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January 9, 2008 11:48 a.m. EST Ed Sutherland - AHN Editor New Orleans, La. (AHN) - The Army Corps of Engineers has received more than $3 quadrillion in bills from victims of the 2005 Hurricane Katrina. Although about 489,000 people have filed damage claims, one filed from an area nearly a 100 miles from the hurricane's center is causing jaws to drop. A resident of Baker, La. is demanding the U.S. government pay $3 quadrillion. Last year, the nation produced $13.2 trillion of goods and services. According to the AP, a stack of $3 quadrillion worth of pennies would stretch to Saturn. At least 247 claims were made of at least $1 billion each. The City of New Orleans is asking for $77 billion. Katrina, when it hit Aug. 25, 2005, left more than 1,600 deaths and could cost $125 billion to repair.
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