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Remnants of Hurricane Sally Head Offshore Into Atlantic

Updated 1/13/21: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally from September 14-16, 2020.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (DR-4563 Amendment 5)

Updated 10/14/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing. The action closes the incident period on September 28, 2020.

Florida Hurricane Sally (DR-4564)

Updated 10/13/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Florida Hurricane Sally (DR-4564)

Updated 10/13/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally from September 14-16, 2020.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (DR-4563)

Updated 10/9/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally from September 14-16, 2020.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (DR-4563)

Updated 10/9/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (DR-4563)

Updated 10/2/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Florida Hurricane Sally (DR-4564)

Updated 9/23/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Florida Hurricane Sally (DR-4564)

Updated 9/20/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (DR-4563)

Updated 9/18/20: USA Today issued a report offering the latest on Hurricane Sally, which has lost all characteristics of a tropical storm and is moving into the Atlantic Ocean.

Live coverage of Sally: Pensacola residents pick up the pieces; 320,000 still without power

Approximate locations (according to media outlets) sustaining structural flooding/wind damage (combined with previous updates):

Alabama

– Brownsville (Clay County, 35072)
– Dauphin Island (Mobile County, 36528)
– Fairhope (Baldwin County, 36532, 36533)
– Foley (Baldwin County, 36535, 36536)
– Fort Morgan/Fort Bowyer (Baldwin County, 36542)
– Gulf Shores (Baldwin County, 36542, 36547)
– Loxley (Baldwin County, 36551)
– Mobile (Mobile County)
*Concentrated damage (wind): Midtown (36606, 36607)
– Orange Beach (Baldwin County, 36561)
**Hardest hit area (home flooding)
*30 inches of rain recorded
– Robertsdale (Baldwin County, 36567, 36574)
– Silverhill (Baldwin County, 36576)
– Spanish Fort (Baldwin County, 36527, 36577)
– Theodore (Mobile County, 36582, 36590)

Florida

– Cantonment (Escambia County, 32533)
– Floridatown (Santa Rosa County, 32571)
– Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa County, 32547, 32548, 32549)
– Freeport (Walton County, 32439)
– Gulf Breeze (Santa Rosa County, 32561, 32562, 32563, 32566)
– Inlet Beach (Walton County, 32413, 32461)
– Jay (Santa Rosa County, 32565)
– Mack Bayou (Walton County, 32459)
– Miramar Beach (Walton County, 32550)
– Milton (Santa Rosa County, 32570, 32571, 32572, 32583)
– Myrtle Grove (Escambia County, 32506, 32507, 32511, 32512)
– Navarre (Santa Rosa County, 32566)
– Panama City (Bay County, 32401, 32402, 32403, 32404, 32405, 32406, 32407, 32408, 32409, 32411, 32412, 32413, 32417, 32461)
– Pensacola (Escambia County)
*Concentrated flooding: Downtown (32501, 32591, 32502, 32504, 32507)
*30 inches of rain recorded at NAS Pensacola
– Pensacola Beach (Escambia County, 32561)
– Perdido Key (Escambia County, 32507)
– Warrington (Escambia County, 32507, 32508)
– West Pensacola (Escambia County, 32505, 32506, 32507, 32516)

South Carolina

– Millwood (Sumter County, 29556)
*Flood water reportedly reached home doorways (eight inches of rain recorded)
– Sumter (Sumter County, 29150, 29151, 29153, 29154)
*Flood waters reportedly reached home doorways (seven inches of rain recorded)

Updated 9/17/20: The Weather Channel issued a report offering the latest on Hurricane Sally, which continues to weaken as it passes through Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas.

Sally Spreading Torrential Rainfall, Flooding to Georgia, Carolinas, Virginia

Additional approximate locations reportedly sustaining structural flooding/wind damage:

Alabama

– Fairhope (Baldwin County, 36532, 36533)
*Flooding
– Foley (Baldwin County, 36535, 36536)
*Flooding

Florida

– Fort Cantonment (Escambia County, 32533)
*Flooding
– Freeport (Walton County, 32439)
*Flooding
– Jay (Santa Rosa County, 32565)
– West Pensacola (Escambia County, 32505, 32506, 32507, 32516)
*Flooding/wind damage

Updated 9/16/20: Freddie Mac issued a release reminding mortgage servicers of its disaster relief policies for homeowners amid Hurricane Sally and the ongoing wildfires threatening California and the Western states.

