For those who live in areas with high hurricane activity, they’ve undoubtedly got a handle on what to do when one rolls into town. Option one, if the storm is strong and is anticipated to hammer wherever it’s to make landfall, is to simply leave town. Its a sure-fire bet that almost guarantees survival but comes at a cost of abandoning your home and personal property.<\/p>\n
The second option, if the storm is on the milder side, is to stay put in and weather the storm. With this second option comes a bevy of “expert” hurricane safety tips that aim to have you, your home and other personal assets protected to the max.<\/p>\n
While much of this information is as safe as it is practical, there’s always bound be outliers. These outliers may have your best intentions in mind but they certainly don’t subscribe to a rational thought\u00a0and therefore serve as\u00a0some of the worst hurricane safety tips you’ll ever hear.<\/p>\n
When it comes to windows, close them, lock them and board them up. Simple. But there are plenty of people offering shortcuts, workarounds and best practices that somehow offer more protection than merely shielding them with planks. One of these shortcuts is applying masking tape in a criss-cross fashion on the windows and skip boarding up your windows.<\/p>\n
The misconception here is that somehow the adhesive in the tape goes towards the window keeping its form and integrity. Wrong. Its still just tape. Board up your windows and as a backup, use the criss-crossed masking tape to prevent the glass from splintering into smaller pieces if the window does happen to break. If you leave your\u00a0taped up\u00a0windows open to high winds, you’ll find yourself dodging large shards of glass that are held together with the tape.<\/p>\n
Another poor hurricane safety tip is to crack your window during the hurricane to offset the differences in air pressures. This will, in some way, prevent your house from “blowing up.” Don’t do this. Your home has small openings throughout its structure that\u00a0eliminates any sort of air-tight bond to the outside. Cracking a window only lets high speed wind in and once its in it will undoubtedly look for a way out, wreaking havoc on the inside of your home. Keep all windows closed.<\/p>\n
Terrible hurricane safety tips could also double as great advice for a post-apocalyptic scenarios. This sort of advice aims to have you financially prepared for the absolute worst case scenario but as history has shown, one hurricane doesn’t shut down the national or global financial system.<\/p>\n