04-30-2016, 03:50 PM
Only mother nature can answer that question. What she can't answer is if the stores will have plywood, wood screws, and powered screwdrivers for you to buy in the hours before the storm hits, or if they have all been purchased and sold-out, or the store itself closes because the employees need to go secure their own homes. A powerful tropical storm here will knock out power for days or weeks. A category 5 storm will destroy most infrastructure. Your windows may survive either type of storm, regardless.
At one time we almost had enough plywood to protect all our windows, but we keep raiding our storm hoard for livestock projects. Just because you have plywood and wood screws doesn't make you a fearing-hurricane-nutter. There are other practical reasons to keep that stuff on hand.
At one time we almost had enough plywood to protect all our windows, but we keep raiding our storm hoard for livestock projects. Just because you have plywood and wood screws doesn't make you a fearing-hurricane-nutter. There are other practical reasons to keep that stuff on hand.