Will first potential threat of Hurricane spur action?

There’s talk today that the ingredients for Alberto, which will be the first named storm of the season, may be brewing out in the Atlantic. Reports are already being filed all over Hurricane Country to keep an eye out for Invest90, not even a tropical depression yet, never mind a named storm. Be that as it may The National Hurricane Center isn’t ruling out that the weather pattern could become something more.

What we’re interested to learn is what level of storm activity will be needed to inspire us to get out and really get prepared?

We had a recent conversation with fellow Hurricane blogger Margaret Saizan over at her blog Beyond Hurricane Katrina (great blog). In our blogversation here we exchanged comments about storm preparation activity in Baton Rouge where Margaret reports little to no visible storm prep activity. Margaret goes on to speculate that once the first storm shows up, our aforementioned pal Alberto, that people will finally spring into action. We agree. But why wait? Want to waste a couple of hours standing in line? Better yet, how about staring in angst at empty shelves where tapcons, batteries, propane or water used to be?

Any good news? Well, across the street from our house our neighbor is overseeing the final stages of installation for their new PGT impact resistant windows and doors*. The windows and sparkly new front door look good. Given the average 8 to 30 week wait time here in South Florida to get impact windows installed, I have to say that it is comforting to know that at least one neighbor was truly thinking ahead. Down the street an old roof has just been stripped off another neighbor’s house and the new roof is about to go up. So, here in our neck of the woods in South Florida I’d say that there are some recent signs of the truly prepared being ready.

How about in your town? What are you seeing? Did your state offer you tax-free purchases on Hurricane Supplies? Have you seen any accordion, Bahama, roll-up shutters, or impact windows being installed in your neighborhood?

*A Big Wind does not endorse any Hurricane protection products or services but we do write stories, reviews and share information about products and services that help our readers make informed purchase decisions.

-Big Wind