Preparing Your Home for the Hurricane

Video Series Presented by Rob Brooks

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Preparing your home for a hurricane is very important, especially during the hurricane season, but it can be accomplished months and/or years in advance.  Throughout this video series, Rob Brooks explores the various resources, home features, and preparation tools that homeowners can look for and use to make sure your home is ready for the next hurricane. To further help you prepare for the hurricane, we've included a list of helpful resources at the bottom of this page.

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Video #1 - Become Hurricane Ready (Series Introduction)

Video #2 - Choosing the Right Home - Part 1: Location

Video #3 - Choosing the Right Home - Part 2: Construction

Video #4 - Why Wait? Hurricane Preparation - Part 1: Trees & Irrigation

Video #5 - Why Wait? Hurricane Preparation - Part 2: Insurance

Video #6 - Why Wait? Hurricane Preparation - Part 3: Docks & Seawalls

Video #7 - Hurricane Season Plan

Video #8 - Evacuations: When & Where?

Video #9 - Riding Out the Storm

Video #10 - Hurricane Aftermath

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Additional Resources to Help You Prepare for the Hurricane

• National Hurricane Center 
• The Emergency Financial First Aid Kit helps users familiarize themselves with documents they need to keep, insurance policies they should consider, and how saving money for a rainy day can make emergencies easier.
• How to Prepare for a Hurricane is a user-friendly guide that comes with a preparedness checklist in the back of the document.
• Know Your Risk walks homeowners through the National Flood Insurance Program. The FEMA flood map service center is a good resource so people can check flood risk and flood map revisions for their address
• FEMA’s Building Sciences division published this user-friendly checklist to help homeowners think about the soundness of their house. It’s part of the Homeowner's Guide to Retrofitting: Six Ways To Protect Your Home From Flooding, a much longer, highly technical publication.
• The Division of Emergency Management has a useful site that will help people build a tailored plan.
• Prepare with Pedro, is a great tool to get kids thinking about preparing for all hazards.