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On the recordFebruary 16, 2006
I had a tin roof on my house. There are pieces of my tin roof 20 to 30 feet up in trees behind where my house used to be, kind of wrapped around and sort of like a taco shell. When they came back with my claim and said there was no wind damage to my house, and I pointed to the tin, they just kind of shrug.
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Gene Taylor
Mississippi

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Congressman Gene Taylor shares his personal experience with his insurance claim after Hurricane Katrina.

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