergency response costs has been rejected. The Iowa city council members voted 5-2 Monday against the plan that would seek payments for the city’s manpower and equipment costs when responding … Source: Claims Journal