Sea Bright, New Jersey is located right on the Jersey shore, and is the easternmost city in the state. The city has multiple beaches, and has a humid, subtropical climate. It’s historically been very threatened by hurricanes, and still is, in fact.
New Jersey offers a Hurricane Preparedness Guide to its citizens for this very reason, and recommends installing storm shutters over all exposed windows and other glass surfaces as one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect your home. They recommend that you cover all windows, French doors, sliding glass doors and skylights with hurricane shutters. They also tell their citizens that no matter what the odds are of a hurricane hitting directly in your area are, you should be ready for the storm, and hurricane shutters on your home are part of being prepared.
Meteorologists also recently warned N.J. residents that a very active hurricane season is ahead of us from the Atlantic Ocean. The season could be one of the most active on record, says the NOAA, and urges everyone to be well prepared. The South Atlantic is now in a pattern of high storm activity that has existed since 1995. Warm Atlantic Ocean water is a key factor in hurricane development and the first four months of 2010 posted the warmest ocean temperatures on record. The pattern looks to be continuing in 2011 as well, and the year is forecast to be just as hurricane active.
If you live in the Sea Bright area, you would be well advised to retrofit or install hurricane shutters on your home. Even the state of New Jersey agrees that it is the best way to protect your home, and that hurricane shutters should be part of your hurricane-preparedness plan. There is a very active hurricane season on the way, and it is forecast to be the same for the next several years. There’s no better way to prepare for this than to add storm shutters to your home today.
And not only do hurricane shutters protect your home during a storm, they add to the value of your home as well. Homes resold in the Red Bank area with hurricane shutters typically recouped more than eighty percent of the cost of installing the shutters. They save you money in other ways, as well. Many insurance companies will lower your premiums when you add storm shutters to your home, adding another reason to install them. Hurricane shutters protect your home and save you money, so install them on your home today.
