As Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Florida, a woman from Florida who’s no stranger to hurricane damage has shared her tips to prepare your home.
Take a video of the entire house so that you can provide it to the insurance company in case of property damage. You can then show them the before and after clips.
Collect all of your important documents, like birth certificates, passports, photos together and place them in Ziploc bags. Then put them in a watertight storage container on the highest shelf in your closet. Put ice in the washing machine and put any drinks you want in there, so when the ice eventually does melt, it goes down the drain.Bring all patio furniture inside the home
Bosco also warns against draining your pool water if you have a pool, explaining that because she lives on the water at sea level, it can actually make the pool “pop out of the ground.” Instead she says, drain it only 6 inches past the skimmer.Take any outdoor equipment like a boat or jet ski off the lifts.with sustained winds of 115 mph, nearing a category 5. The state prepared for tens of billions of dollars in expected damage and up to 18-foot storm surges.
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