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Old 06-26-2012, 05:05 PM
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Default Potential for Hurricane Damage
If you live in either cinder block or concrete block house with a stucco covering, the only thing between your home and wind driven rain is the paint on the side of your house. Hurricane Charley cased a great deal of damage in metro Orlando in 2004. Most of the damage to homes was flooding caused by wind driven rain.

If your house is over two years old and still has the original builder's paint, one of the best things you can do to prepare for Hurricane season is to paint it. A painter can and should patch the cracks, but doing that is not enough. Get your house painted or do-it-yourself.Use a top quality paint, you can get them at reasonable prices at Lowes or Home Depot
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