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Most distressing, only 17% of those living in flood-prone areas buy flood insurance, which typically costs $300 yearly for $80,000 coverage. Explains FEMA insurance administrator Bud Schauerte: "Some people think they're covered by homeowners' insurance. Others think the government will come to their rescue. But that's wrong; they may not get anything but a hotel room for a few days...
...Mount Weather since 1968 is Bernard ("Bud") Gallagher. A former Air Force bomber pilot who was shot down over Denmark and held captive by Germany's dreaded Gestapo during World War II, Gallagher flew through the mushroom clouds of 12 nuclear tests in 1952 and 1953 to record radiation levels. He later went to the White House, serving in the Office of Emergency Preparedness. Now 69, Gallagher is described as a superpatriot and a student of such dire scenarios as the postattack consequences of nuclear, biological and chemical warfare. Says Becton: "He's a solid citizen...
Baby Busters just want to be left alone. The Bud Dry campaign appeals to these younger drinkers with its theme "Why Ask Why?" Expect songs and movies about the joy of disengagement...
...children are no better. Boy Bud is a hormone-drenched lecherous sleaze, and daughter Kelly could become a professional prostitute, if only she were willing to forfeit her amateur status...
...that raising fuel-economy standards from 27.5 m.p.g. to 34 (Honda and Toyota just announced they would start selling some cars with engines that do twice as well) would save more oil than expedited drilling in Alaska could provide. The carmakers clearly wanted to nip that idea in the bud. Efficient cars are smaller cars, and therefore fuel economy, they say, is dangerous to your health...