Hurricane Proofing

[Passport1]

Well the hurricane season is just four months away.

NC has a state funded program offering a grant to assist people living close to the coast to have their roofs reconstructed for hurricane mitigation. The purpose is to lessen insurance costs in the likelyhood they are damaged by storms. I have secured a grant and am going to have the upgrade done. I believe there might be similar programs in VA and SC. Anybody familiar with roofing upgrades? I realize most here probably don't live near a coast but a few might.

 

[Egg_Head]

Here is info on the program for NC: https://www.50northroofing.com/what...UR ROOF Grant,strong winds, and severe storms.

I have not heard of a similar program in SC.

 

[Cujet]

I've had some wild rides in hurricanes here in Jupiter. The eye targets my house repeatedly. But I am some distance from the coast, which helps.

We flew the heli down to the keys for a number of supply flights after Irma in 2017. That was eye-opening. Clearly certain homes held up and it was obvious as we flew by why and how they managed it.

Many homes that held up to both the wind and the water were well made concrete homes often with well fastened hip metal roofs and quality hurricane doors/windows without shutters or coverings. At a glance the quality ones look 'green' from a distance. Thick laminated, untinted glass simply has a 'look' to it.

The metal roof thing is not clear to most. The ones that held up, generally did so perfectly. Other standing seam metal roofing ripped right off. Often leaving an entire corner of a home destroyed. Gusty winds move the roof panels around and many standing seam panels are only fastened on one edge. The other edge clips down over it's neighbor. This is exactly what fails. And then the entire panel rips off.

This picture of Irma shows what I mean. The standing seam roof panels ripped off on that home in the middle. Where as the Hip-Roof with screwed down concrete tiles on the light blue house held up better.

 

[Cujet]

The green look of doors and windows that did not fail. Even with boats and cars banging against them in the waves! Interestingly the higher quality versions are pistol caliber bulletproof too. They are very difficult to break.

I guess my point was that we spent hours flying over the area bringing supplies in. There was a clear pattern as to what worked. The screwed down metal roof panels are rated to 180MPH and held up.

Off topic a bit, but we initially flew in bottled water, and foods. Since the roads were closed by the state, no supplies or gas arrived. So we brought in small Honda generators, some fuel (don't tell) canned food, dried foods and Dog Food. Lots and lots of pet food. Many neighborhoods were stunned at how badly they were hit. Every home had some form of rising water where we were. No, it was not a 20 foot storm surge like might happen in Boca, but boats banged against homes for hours.