Problem: Article: All electrical equipment must be checked and dried before it can be turned on again. If you're not sure if the electricity is off, do not enter your home. The sooner you can talk to your agent, the sooner your claim will be filed. Send your insurance company pictures of everything that has been damaged (both inside and outside of the house). File a "Proof of Loss" form within 60 days of the flood in order to claim your flood insurance. Depending on how serious your flood was and what type of insurance you have, your insurance company might also cover the cost of clean up. Remove all wet contents immediately to prevent mold. If there are any severe issues like holes in your wall or broken windows, patch these with plastic sheets, duct tape, and wood strips. Brace any weak areas or sagging floors with plywood. Pump water out from flooded basements. When pumping water out of your basement, pump out about of the water volume each day to avoid structural damage to your home or basement. Open windows and doors to help the inside dry out as much as possible. If you live somewhere very humid, or the ventilation system isn't working for your home, consider using a dryer or air mover. Make sure your carpets, walls, ceilings, and floors are dry as quickly as possible. A recovery plan is a list of jobs that need to be done in order to get your house repaired after the flood. Planning can help you save time and money, and it can also put you back on track. When creating a recovery plan, be mindful of what you can and can't do, and don't push yourself too far or too fast. Depending on the scope and damage of the flood, your community might be eligible for state, provincial, or federal aid. Search online to discover if any funds have been freed up to assist victims in your flood area. Parse your home into manageable chunks and work your way through it. Start each room in the corner that received the most damage, and work your way out from there. Use a disinfectant spray to clean any surfaces that came in contact with water and wash clothing and bedding with hot water. Be patient, and trust that, with time and work, your home will improve.
Summary: Keep power off until an electrician can inspect your home. Contact your insurance company ASAP. Address immediate problems. Ventilate and dry your home. Create a recovery plan. Seek government emergency funding through DisasterAssistance.gov. Tackle one room at a time.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Roses require about 1" of rain each week, so make sure that you supplement their water needs if the rain isn't falling. Water them at the base of the plant near the soil. While you can't control where the rainfall lands, if you add water to your plants make sure that you're avoiding buds and leaves. Otherwise, your plant may suffer diseases and rot, which can result from water. Instead, focus your watering on the roots. To make sure that your soil is moist but not soggy, check it 2-3 times a week. If it feels dry, add water. Allowing the roots to get too wet can harm your plant, so if your soil has been soggy, give it time to dry before adding more water. Place a 2-4-inch (5-10 cm) layer of mulch around your rose plants. The mulch will help keep your plants moist, and as a bonus it will also help protect against weed growth. During the winter, mulch can also help keep your roses from freezing.

SUMMARY: Make sure that the roses get enough water. Avoid watering the leaves and blooms. Check the soil 2-3 times a week. Add mulch to your soil.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Take all of your calculated returns and add them together. Then, divide by the number of returns you are using, n, to find the mean return. This represents the average return over the time period you are measuring. Specifically, the mean, m, is calculated as follows: m =(R1+R2+...Rn)/(n). For example, imagine that you had 5 periods that had calculated returns of 0.2, -0.1, -0.3, 0.4, and 0.1. You would add these together to get 0.3 then divide by the number of periods, n, which is 5. Therefore, your mean, m, would be 0.3/5, or 0.06. For every return, Rn, a deviation, Dn, from the mean return, m, can be found. The equation for finding Dn can be expressed simply as Dn=Rn-m. Complete this calculation for all returns within the range you are measuring. Using the previous example, you would subtract your mean, 0.06, from each of the returns to get a deviation for each. These would be: D1=0.2-0.06, or 0.14 D2=-0.1-0.06, or -0.16 D3=-0.3-0.06, or -0.36 D4=0.4-0.06, or 0.34 D5=0.1-0.06, or 0.04 Your next step is to find the mean variance of the returns by summing the squared individual deviations from the mean of the returns. The equation for finding the variance, S, can be expressed as: S=(D1^2+D2^2+...Dn^2)/(n-1). Again, sum the squares of the deviations, Dn, and divide by the total number of variances minus 1, n-1, to get your mean variance. First, square your deviations from the last step. These would be, in order: 0.0196, 0.0256, 0.1296, 0.1156, 0.0016. Sum these numbers to get 0.292. Then, divide by n-1, which is 4, to get 0.073. So, S=0.073 in the example. The volatility is calculated as the square root of the variance, S. This can be calculated as V=sqrt(S). This "square root" measures the deviation of a set of returns (perhaps daily, weekly or monthly returns) from their mean. It is also called the Root Mean Square, or RMS, of the deviations from the mean return. It is also called the standard deviation of the returns. In the example, this would just be the square root of S, which is 0.073. So, V=0.270. This number has been rounded to three decimal places. You may choose to keep more decimals to be more accurate. A stock whose price varies wildly (meaning a wide variation in returns) will have a large volatility compared to a stock whose returns have a small variation. By way of comparison, for money in a bank account with a fixed interest rate, every return equals the mean (i.e., there's no deviation) and the volatility is 0.
Summary:
Find the mean return. Calculate the deviations from the mean. Find the variance. Calculate the volatility.