Hurricane coverings, commonly known as shutters, are used in hurricane mitigation to protect houses and other structures from damage caused by storms....
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extensions that allow the closed shutter to swing out like an awning or Bermuda shutter. An exterior hurricane shutter or storm shutter is used to protect windows...
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(Hobe Sound, Florida) Dymaxion house Hurricane preparedness Hurricane shutter HurriQuake nail (for resisting hurricanes and earthquakes) Structural engineering...
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Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. It was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel...
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Shutter Island is a novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published by HarperCollins in April 2003. It is about a U.S. Marshal who goes to an isolated...
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August 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2017. "Hurricane and Storm Shutters in Gulf Shores Alabama". Hurricane Shutters Florida. Retrieved 19 August 2017. Staff...
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Tropical cyclone preparedness (redirect from Hurricane mitigation)
about Hurricane preparedness The Essentials of Hurricane Preparedness Hurricane Shutters and Storm Shutters for Protection International Hurricane Research...
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Hurricane Irma was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that was the first Category 5 hurricane to strike the Leeward Islands on record...
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intense hurricane bears relentlessly down on the island, the marshals are forced to piece together clues to a shocking puzzle hidden within Shutter Island...
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Florida Building Code (section Hurricane guidelines)
Drawings" or "Installation Instructions" which provide specifications for hurricane shutter assembly and installation. Impact tests conducted on building materials...
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List of tropical cyclone records (redirect from Hurricane records)
Retrieved 19 August 2017. "Hurricane and Storm Shutters in Gulf Shores Alabama". Hurricane Shutters Florida. Retrieved 19 August 2017. Robert F. Rogers...
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fire alarms; if the house exhibits wind mitigation measures, such as hurricane shutters; or if the house has a security system and has insurer-approved locks...
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Saffir–Simpson scale (redirect from Category one hurricane)
any kind, and if the windows are either made of hurricane-resistant safety glass or covered with shutters. Unless most of these requirements are met, the...
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deadliest hurricane in the United States, only behind the 1900 Galveston hurricane, 1899 San Ciriaco hurricane, and Hurricane Maria. The hurricane killed...
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Tuesday". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 29, 2012. "Hurricane Sandy to keep stock markets shuttered Tuesday, Market Day". October 29, 2012. Archived from...
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whose ends were anchored in the ground in concrete, and had wooden hurricane shutters over the windows. This was to protect the buildings during the frequent...
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blunt trauma – including a man falling off a ladder while installing hurricane shutters and a woman whose neck was accidentally kicked while she slept on...
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applied temporarily to protect windows in storm conditions (such as hurricane shutters) or for extra thermal performance in winter to protect against heat...
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The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season was the most destructive Atlantic hurricane season since 2005, causing over 1,000 deaths and nearly $50 billion (2008...
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Hurricane Maria was an extremely powerful and devastating tropical cyclone that affected the northeastern Caribbean in September 2017, particularly in...
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installing storm shutters. As Jeanne moved ashore, an eye was in the process of developing, indicating winds near hurricane status, although hurricane-force winds...
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tropical cyclone, eighth named storm, sixth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1989 Atlantic hurricane season, Hugo arose from a cluster of thunderstorms...
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southeast of Miami. The territory has experienced the effects of Atlantic hurricanes, or storms that were once tropical or subtropical cyclones. August 12–14...
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Window shutter hardware, usually made of iron, are hinges and latches that attach to the shutter and a window frame (and in some cases directly attached...
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Barbadians rushed to shutter windows, purchase extra groceries and protect their homes from the fifth named cyclone of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. "Stay...
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Hurricane Matthew was the strongest tropical cyclone to threaten and impact Florida since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Developing into a tropical storm on...
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Hurricane Elena was a strong, destructive and erratic tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the Gulf Coast of the United States...
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closed Tuesday". CBS News. Retrieved October 30, 2012. "Hurricane Sandy to keep stock markets shuttered Tuesday – Market Day". October 29, 2012. Archived from...
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The 1951 Atlantic hurricane season was the first hurricane season in which tropical cyclones were officially named by the United States Weather Bureau...
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Cyclone Bebe (redirect from Hurricane Bebe)
Nadi weather office issued hurricane warnings for most of the island nation including Rotuma. As a result, hurricane shutters were put up on various buildings...
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