Two weeks ago, Hurricane Carlota hit the
famous village of Puerto Escondido in the Southern state of Oaxaca.
The Region of Oaxaca is usually not a region
prone to the hurricanes. Obviously, as
every area located on the seaside, it suffers time to time from impressive
storms. Two weeks ago, the hurricane Carlotta hit Puerto Escondido. Hopefully,
the authorities warned the inhabitants before the hit of the hurricane, but the
arrival and the strength of the hurricane remained a surprise.
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| Hurricane Carlotta |
As you may know, hurricanes are classified
in 5 categories. The 1st one is the less dangerous, if we may say,
and the 5th one is the most dramatic one. Before the 1st category, these
natural disasters are considered as tropical storms and not as hurricanes.
Unfortunately, Hurricane Carlotta belonged
to the category 2! Winds were up to 165 km/h (105 MPH), hard rains lasted days.
Trees, palm shelters totally destroyed, and houses damaged.
The damages are consequent as people were
not totally prepared to face the category 2 hurricane. Indeed, to protect
oneself from a hurricane, the best is to stay inside your house. But, of
course, the house needs to be protected! If a projectile hits the window, the
glass will obviously shatter and your house will be rack by the wind, rain, and
other projectiles. At that moment, you are not protected anymore.
An efficient protection is consequently
needed in order to avoid theses dangers! The best solution to transform your
house (business or building you wish to protect) into a bunker is to install
anti-hurricane shutters on every opening of your property.
Yet, you have to be aware and alert about
the quality of the product you buy. Products usually are made in polypropylene
and are not resistant enough to resist a hurricane category 2.
It is essential to check out the quality of
the shutter and to wonder:
- What category of hurricane can be faced with the product?
- Which threat can the shutter resist to (a hurricane presents 4 main threats: wind, rain, projectiles and the change of the barometric pressure)?
- Can the shutter face these dangers simultaneously or only one by one?
Do not hesitate to ask many questions to
fully understand the product, how it works so that you can feel totally secure
about your investment.
Investing in an anti-hurricane shutter is a
huge investment, but it appears very cheap when you know that it will protect
your house, your goods, your way of life, your souvenirs and all the efforts
you did to own your property. For
instance, if you want to protect your house, it will avoid you to sleep in a
hotel or in a gym for days and go through all the insurance administration
process in order to be reimbursed for the insured goods.
A protected business will not need to close
for weeks or months to be cleaned, fixed and bought the furniture again. In
fact, closing a business in a touristic area cost thousands of dollars. Thanks
to the anti-hurricane shutters, a business can stay open despite of the
hurricane passage.
Do not hesitate to keep yourself informed
about this protection, do not hesitate to inform your friends and contacts,
especially if they live in a tropical area.
And finally, feel free to ask any question to be sure that your
investment will be the best as possible!
American Development and Astroguard Mexico , together to protect our
goods!
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