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admin — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 06:49:45 +0000

Weather admin Wed, 02/27/2019 - 01:49

Preparing for hurricanes and tropical storms

pan9999 — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:06:20 +0000

Preparing for hurricanes and tropical storms pan9999 Tue, 07/17/2018 - 16:06

Did you know on average, there are 12 tropical storms each year? Six will become hurricanes that form over the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean or Gulf of Mexico from June 1 - November 30. In the Pacific Ocean, there's an average of three tropical storms each year, two becoming hurricanes between May 15 - November 30 every year.

Each of these storms bring about the usual hurricane hazards, including:

• Storm surges
• Flooding
• Winds
• Tornadoes
• Dangerous waves

Make sure that you're not only prepping your home, but also your business

Our technical guide will teach you how to do both. These instructions will show you how to get everything ready including:

• Listening to weather advisories
• Continuity planning
• Emergency planning for employees
• Stocking emergency supplies
• Deciding on whether to leave or stay
• Creating an evacuation plan or shelter-in-place plan, and more.

Protect your investment, review with your employees

Take the time to review your emergency plan with employees before storm season hits. If you have questions, contact our Risk Engineering team at A skRiskEngineering@StateAuto.com.

Download our Hurricane and Tropical Storms Technical Guide here.

Hurricane Checklist

SIL6504 — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:45:45 +0000

Hurricane Checklist SIL6504 Thu, 06/28/2018 - 14:45

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Preparing for a flood

SIL6504 — Fri, 15 Jun 2018 15:30:18 +0000

Preparing for a flood SIL6504 Fri, 06/15/2018 - 11:30

Get the right protection for your home

The best time to make sure you have the right flood insurance is long before a flood is threatened. There's typically a 30-day waiting period before your policy goes into effect with flood insurance, so you need to get your coverage before you need it.

Know the signs

Pay attention to your local news reports if a flood is threatened. Here's what the different terms mean:

Flood watches are issued when rain is heavy enough to cause rivers to overflow.
Flood warnings describe the severity of the situation and indicate when and where the flood will begin.
Flash flood watches are issued when heavy rain is occurring or is expected to occur.
Flash flood warnings are issued when flooding is occurring suddenly. In the event of flash flooding, move immediately to high ground.

Create and practice your family's safety plan

Your family's safety depends on planning in advance. This is especially critical if you have young children, so you can make sure they will know what to do. There are helpful resources at Ready.gov/make-a-plan that we encourage you to use to make safety planning simple.