What are the chances that South Florida get hit with another devastating hurricane?
Andrew was a category 4 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale which ranges from category 1 [74-95 mph] to category 5 [over 155 mph]). Over the past 110 years, the center of a hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Miami, on average, once every 3.5 years. A major hurricane (category 3 or greater) comes at least that close about once in nine years, and a category 4, or greater, once every 15 years. If these numbers seem unreasonable, it is because the last 30 years have been unusual in that there were much fewer hurricanes than earlier in the century. Should I get hurricane shutters and why? If you live in hurricane prone areas such as coastal counties from Texas to Maine, covers for windows are an excellent investment for protection of life and property. These covers can be heavy duty commercial shutters or properly installed plywood of sufficient thickness for the opening it is protecting. A minimum thickness suggested is 5/8 in. with thicker, properly reinforced, plywood f
