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Website detailing how to prepare for, stay safe during, and return home after hurricanes.
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Video showing how differently constructed homes stand up to a hurricane and how it can be easy to retrofit a home to make it hurricane resistant using Simpson Strong Tie.
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A website issuing watches, warnings, forecasts, and analyses of hazardous tropical weather and increasing the understanding of hazards.
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Video showing how to create a continuous load path using hurricane straps and anchor bolts to comply with FLASH Strong Home practices.
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Video describing hurricane ties and how they make your home more ready for severe weather by strengthening structural connections.
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NOAA webpage providing images and short descriptions of different types of hurricane shutters.
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Report describing ways to retrofit a home to make it more hurricane resistant.
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Video showing the use of structural screw hurricane ties and connectors to improve the home’s resistance to hurricane force winds and earthquakes, from a house framer’s perspective.
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Webpage containing a library of ready-to-use social media posts, graphics and video links that promote life-saving information about how individuals and families can prepare for and survive during a hurricane.
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Animated video showing how to properly apply roof decks in hurricane regions according to IBHS practices.
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Video showing the requirements for ventilation openings in roofs to comply with IBHS FORTIFIED Home requirements.
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Video describing an easy method of properly securing soffits on your home per IBHS FORTIFIED Home guidelines.
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Report assessing building codes for the 18 Atlantic and Gulf coast states which are most prone to hurricanes, as of 2018.
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Report providing quick reference guide information to help a family prepare for hurricane season, including seven steps to a wind resistant home, a wind inspection checklist, and how to find a contractor.
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Video explaining the basics of roof science and how to design and install a roof that complies with IBHS FORTIFIED Home requirements.
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Information sheet describing building practices designed to withstand hurricanes.
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Video showing how to install gables properly to ensure a secure roof frame per IBHS FORTIFIED Home standards.
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Video showing the requirements for attic vents in homes to comply with IBHS FORTIFIED Home requirements.
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Animated video demonstrating the continuous load path of a hurricane on a house.
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A document aimed at reducing the vulnerability of a gable end roof to wind damage in a hurricane.
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Report describing the hurricane retrofit guide with focus on walls and wooded framed walls.
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Guide from Building Science Corporation on how to construct a flood and hurricane resistant home.
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Checklist providing information about the specific requirements of FORTIFIED Roof™ design and construction standard for re-roofing specific for hurricane resistance.
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Video showing key connection joints for a properly installed continuous load path per IBHS FORTIFIED Home specifications.
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Checklist providing good and bad methods of fortifying the roof, especially in hurricanes.
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Web article describing many ways homeowners, contractors, and builders can make homes more resistant to hurricanes, tornadoes, high winds, floods, and hail.
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Fact sheet describing how to prepare for hurricane season and mitigate damage from floods and high winds.
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An impact test report from projectile missile tests against brick veneer, verifying that brick veneers perform well to resisting hurricane force wind driven debris.
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Video describing installation differences between an engineered structural screw and a hurricane tie.
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Video showing how to board up a home properly in preparation for high wind or hurricane events per FLASH Strong Homes guidelines.