Why your next home may look like a snow globe

Over the past decade, the world has watched in horror as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, fires, earthquakes, mudslides, tsunamis and most recently, one of the largest typhoons on record, caused death and destruction in epic numbers. With meteorologists predicting even more intense storms in the future, some homeowners are finding a simple yet ingenious way to minimize their vulnerability: building a dome home.

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Hurricane Sandy: Richard Garneau, Resolute CEO, Says Canada’s Forestry Industry To Profit From Storm

MONTREAL — The destructive wrath of Hurricane Sandy will help boost recovery in Canada’s forest products industry next year as communities in New York City area and along the New Jersey coast rebuild, the head of Resolute Forest Products said Friday.

“When you look at the devastation it’s mind boggling and it’s going to have an impact,” CEO Richard Garneau said in an interview.

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Investing: How to get catastrophe tax deduction

8:53PM EDT November 1. 2012 – Thanks to Superstorm Sandy, you’ve got cod in your basement, your roof is in your neighbor’s backyard, and your car’s stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey.

You lucky person! You might get a tax break. But it’s not a generous one, and it takes a fair amount of work to get it.

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