5.Hurricane

__**Hurricanes: By: Joshua Roth and Andrew Petts**__

If a hurricane is likely to strike on your area, you should gather information about it from the television or other mass media communication processes. · Bring in all outside furniture indoors. Close shutters and secure your home and its properties. · Find out whether the authorities have instructed to turn off electrical appliances. In fact, it is best to avoid using any electrical or electronic equipment during a hurricane. · If you have been instructed to evacuate the place, you should do so at the earliest. · Mobile and temporary structures are very dangerous during a hurricane. So avoid staying in such structures during a hurricane. · Hurricanes winds are particularly stronger at higher elevations. So, always move to a lower area during a hurricane dis aster.
 * Always make sure you have plenty of food and water for purposes when you might need it like to drink or to bath.

 __**During the Storm**__ during a storm you should never use any form of electronic devices or candles.
 * Make sure you have a secure room in which you will be able to go into in case of needed.




 * This includes cell phones i-pod mp3 players etc.
 * the most important rule is be calm.

__**How To make sure there is very little damage:**__ one way of protecting your home from a hurricane is to build up sand bags around the house. you should try to use sand bags or your house could end up like this:

 __**Securing the Roof**__
 * Make sure you have a durable and strong roof because most of the time they will cave in.
 * Make sure in the attic you have X shaped beams for helping hold the structure up.

__**Why you should protect your doors and windows**__ when the window breaks the strong wind comes into the house and then pushes upward on the roof. if the wind is strong enough it will take the roof right off and the walls will cave in



__**Ways to make your house structure more effective in times of hurricanes**__ there are several ways to help build up the structure of your house. here are a few ideas that you could do:
 * Landscape your home with trees that will dig deep into the ground and not just on the top soil.
 * Always pack an emergency kit with you in case you need it. This includes food water and first aid
 * Keep your yard free of debris like wood junk and dead trees.
 * Inspect seals around doors and windows to make sure that they will not break in.
 * Strengthen the hardware outside your house like putting in longer screws to hold the doors and windows in.

There are many others but these are the main tips to keep your house from becoming nothing.