Did You Know  ?

• From 2002 through 2006, ten thousand homes nationwide were destroyed by wildfire.
  
  
• The U.S. has the highest occurrence of tornadoes of any country in the world.
  
  
• No part of the country is immune from all kinds of natural disasters.
  
  
• In the past two decades, direct economic loss from natural disasters in the U.S. has multiplied fivefold to $269 billion.

 

 

• Property crime makes up more than three quarters of all crime in the United States.
  
  
• A burglary takes place in the U.S. every 14.6 seconds.
  
  
• Floods are the most common form of natural disaster. Average flood annual losses total $4.5 billion.
  
  
• Flooding from hurricanes can occur hundreds of miles from the coast, placing communities, which would not normally be affected by the strongest winds, in great danger.