IRMA and lanai doors
 

With the heavy winds and rain anticipated, should we be worried about water getting into the house under or around the lanai sliding doors? Should we do anything to minimize this?

Rolled beach towels against the door sills.

In my view
 

The biggest issue is not any rain that will or might seep in but from flying debris smashing the glass,

The solution is to put tape on the glass BEFORE the storm. Tape will not stick once the glass is wet. First of all it makes the glass less likely to break and properly done even if the glass does break the glass will hold together and you will not have the full rain coming into your home.

As of this morning SPARRS the hardware and farm supply place across route 44-you can see it form publix in trsaverse centerm had plenty of duct tape-choice of colors. I would not tape to any painted surface surface because it will likely damage the paint.

PLEASE ALL OF YOU BRING IN ANYTHING AROUND YOUR PROPERTY THAT MIGHT GET BLOWN AWAY.

Do not tape
 

(AP) ORLANDO, Fla. - Officials with the National Hurricane Center had a message Tuesday for residents living in hurricane-prone areas: Don't tape your windows.

Center officials are joining with a consumer advocate group at the National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, Fla. this week to encourage residents to skip taping their windows when a hurricane is heading their way. They believe it leads to a false sense of security and actually increases danger.

Instead, residents should use proven methods such as hurricane shutters or impact-resistant windows, Bill Read, director of the National Hurricane Center, told hundreds of meteorologists and emergency management officials at the weeklong conference. Attendees are going to seminars on insurance policy and emergency communications as well as hawking hurricane-related wares such as canned food and building-hardening materials.

"Our goal is to break this myth," Read said, referring to taping. "It does not protect your windows. At best, it's an inconvenience. At worst, some people have the illusion that they're safe ... and people can get severely hurt."
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Taping windows can create larger and deadlier shards of glass when winds blow through a home, said Leslie Chapman-Henderson, president and CEO of Federal Alliance for Safe Homes.

"The shards can become bigger because they're being held together," Chapman-Henderson said. "You're wasting your time. You're wasting your money and you're potentially increasing the danger to your home."



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Well, crap.

That is the closest thing to my opinion I have read this evening.

Some people speak with facts others just talk.

Thanks, Jimbo. I have read this before.

I'd like to clarify my earlier post:
I have heard both tape/don't tape your windows. It is hard to know which is right when I heard diametrically opposing advice. Have been following all the threads trying to secure home and personal safety.