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Natural Disasters: Preparing for, dealing with and recovering from Mother Nature’s catastrophes

December 31, 2024

No place in the world is disaster proof. Mother Nature unleashes her horrors globally and year-round via hurricanes, tornadoes, wild fires, floods, blizzards and more.

These special Natural Disasters Resource Pages, which I’ve dubbed Storm Warnings, are the comprehensive collection of Don’t Mess With Taxes blog posts about disasters and the associated tax implications.

As long-time blog readers know, I am a weather nut. I made that clear early in my blogging career. My second ever post back on Nov. 15, 2005, the one after unleashing introducing Don’t Mess With Taxes, was Stormy tax policy about, yes, hurricanes.

My fascination with weather woes comes naturally. The hubby and I, along with close members of my family have been through major hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods and way too close to wildfire.

So obviously, I’ll still publish separate storm-related blog posts when warranted. But rather than reinvent the wheel in those items, I’ll refer readers to this page.

I hope that isn’t necessary often. But for too much of the time, Mother Nature can be a real Mommy Dearest!

Finally, a quick note on the following info. When I created this collection five years ago, I didn’t realize that I had essentially become a weather/disaster blogger in addition to one who chronicles taxes. So originally, it was one special page.

But as storms continued to wreak havoc and require posts about associated tax relief, it got to be really, really, loooooong! More than 3,000 words long (and growing).

So I’ve broken it into separate pages of posts with information on storms and disasters:

In each section, the relevant posts are added in rolling chronological order, meaning the oldest ones are at the top and the newest blog post on a topic in that area is at the end of the bullet list. Many of the older posts still offer good info, but I’d suggest you scroll through all, especially if you’re looking for the most up-to-date news, tax or otherwise.

Feel free to click over to the disaster area of particular interest to you now by hitting the page links above. Or peruse each section at your leisure.

If you run into a 404 Page Not Found link, sorry. I’m sure it was a good post, but some older ones didn’t make the move back in 2025 to the ol’ blog’s current hosting service. But their info likely was used in newer storm-related posts that you can find in the Tax Policy in Disasters category.

Most importantly, though, stay safe!

 

 

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TO WRAP UP 2026

It’s over! With October’s extended filing deadline behind us, it is now time to focus on year-end moves to reduce your 2026 tax bill. 

You’ll find ways to do just that on the Tax Tips page (see the More Tax Posts drop-down menu at the top of the blog), as well as the separate tax tip pages for each month, notably October through December. If you’re on the Tax Tips page, you’ll find a monthly list at the end of this column. If you’re on another blog page, you can head straight to the October tips; at the bottom of that tips page you’ll find links to all the other 11 months’ collections of tax advice.

Not to spoil what you’ll find in that tax advice, but it does cover such things as tax deductions for charitable donations, investment moves that could reduce tax due, and ways to max out your tax-favored retirement savings. 

Finally, as the year winds down, things get hectic. There are lots of other things to occupy our time, like the much more fun upcoming holidays. But don’t lose sight of taxes, since timing is key. To be of use, most tax moves must be made by the end of the tax year. That’s Thursday, Dec. 31, which also is the last business day of the year. 

So that you don’t miss that final tax year deadline, also keep an eye on the countdown clock below. It will keep you on top of just how much time is left to make important, tax-saving moves. (Note: I’m in the Central Time Zone, so adjust accordingly for where you live.)

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