Hagertys Storm Safeguarding Tips
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Melting Slicks
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Hagertys Storm Safeguarding Tips
These tips were provided by Hagerty Insurance for Storm Safeguarding:
*Have an evacuation plan to move your vehicles to higher ground if there's time.
*Reinforce your garage door by installing temporary braces with wooden two-by-fours.
*Anchor heavy objects such as fuel tanks, compressor, generator, or tool boxes to garage walls so if the water level rises they won't float into your vehicles.
*Clear garage shelves of heavy objects that might fall on your vehicle.
*Cover your car when it's being stored to help protect it from flying debris.
*Disconnect car batteries to avoid electrical system damage.
*Store cars facing the garage doors should you have to evacuate them quickly. Non-running cars should not block those that run.
* Ensure the yard or surrounding area is free of objects that could be blown into the garage door (i.e. patio furniture, lawn ornaments, bicycles, etc.).
Here in FL we have a couple more. We are in peak of hurricane season:
*Have cash on hand
*Keep gas tanks full
*Have an evacuation plan to move your vehicles to higher ground if there's time.
*Reinforce your garage door by installing temporary braces with wooden two-by-fours.
*Anchor heavy objects such as fuel tanks, compressor, generator, or tool boxes to garage walls so if the water level rises they won't float into your vehicles.
*Clear garage shelves of heavy objects that might fall on your vehicle.
*Cover your car when it's being stored to help protect it from flying debris.
*Disconnect car batteries to avoid electrical system damage.
*Store cars facing the garage doors should you have to evacuate them quickly. Non-running cars should not block those that run.
* Ensure the yard or surrounding area is free of objects that could be blown into the garage door (i.e. patio furniture, lawn ornaments, bicycles, etc.).
Here in FL we have a couple more. We are in peak of hurricane season:
*Have cash on hand
*Keep gas tanks full
Melting Slicks
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Good tips, both from Hagerty and yourself.
Living near The Falls shopping center in south Miami-Dade, we actually went thru the 175 mph eye wall of category 5 Hurricane Andrew and suffered tremendous damage. Steel shutters did not help when the concrete tile roof was ripped off by either a tornado or a gust in excess of 200 mph. The lesson I learned was every thing you own should be well insured, because it actually belongs to the insurance company. We are not staying around for another one. An early departure is planned in the motorhome, towing the Yukon. Everything else, including the over-insured Corvette, will have to ride it out alone. We will not rebuild a second time...just sell the place as is.
Living near The Falls shopping center in south Miami-Dade, we actually went thru the 175 mph eye wall of category 5 Hurricane Andrew and suffered tremendous damage. Steel shutters did not help when the concrete tile roof was ripped off by either a tornado or a gust in excess of 200 mph. The lesson I learned was every thing you own should be well insured, because it actually belongs to the insurance company. We are not staying around for another one. An early departure is planned in the motorhome, towing the Yukon. Everything else, including the over-insured Corvette, will have to ride it out alone. We will not rebuild a second time...just sell the place as is.
