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Updated: June 2024
Withstanding Hurricane
If you plan to ride out a hurricane in your home, make sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane building code specifications. Have the proper plywood, steel or aluminum panels to board up the windows and doors. Remember, the garage door is the most vulnerable part of the home, so it must be able to withstand high winds.
Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants
Strengthen Your Home (NOAA - Inside the Eye Blog Post)
If you plan to ride out the storm in your home, make sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane building code specifications. Many retrofits are not as costly or time consuming as you may think. Have the proper plywood, steel or aluminum panels to board up the windows and doors. Remember, the garage door is the most vulnerable part of the home, so it must be able to withstand the winds.
The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH®) is the country’s leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters. Their website has several resources to help you prepare for hurricanes and other threats.
Protect Your Home in a FLASH
More links and information about tropical storms and other weather conditions can be found in the Weather & Hurricane Zone tabs above.
If you live in, or plan to vacation in, an area where hurricanes are prevalent, please prepare in advance by reading our series.
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Prepare Your House
The Florida Division of Emergency Management has an excellent Hurricane Retrofit Guide (Tutorial) to help you get you house ready for the approaching hurricane season. Whether you are handy or not, this tutorial has information to help you prepare.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management has an excellent Hurricane Retrofit Guide (Tutorial) to help you get you house ready for the approaching hurricane season. Whether you are handy or not, this tutorial has information to help you prepare.
If you plan to ride out the storm in your home, make sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane building code specifications. Many retrofits are not as costly or time consuming as you may think. Have the proper plywood, steel or aluminum panels to board up the windows and doors. Remember, the garage door is the most vulnerable part of the home, so it must be able to withstand the winds.
- FEMA Mitigation
- FLASH: Prepare your home
- FLASH Protect Garages:
- Protect Your Home From Flooding Video (English/Spanish)
The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH®) is the country’s leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters. Their website has several resources to help you prepare for hurricanes and other threats.
Protect Your Home in a FLASH
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- Soffit strengthening supplies & instructions
- Roof sheathing improvement supplies & instructions
- Full list of emergency board up supplies & instructions
- Additional Checklists (FLASH)
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More links and information about tropical storms and other weather conditions can be found in the Weather & Hurricane Zone tabs above.
If you live in, or plan to vacation in, an area where hurricanes are prevalent, please prepare in advance by reading our series.
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