In 1979, Hurricane David skirted the South Florida coast before coming ashore in the Palm Beaches. In 1990, area residents braced themselves for the onslaught of Hurricane Hugo; it bypassed us but … ...

Accordion shutters — These folding, permanent shutters slide into installed tracks to protect windows and doors. They work well to protect sliding glass doors and condominiums because no storage ...

Colonial shutters are one of the more aesthetically pleasing permanent hurricane shutter solutions. Not only are they functional but, as Madonia puts it, “They can actually add to the look of ...

Habitat also carries hurricane shutters at its ReStores at 272 S. Dixie Highway in Boca Raton; ... She came back several days later to buy shutters for her sliding glass doors and two small ...

NORTH PORT, Fla. (WFLA) – The destructive force of Hurricane Irma convinced homeowners to board up or get blown down. In North Port, Bob Roehrig’s Sam Rodgers home sits in an area where either ...

It’s a lot easier to pull an accordion shutter across sliding glass doors or to push a button and watch motorized shutters roll down (you can even get these with a wind vane that rolls them down ...

If a shutter is difficult and inconvenient to open and close, you will end up just not using it as often as you should for the greatest energy savings and storm protection. When installing a ...

You now have more choices than ever for protecting your home. ALL shutters, impact-resistant windows, doors, and garage doors that have Miami-Dade County approval after September 1994 are very strong.

Shutter policy Q&A:Hurricane shutter policies raise questions Resident opposes shutter ordinance: Letters to the editor for Tuesday, March 8, 2022 Hurricane Irma in Cape Coral: Daughter, 60 ...

A hurricane is coming. We go through our prep checklist. Water. Gas. Non-perishable food. So far, South Florida doesn’t look like it’ll feel much of the effects of Tropical Storm Idalia. But ...

To draw, or not to draw, these hurricane shutters. That’s a question many have in South Florida as Nicole, as either a hurricane or tropical storm, visits Florida’s east coast some time on Nov ...