{"id":1107,"date":"2015-10-07T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T21:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.greatflorida.com\/blog\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T01:24:26","slug":"are-you-prepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2015\/are-you-prepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Prepared?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are concerned about last\u00a0weekend\u2019s potential storm, the occurrence of the rare \u201cSuper Blood Moon\u201d or ensuing doomsday predictions, one thing is for sure- our world is unpredictable. In order to deal with life\u2019s uncertainties, the Federal Emergency Management Association, FEMA is declaring October\u00a0as National Preparedness Month.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis year\u2019s emphasis is to make sure you have an emergency plan today, do not wait,\u201d said Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>. This sounds very basic and almost trivial, but once a situation occurs, organizing and making a plan is too late. Your family could be scared, scattered and not sure what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ready.gov<\/a> has been set-up by FEMA, as a resource to help families prepare. The website provides information on protective measures to take before, during and after an emergency. It also details, how to make a plan, assemble an emergency kit, methods for supporting community preparedness and a plan to protect your business. Activities are available for parents and educators to get kids involved as well.<\/p>\n

It has been close to 10 years since the last hurricane occurred in Florida. In a recent poll,\u00a0Weather.com<\/a> reports most people under the age of 34 are optimistic that a hurricane would not hit Florida this year. With a lack of storm activity over the years and 1 million new Florida residents in the state since the last storm, naivety could cause some Florida residents to be ill prepared.<\/p>\n

Hurricane Wilma hit Florida in 2005 leaving almost 4 million people statewide without electricity for several days. Widespread flooding and property damage, common during a severe storm can prevent access to clean water and shut down businesses. \u00a0It is essential to have some supplies on hand in these instances.<\/p>\n

One way to prepare for life\u2019s unexpected moments is to make sure you have dependable insurance in place. GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a> provides auto insurance<\/a> as well as homeowner\u2019s insurance<\/a> to protect you and your family. If you are looking for top notch auto insurance<\/a> or homeowner\u2019s insurance<\/a>, give us a call today, so we can help you achieve peace of mind for the future.<\/p>\n

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If you are concerned about last\u00a0weekend\u2019s potential storm, the occurrence of the rare \u201cSuper Blood Moon\u201d or ensuing doomsday predictions, one thing is for sure- our world is unpredictable. In order to deal with life\u2019s uncertainties, the Federal Emergency Management Association, FEMA is declaring October\u00a0as National Preparedness Month. \u201cThis year\u2019s emphasis is to make sure […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1107","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-auto-insurance","8":"category-homeowners-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13933,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107\/revisions\/13933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}