Hurricane Preparation - Strengthen Home

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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.
 
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Strengthen Your Home (NOAA - Inside the Eye Blog Post)

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.

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)

Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

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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• #HurricaneStrong DIY Checklists
• Create your family's personalized plan
• Build your personal family kit
• Know your zone
• Print your personalized checklist
• Build your home inventory 
• Landscaping supplies & special considerations
• Gutter cleaning supplies & special considerations
• 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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Hurricane Preparedness - Supplies

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Updated:  June 2024

Hurricane Supplies

If a hurricane strikes, you’re going to need supplies not just to get through the storm but for the potentially lengthy recovery period that could follow. Have enough non-perishable food, water and medicine to last each person in your family a minimum of one week. Electricity and water could be out for at least that long. You’ll need extra cash, a battery-powered radio and flashlights. You’ll also need a portable, crank or solar powered USB charger to charge your cell phone.

Build a Kit (Ready.gov)


You’re going to need supplies not just to get through the storm but for the potentially lengthy and unpleasant aftermath. Have enough non-perishable food, water and medicine to last each person in your family a minimum of three days. Electricity and water could be out for at least that long. You’ll need extra cash, a battery-powered radio and flashlights. You may need a portable crank or solar-powered USB charger for your cell phones. The CDC recommends if you need to go to a public shelter, bring at least two face masks for each person and, if possible, hand sanitizer. (Children under two years old and people having trouble breathing should not wear face coverings).

• FEMA Make a Plan
• FLASH: Assembling A Disaster Kit

Let's Get Ready

 

 Sesame Street Let's Get Ready: Planning Together for Emergencies, created with support provided by PSEG, is a bilingual (English and Spanish) multiple media resource designed to help entire families, especially those with young children, to plan and prepare together for emergencies. Through simple strategies and tips that can be incorporated into everyday routines, Let's Get Ready helps children, families, and caregivers to prepare ahead of time in age-appropriate and engaging ways.

Resources to Help Prepare for an Emergency (click link)

Weather Ready Nation - Hurricane Supplies (Video)

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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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Hurricane Preparation - Strengthen Home

Strengthen Your Home (Click Here)

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. https://www.fema.gov/what-mitigation http://hurricanes.gov/prepare Day 5 - Strengthen Your Home (NOAA - Inside the Eye Blog Post)

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.

Federal Alliance for Safe Homes

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. 

• FEMA Mitigation
• FLASH: Prepare your home
• FLASH How-To Videos:
• Protect Your Home From Flooding Video (English/Spanish)

Protect Your Home in a FLASH

Click for How-to Videos

• Print the DIY Checklist
• Create your family's personalized plan
• Build your personal family kit
• Know your zone
• Print your personalized checklist
• Build your home inventory 
• Landscaping supplies & special considerations
• Gutter cleaning supplies & special considerations
• Soffit strengthening supplies & instructions
• Roof sheathing improvement supplies & instructions
• Full list of emergency board up supplies & instructions

Read entire series (click here)

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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Hurricane Preparedness - Supplies

Assemble Disaster Supplies (click here)

Hurricane Supplies If a hurricane strikes, you’re going to need supplies not just to get through the storm but for the potentially lengthy recovery period that could follow. Have enough non-perishable food, water and medicine to last each person in your family a minimum of one week. Electricity and water could be out for at least that long. You’ll need extra cash, a battery-powered radio and flashlights. You’ll also need a portable, crank or solar powered USB charger to charge your cell phone. https://www.ready.gov/kit http://hurricanes.gov/prepare

Let's Get Ready

Sesame Street Let's Get Ready: Planning Together for Emergencies, created with support provided by PSEG, is a bilingual (English and Spanish) multiple media resource designed to help entire families, especially those with young children, to plan and prepare together for emergencies. Through simple strategies and tips that can be incorporated into everyday routines, Let's Get Ready helps children, families, and caregivers to prepare ahead of time in age-appropriate and engaging ways.

Click Here for Let's Get Ready Toolkit - Videos & Resources

Let's Pack an Emergency Kit (Click for Checklist) 

Weather Ready Nation - Hurricane Supplies (Video)

Read entire series (click here)

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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