Archive for April, 2010

How To Protect Your Home From A Storm

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Is Your Home Protected from Hurricane Disaster?

The National Weather Service recently reported on the best way to protect your home and belongings from a storm. Here are a few tips that they recommend.

  • Windows- install impact resistant shutters or some type of impact resistant products. Not only do they protect doors and windows from wind-borne objects, but they can reduce damage caused by sudden pressure changes when a window or door is broken. Also, consider impact resistant windows.
  • Manufactured Shutters- if your residence has permanent shutters, evaluate their effectiveness. Try leaning on them to see if they give, if they do- you may want to consider an upgrade so your shutters don’t blow off of the house and into your windows.
  • Doors- If your doors are solid wood or hollow metal they probably can resist wind pressures and hurricane debris. Probably being the operative word. However, if you are still unsure, make sure your doors have three hinges and a deadbolt security lock which has a minimum of one inch bolt throw length. If not, Storm Smart does provide impact resistant products for large door and garage spaces.
  • Garage Doors- Because of the width, double-wide garage doors are the most susceptible to wind damage than single doors. Unless you have a hurricane tested, resistant door, the wind may force it out of the roller track- especially if the track is light weight or some of the anchor bolts are not in place. Make sure you reinforce your garage door at it’s weakest place and install hurricane and high wind protection doors.

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Manufacturers Making It In Lee County

Friday, April 30th, 2010

News-Press- In a recent article in the Lee County News- Press, Storm Smart was named one of the largest  manufacturers in Lee County  to employ over 100 people in the local area. “It is a great feeling to still continue to grow in this hard economy,”said Rist, President, Storm Smart Industries, “I attribute this to taking care of my customers first and foremost and also staying ahead of the curve by being innovative.”

Storm Smart are pioneers of the wind abatement screen system and the company has a screen to fit every window, even for those who live on high-rise buildings. Rist also comments, “as a business I think reinventing yourself is very healthy, we continually improve existing products and develop new ones. Right now, we have three or four new products in development.”

For more information on the other companies that were listed as top manufactures please review this link.

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Lee County Get’s Emergency Operations Center Upgrade

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

News-Press- Interesting to hear that if we were hit by a Category 5 hurricane that the Lee County emergency operations center would be underwater in the Storm Surge! It was designed in the 1970′s for half of the Lee County population. The county commission decided on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 that it could not wait any  longer to move head and replace the 34-year old emergency operations center. The cost for the project will range at about $15.3 million dollars!

The new facility will be built 8 feet higher, well above flood-waters. It will offer more than double the space for a command center and include state-of-the-art communications technology. With the county facing budget cuts, this is an unwelcome bill, but in most of the opinion a well needed one.

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List of Hurricane Names for 2010

Monday, April 19th, 2010

Updated list of hurricane names for 2010.

Alex

Bonnie

Colin

Danielle

Earl

Fiona

Gaston

Hermaine

Igor

Julia

Karl

Lisa

Matthew

Nicole

Otto

Paula

Richard

Shary

Tomas

Virginie

Walter

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Hurricane Predictions 2010

Friday, April 9th, 2010

The News-Press recently published a report on the 2010 hurricane predictions, that was released by the forecast team at Colorado State University.  The Colorado State University team is led by pioneer forecaster William Gray, who has been forecasting hurricanes for 27 years.  The team predicted that we would have an above-average 2010 hurricane season.

Overall, the CSU prediction called for 15 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 4 major hurricanes.  This report is based on the Atlantic basin, which includes all tropical storms and hurricanes in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.

A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when its sustained wind speeds surpass 74 mph.

Is your home protected?

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