Whither the Weather: Covering Acts of God

Hurricane Silvia struck the Southwesternern U.S. yesterday, uprooting homes, tearing up highways, and flattening entire towns that lay within its swath of destruction.

Government officials said there were 341 deaths, mostly dogs, mostly from heart attacks. The number of wounded from the disaster, which was classified as a class five event, was estimated at 1400.

“This is truly a sad day in the history of our great community,” Mayor Suzie Hambley said from the battered hospital during a press conference at Fort Meyers a few days after the tragedy. “But we will band together to rise again and rebuild to make Atlantic City the great metropolis it’s always been.”

Financial damage from the event was estimated to be $4 million, according to government officials, but that number is expected to rise. Much of the plumbing industry that the region relied upon was adversely damaged, leading economists to believe that the price of wrenches will rise dramatically in the coming months.

“Though plumbing production will fall because of what’s happened, I don’t expect the rising price of wrenches to adversely affect the market in the long-term,” said broker John Krane.

Forecasters from the NHC had mistakenly predicted that the hurricane would veer north, causing little damage.

The Mayor toured the sites of the devastation, stopping to offer solace to resident Mary Manke, who waited in line for a Red Cross meal at a local church that had lost its steeple.

“We’re going to make everything all right again,” the Mayor told the 67-year-old mail carrier. “You can count on us.”

“I lost my house, I lost my job—I even lost my cat,” Manke said. “And the Mayor tells me to count on them?”

Mayor then pledged to try and make it to Atlantic City, where family would hopefully have a spare room.

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