The duty to mitigate often influences the ability of someone to collect compensation for their losses. The duty to mitigate applies to insurance claimants such as many Gulf Coast residents affected by hurricanes, particularly Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Go to the URL below, read the section, "Make temporary repairs," then answer Questions 1 -3. Visit URL: Make Temporary Repairs Information http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/05/katrina/3357661.htmlLinks to an external site. 

Question 1: What are some examples of how homeowners should mitigate their storm-related losses? 

Question 2: What information does the attorney, Garfinkel, recommend that claimants record on a calendar? 

Question 3: If someone chooses to live in a hurricane prone area, to what extent should insurance policies or the federal government "bail" out the homeowners? Should the "Darwin" principle apply to these situations? eowners? Should the "Darwin" principle apply to these situations?