{"id":392,"date":"2014-06-03T11:49:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T15:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefloridainsuranceblog.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2026-05-13T06:02:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T10:02:37","slug":"florida-prepares-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/2014\/florida-prepares-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Prepares for Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Florida<\/a><\/p>\n

Hurricane season runs from June 1 \u2013 November 30.<\/p>\n

To encourage Florida residents to prepare for hurricane season, May 31 \u2013 June 8 is Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday.<\/p>\n

During this 9 day period, Floridians can purchase designated hurricane supplies from stores and online tax free. Items include batteries, flashlights, candles, tarps, portable generators, radios, first aid kits and coolers.<\/p>\n

Many items have a price cap, see the included link for a detailed list from the Florida Department of Revenue<\/a>,\u00a0http:\/\/dor.myflorida.com\/dor\/taxes\/pdf\/hurricanelist.pdf<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Preparing for a storm ahead of time will keep you from exchanging elbows at Lowes or Publix with other customers and coming up empty on supplies.<\/p>\n

FEMA recommends keeping a container filled with water, one gallon of water per person, per day, a 3-day supply of non-perishable food, a battery powered or hand crank radio, flashlight and batteries, first aid kit, garbage bags for trash, hand wipes, local maps, prescription medication and a cell phone with a charger, preferably solar.<\/p>\n

Additional preparation includes, knowing if you live in an evacuation area and becoming familiar with the evacuation routes. \u00a0Keep a contact list of important numbers, a copy of you and your family\u2019s passports and cash on hand in case you need to leave town quickly. Make a family plan.<\/p>\n

You may not be together when disaster strikes, how and where will you find one another? Consider a local and out of town meeting place.<\/p>\n

Bloomberg News reports the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund should have nearly $13 billion available for the Atlantic hurricane season. The state fund was created after the devastation from hurricane Andrew in 1992.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fund is an effort to keep insurers in the state of Florida. It helps private insurers pay out claims after a hurricane,\u201d explains Dustyn Shroff<\/a>, Vice President of GreatFlorida Insurance. Florida has not seen and hurricane since 2005 allowing the fund to continue growing.<\/p>\n

This year NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, predicts a quite Atlantic hurricane season. Thanks to El Nino, suppressing the number and intensity of tropical storms and hurricanes.<\/p>\n

They predict 8-13 storms with winds 39 mph or higher will develop with 3-6 turning into a hurricane, ( winds 74 mph or higher) \u00a0and 1-2 of those being a major hurricane, a category 3 or stronger with winds 111 mph or higher.<\/p>\n

GreatFlorida Insurance<\/a>offers dependable property insurance<\/a> for Floridians. Our homeowners insurance<\/a>can cover hurricane damage incurred by windstorms. Most home policies do not include flood damage. Flood coverage is provided by the National Flood Insurance<\/a> Program, although private insurers are beginning to offer flood coverage in Florida.<\/p>\n

Our experienced, independent agents are located throughout the state to answer your questions and help you find the coverage you need and for the right price.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re Insurance by Floridians, for Floridians.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

To learn more about our services call 888-478-7801 or go online for a free quote<\/a> at\u00a0www.greatflorida.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hurricane season runs from June 1 \u2013 November 30. To encourage Florida residents to prepare for hurricane season, May 31 \u2013 June 8 is Hurricane Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday. During this 9 day period, Floridians can purchase designated hurricane supplies from stores and online tax free. Items include batteries, flashlights, candles, tarps, portable generators, radios, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[14,15,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-392","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-floridainsurance","8":"category-homeowners-insurance","9":"tag-florida-homeowners-insurance","10":"tag-home-safety","11":"tag-hurricane-insurance"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","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=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14408,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/14408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatflorida.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}