Keeping Our Eyes On The Storm: The Season Is Here

The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season has begun and it’s time to ask – What have hurricanes like Elsa, Dorian, Maria, and other notable hurricanes across the Caribbean region in the last 10 years have taught us? If we’re honest with ourselves, they showed us some vulnerabilities in our preparedness, as well as reinforced the importance of having our homes adequately insured. They have also highlighted the need to adopt a community-wide approach to hurricane preparedness.

So, with the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane Season on June 1st, we need to keep our eyes on upcoming storms. What measures are we adopting, or what mitigation plans are we putting in place to reduce our vulnerabilities? What questions can we ask ourselves? Could water possibly enter our homes under that windward facing door? Could the coconut tree’s branches blow further than we thought in high winds? Are our homes as structurally sound as we once thought?

The time is now for us to do a survey of our homes if we haven’t already, with the memories of hurricanes like Elsa still relatively fresh in our minds. We need to take stock of areas in and around our homes which let us down in previous years, with a view and intent on making our homes safer during the passage of a tropical weather system.?This should be done systematically.?

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