Freddie Mac Confirms Disaster Relief Options for Homeowners Affected by Hurricane Sally and the Ongoing Wildfires

Updated 9/16/20: Fannie Mae issued a release reminding those impacted by Hurricane Sally and the West Coast Wildfires of disaster relief options.

Fannie Mae Reminds Homeowners and Mortgage Servicers of Assistance Options for Those Affected by Hurricane Sally and the West Coast Wildfires

Updated 9/16/20: The Weather Channel issued a report detailing initial impacts from Hurricane Sally after the storm made landfall in Alabama Wednesday.

Sally Floods Homes, Businesses in Alabama, Florida; Damages Chunk of Pensacola Bridge

Approximate locations reportedly experiencing structural flooding/wind damage:

Alabama

– Brownsville (Clay County, 35072)
– Dauphin Island (Mobile County, 36528)
– Fort Morgan/Fort Bowyer (Baldwin County, 36542)
– Gulf Shores (Baldwin County, 36542, 36547)
– Loxley (Baldwin County, 36551)
– Mobile (Mobile County)
*Concentrated damage (wind): Midtown (36606, 36607)
– Orange Beach (Baldwin County, 36561)
**Hardest hit area (homes flooded, emergency services cutoff)
– Silverhill (Baldwin County, 36576)
– Spanish Fort (Baldwin County, 36527, 36577)
– Theodore (Mobile County, 36582, 36590)

Florida

– Fort Walton Beach (Okaloosa County, 32547, 32548, 32549)
– Miramar Beach (Walton County, 32550)
– Panama City (Bay County, 32401, 32402, 32403, 32404, 32405, 32406, 32407, 32408, 32409, 32411, 32412, 32413, 32417, 32461)
– Pensacola (Escambia County)
*Concentrated flooding: Downtown (32501, 32591, 32502, 32504, 32507)
*24 inches of rain recorded at NAS Pensacola
– Pensacola Beach (Escambia County, 32561)
– Perdidio Key (Escambia County, 32507)

Updated 9/16/20: The Weather Channel issued a report offering the latest on Hurricane Sally, which has made landfall in Alabama.

Hurricane Sally Lashing Gulf Coast With Flooding Rain, Storm Surge and Damaging Winds After Making Landfall

Updated 9/15/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Florida Hurricane Sally (EM-3546)
Associated County ZIP Code List (13 Counties)

Updated 9/15/20: AccuWeather published a report offering the latest forecast information on Hurricane Sally, which is poised to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast within the next 24 hours.

Hurricane Sally could dump 30 inches of rain on parts of Gulf Coast

Updated 9/14/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Mississippi affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Mississippi Hurricane Sally (EM-3544)
Associated County ZIP Code List (24 Counties)

Updated 9/14/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Louisiana affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Louisiana Hurricane Sally (EM-3543)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)

Updated 9/14/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Alabama affected by Hurricane Sally beginning on September 14, 2020 and continuing.

Alabama Hurricane Sally (EM-3545)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)

Disaster Alert
September 13, 2020

Source: The Weather Channel

Additional Resources:

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (Gov. John Bel Edwards Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Tropical Storm Sally)
Associated Parish ZIP Code List (Statewide)

Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (GOVERNOR REEVES DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN PREPARATION FOR TROPICAL STORM SALLY)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)

Alabama Governor Kay Ivey (State of Emergency: Tropical Storm Sally)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)

NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.

At a Glance

  • Tropical Storm Sally is expected to strengthen into a hurricane before striking the northern Gulf Coast.
  • Sally’s slow movement will result in prolonged impacts on the Gulf Coast.
  • Life-threatening storm surge is expected, particularly in parts of southeast Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
  • Flooding rain is a major threat from Sally on the Gulf Coast and farther inland across the Southeast this week.
  • Damaging winds are expected near where Sally’s center crosses the coast.

Tropical Storm Sally is expected to intensify into a hurricane as it tracks into the northern Gulf Coast, where it will bring an extremely dangerous storm surge, flooding rainfall and damaging winds early this week. Sally will also pose a threat of flooding rainfall farther inland across parts of the Southeast.

Sally will produce a deadly duo of human-height storm surge and a foot or more of rainfall in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Nearly 90% of deaths caused by hurricanes are the result of a combination of rainfall flooding, storm surge and rip currents.

Preparations for Sally’s impacts should be rushed to completion. Follow the advice of local officials if you are ordered to evacuate.

