Katherine Hamilton

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654 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Apr 2024 last heard Jan 2025

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WSJ Your Money Briefing · The Long-Term Financial Burden of Hurricane Recovery · 10 Oct 2024 podcast

And it's a really big shock to the system for a lot of folks. voice-verified

A lot of people have to actually leave their job for some time, which can cause people to fall behind on expenses. voice-verified

And then obviously any damage to your belongings and your house can take a huge toll. voice-verified

And the research shows that debt climbs for a lot of survivors of disasters. voice-verified

Savings tends to go down and credit scores also can go down. voice-verified

It really varies depending on the situation. voice-verified

I've heard from some people that if they have damage from both wind and flooding, for example, sometimes the flooding insurance will blame the wind and the wind insurance will blame the flooding. voice-verified

So that can limit how much coverage you get from those. voice-verified

But it's also a bigger issue for Helene specifically because a lot of the houses in Helene's path, voice-verified

We're not insured for flooding because it was more inland than a lot of people were expecting. voice-verified

And it's not a high flood risk area. voice-verified

So flood insurance isn't required in those areas. voice-verified

It can have really long-term effects. voice-verified

One of the major effects is declining credit scores. voice-verified

So on average, credit scores fell about 46 points following disasters, one study found. voice-verified

And debt also actually compounds in many cases. voice-verified

So there was one study voice-verified

paper by the Urban Institute that showed that the amount of people with debt in collections in areas where there were disasters actually continued to increase four years after the disaster. voice-verified

So we spoke to somebody named Jason Johnson. voice-verified

He is from Fort Myers Beach, Florida. voice-verified

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