Not for the first time Tracey looked out of the window and wondered if this was a good idea, flying into New Orleans hours before hurricane Katrina was due to strike.

Of course she wouldn't be doing this trip unless she had to but as claims advisor for ABC Insurance at Lloyd's of London duty had called. Well her boss had called actually, at 9.30pm the day before with instructions to get on the plane to the US to help in any way she could to reduce the cost of any claims that might come ABC's way.

Tracey had not been that impressed by the order, for a start she had a scant six hours to pack and to get to Heathrow before her plane took off. Mr Chambers had indicated that her plane was likely to be the last plane allowed to land before the hurricane got too bad and he would not be happy if she wasn't on it!

Apart from anything else she wasn't sure what she could do to help when she got there. After all a hurricane is a hurricane, there wasn't much you could do to stop it doing damage, she wasn't wonder woman after all.

She knew ABC had not had a good year and if this storm caused too much damage and too many claims came flooding in who know, it might be

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