A hurricane warning has been issued for portions of southeastern Louisiana east of Morgan City, Louisiana eastward to the Mississippi/Alabama border, including Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas and metropolitan New Orleans. Hurricane conditions (winds 74 mph or greater) are expected in some parts of this area by late Monday and Tuesday.

Hurricane watches and tropical storm warnings and watches are in effect to west and east of this hurricane warning, including parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and the Florida Panhandle.

A storm surge warning is also in effect from Port Fourchon, Louisiana, to the border between Alabama and Florida, including Mobile Bay, Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Maurepas and Lake Borgne. This means there will be a danger of life-threatening inundation from storm surge within the warning area in the next 36 hours.

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CEO

Alan Jaffa

Alan Jaffa is the Chief Executive Officer for Safeguard Properties, steering the company as the mortgage field services industry leader. He also serves on the board of advisors for SCG Partners, a middle-market private equity fund focused on diversifying and expanding Safeguard Properties’ business model into complimentary markets.

Alan joined Safeguard in 1995, learning the business from the ground up. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2002, and was named CEO in May 2010. His hands-on experience has given him unique insights as a leader to innovate, improve and strengthen Safeguard’s processes to assure that the company adheres to the highest standards of quality and customer service.

Under Alan’s leadership, Safeguard has grown significantly with strategies that have included new and expanded services, technology investments that deliver higher quality and greater efficiency to clients, and strategic acquisitions. He takes a team approach to process improvement, involving staff at all levels of the organization to address issues, brainstorm solutions, and identify new and better ways to serve clients.

In 2008, Alan was recognized by Crain’s Cleveland Business in its annual “40-Under-40” profile of young leaders. He also was named a NEO Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Award finalist in 2013.

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Esq., General Counsel and EVP

Linda Erkkila

Linda Erkkila is the General Counsel and Executive Vice President for Safeguard Properties, with oversight of legal, human resources, training, and compliance. Linda’s broad scope of oversight covers regulatory issues that impact Safeguard’s operations, risk mitigation, strategic planning, human resources and training initiatives, compliance, insurance, litigation and claims management, and counsel related to mergers, acquisition and joint ventures.

Linda assures that Safeguard’s strategic initiatives align with its resources, leverage opportunities across the company, and contemplate compliance mandates. She has practiced law for 25 years and her experience, both as outside and in-house counsel, covers a wide range of corporate matters, including regulatory disclosure, corporate governance compliance, risk assessment, compensation and benefits, litigation management, and mergers and acquisitions.

Linda earned her JD at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She holds a degree in economics from Miami University and an MBA. Linda was previously named as both a “Woman of Influence” by HousingWire and as a “Leading Lady” by MReport.

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COO

Michael Greenbaum

Michael Greenbaum is the Chief Operating Officer of Safeguard Properties, where he has played a pivotal role since joining the company in July 2010. Initially brought on as Vice President of REO, Mike’s exceptional leadership and strategic vision quickly propelled him to Vice President of Operations in 2013, and ultimately to COO in 2015. Over his 14-year tenure at Safeguard, Mike has been instrumental in driving change and fostering innovation within the Property Preservation sector, consistently delivering excellence and becoming a trusted partner to clients and investors.

A distinguished graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Mike earned a degree in Quantitative Economics. Following his graduation, he served in the U.S. Army’s Ordnance Branch, where he specialized in supply chain management. Before his tenure at Safeguard, Mike honed his expertise by managing global supply chains for 13 years, leveraging his military and civilian experience to lead with precision and efficacy.

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CFO

Joe Iafigliola

Joe Iafigliola is the Chief Financial Officer for Safeguard Properties. Joe is responsible for the Control, Quality Assurance, Business Development, Marketing, Accounting, and Information Security departments. At the core of his responsibilities is the drive to ensure that Safeguard’s focus remains rooted in Customer Service = Resolution. Through his executive leadership role, he actively supports SGPNOW.com, an on-demand service geared towards real estate and property management professionals as well as individual home owners in need of inspection and property preservation services. Joe is also an integral force behind Compliance Connections, a branch of Safeguard Properties that allows code enforcement professionals to report violations at properties that can then be addressed by the Safeguard vendor network. Compliance Connections also researches and shares vacant property ordinance information with Safeguard clients.

Joe has an MBA from The Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), and holds a bachelor’s degree from The Ohio State University’s Honors Accounting program.

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Business Development

Carrie Tackett

Business Development Safeguard Properties