Flood Threats Insurance
Gary Mailloux talks about his flood insurance policy outside his north Fargo, N.D. home on Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Mailloux said he views his policy as a cheap investment. Mailloux bought insurance in 2008 and signed up again last September, six months after a frantic sandbagging effort saved his house. "I think it only costs me 12 bucks a month," Mailloux said. "I waste money at a higher rate than that." In North Dakota, fewer than 4,000 residents had flood coverage before last year's disaster. That has more than tripled to over 13,000. (AP Photo/ Jay Pickthorn)
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