Author Topic: Step By Step Guide To Prepare For a Rough Weather  (Read 45 times)

Step By Step Guide To Prepare For a Rough Weather
« on: September 13, 2018, 02:38:04 am »
With hurricane season on its way, it is essential for us to first understand why Florida is one of the riskiest places to be in. Florida’s vulnerability to a catastrophic storm has been obvious for years. Because of poor development, storm amnesia, faulty planning as well as insurance system and a strong dose of climate change denial has made coastal Florida, including Tampa Bay and Miami vulnerable to hurricanes disasters.

Taking Care of Your Property:

Hurricane makes loose objects prone to move around and cause damage to its nearby items. Make sure you regularly trim or remove damaged trees in order to ensure the safety of your property.

While you move into Florida ,your new house you can also take up energy code compliance inspections to ensure that the property is safe to reside in.
Be sure that you secure all the loose gutters and downspouts. Also, remove any clogs which can help in water to drain easily.

Unplug all appliances in your house. It can help in reducing the potential damage that is caused by power surges. Also, fluctuations can damage your appliances so; it is best advised that during such times you unplug them.

Cover your windows especially with exterior plywood, which can help you in preventing any windows to break. You can also use storm shutters if your house has them.

Make sure that you move your furniture, electronic items, and essentials to a higher level in your house.

In Case You Plan To Stay During A Hurricane Follow These Steps:

It is essential to move into a house with an Energy Star Certification in Florida. You can get your house inspected by professionals. Also, you can get essential thermal imaging building inspection Fl done to ensure that the house is fit to stand some extreme weather conditions.

Store food, on the higher shelves, so that in case of flooding it is at a higher level than the contaminated water. Flood water is contaminated with sewage or debris so avoid having any contact with that.

If there is time, you can also create flood barriers or levee around the home using sandbags or dirt.

Have emergency evacuation bag ready by your side, in case the situation get even worse to handle. Make sure you have nonperishable food items, bottled water, first aid kit, flashlights, batteries, documents as well as cash so that you can survive even for days on the road.

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