23 May Essential Tips for Your Custom Home Hurricane Preparedness

The 2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and  so we’d like to share our essential custom home hurricane preparedness tips.

According to this story from Time.com, ” About nine to 15 named storms are expected to form, including four to eight hurricanes and two to four “major” hurricanes––storms that reach Category 3 to Category 5.”

That means its essential to make sure your home and loved ones will be safe and protected should a storm take aim on Tampa Bay. Here then are 10 tips for your home’s hurricane preparedness.

10 Essential Custom Home Hurricane Preparedness Tips

1. Protect Your Windows: Storm shutters are your best friend. If you have them, make sure they are in working order. If you don’t now is the time to install them.
2. Seal Windows and Doors: Caulk around doors and windows with an outdoor caulk . Make sure your door threshold has a tight seal.
3. Trim Trees and Shrubs: Now is the time to trim branches that overhang your roof and removing and damaged trees (as allowable by your municipality). It is also a good idea to trim your shrubs back.
4. Take Inventory of Your Home: Take photos of all of your home contents for insurance purposes and create a written list as well, including serial numbers.
5. Waterproof Important Docs: Store your important documents (your inventory list, mortgage documents, vehicle titles, birth certificates, etc.) in a waterproof container.
6. Create An Emergency Supply List: To assemble your kit, here is a link to a complete checklist from Ready.gov 
7. Gather Emergency Contact numbers: If you have out of state relatives or friends, designate someone to be an emergency point of contact. Make sure everyone in the family with a mobile phone has an ICE (in case of emergency) contact in their phone.
8. Know Your Evacuation Route: The greatest danger for people during hurricanes is storm surge. If you live in an area prone to flooding, it is essential to know your evacuation information. Search KNOW YOUR ZONE by our address to determine nif you are in a designated evacuation zone.
9. Have A Place to Go: In the event that you should need to evacuate, make sure your plan includes where your will go in that event. Here are some important tips for having a place to go.
10. Download the FEMA app: The nine tips above are essential to your hurricane preparedness plan, but the FEMA app will give you information about what to do before, during and after a hurricane. It will also provide alerts in your area access to disaster resources and lifesaving tips.

As a Custom Home Builder, we are committed building homes designed to meet or exceed building code requirements to keep your family safe in the event of a storm in our area. This essential guide above is our way of helping our homeowners and communities ready to face whatever mother nature should bring. If you would like to know more  about our company, our building process and why our company holds a reputation as one of the finest custom home builders in Tampa Bay, visit our about Devonshire Custom Homes page.

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