Tropical Storm Cristobal kicked off the Atlantic hurricane season early this year and menaced the Gulf Coast with all too familiar warnings. This storm, along with projections for a highly active hurricane season, should have you thoroughly reviewing your homeowner’s insurance policy if you have not done so already. This was our early wakeup call […]
I wanted to do another brief post on evacuation since it is on many people’s minds after Barry. I often find that this is a stressful topic for people, but it doesn’t need to be. At the end of the day, there is one simple fact that I want you to understand before we move […]
It’s hurricane season down here on the Gulf Coast, and as we anticipate strong storms, many homeowners are preparing for the worst. This weekend, Tropical Storm Barry, the first major storm of the season, will make landfall. It is likely that this storm will produce strong winds capable of damaging your property directly and by […]
So, a while back our firm had the privilege of representing a large commercial building in Louisiana that suddenly had water coming in through its roof. Now I’m not talking about a drip. I’m talking about an absolute waterfall. We initially thought that this might be due to a recent hurricane. Once we got on […]
Wind is a duplicitous enemy in that it brews in both dry, dusty, tornado-breeding climates, as well as damp, balmy hurricane zones. As a result, whether you live in the Gulf Coast, East Coast, or Kansas, it is wise to brush up on wind damage protocol. While your first instinct at the dissipation of growling […]