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Where Harvey is Hitting Hardest, 80% Lack Flood Insurance
Article from The .Washington Post The vast majority of homeowners in the area devastated by Hurricane Harvey lack flood insurance, leaving many who escaped the storm with little financial help to rebuild their homes and lives.
Commentary (first printed in The Washington Post: There's an insight sometimes credited to W.B. "Bat" Masterson, the buffalo hunter turned Wild West lawman turned hard-drinking gambler who ended up as a pal of Theodore Roosevelt and died a famous New York sportswriter. (Only in America!) The insight goes like this: Everyone gets the same amount of ice in life. The rich get theirs in the summer; the poor in the winter.
