Emergency AsktheBuilder.com News - September 7, 2017
Dear ,
This is a RARE EMERGENCY alert
message.
I did this a few years back with Hurricane Sandi that pummeled New Jersey.
Hurricane Irma LOOMS
This is really for folks who live NORTH of FL. If you're in Florida, you're about out of time and you may have already
evacuated.
Here's what you need to know about the aftermath of Hurricane Irma:
Your local police and fire department will NOT BE THERE TO HELP. Not because they don't care, it's just they have more valuable community assets they have to protect.
Your home and all others in the community are at the BOTTOM of the pre-plan list fire departments maintain. There are many many other more important things they need to protect and get back in operation than *your* home.
Your neighbors and friends
probably will NOT be able to help you. They'll have their own homes to contend with.
It's going to take MONTHS to get repairs done. The law of supply and demand is in play. There are only so many contractors and if 20,000 homeowners need work, many are going to wait. That'll be you.
You're going to have to make emergency repairs to protect your home from more weather after the
storm.
You need to TAKE ACTION NOW to protect VALUABLE things. Get sentimental items that can't be replaced protected. Wrap in heavy garbage bags to keep them dry. Keep them up high somewhere.
How are you going to survive?? What about food and water? What about temporary shelter?
What about all your important papers? WHERE
ARE THEY? Gather them up. They should have been scanned and put up in the cloud, but it's too late for that now.
TAKE PHOTOS NOW of everything you own to show the insurance company. Upload the photos to the CLOUD!!!! You could lose your cell phone in the storm.
Cover important furniture with plastic tarps or sheets to prevent water damage from roof leaks. This will
only work in areas where the windows and doors won't be blown out by the storm.
Don't try to stick around if you're near the coast and you think you can win. The storm surge will kill you.
I could go on and on and on....
The biggest thing I want you to realize is it's up to YOU to
protect yourself and to account for your survival. Don't count on any first responders. They'll be busy with MORE IMPORTANT community assets.
I wish you the best of luck if you're in harms way.....
Tim Carter
Founder - www.AsktheBuilder.com
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