Anthony C. Pasca, a lawyer for Mr. Shumway, said the plan for the reconstructed stone barricade on the beach in front of Mr. Shumway's house was checked by officials from both the Village and the Town of Southampton.
And under recent state guidelines, all bats trapped inside a house are checked for rabies, swelling work at the state lab, which tested 3,495 bats last year, up from 2,337 in 1997.
"We made a welfare check of the home address, the condition of the house was checked and the children were all presented to the police officer who attended and they all seemed to be fit and well," she said.
The presence of insecticide-treated nets in the house was checked during the visit.
Similarly, 86 containers within 31 houses were checked in Srinivaspura, and 130 containers within 78 houses were checked in Balmanda.
In Domatmari, 240 containers within122 houses were checked during the baseline survey.
Older houses are checked for sagging and settlement issues.
Nonetheless, a Red Cross official conceded that the system was not foolproof, because not every house would be checked before money was given out.
The door had been popped open and marked with a giant X, spray-painted in orange, partly to signal that the house had been checked for bodies.
For non-participants, information about housing type was checked using the registered address.
