Last minute actions to protect your business from storm damage * Clear out areas with extensive glass frontage as much as possible. If you have shutters, use them; otherwise, use precut plywood to board up doors and windows. * Remove outdoor hanging signs. * Bring inside or secure any objects that might become airborne and cause damage in strong winds. * Secure display cases. Use plywood to protect glass display cases or, if possible, turn the case's glass side toward an inside wall. * Store as much merchandise as high as possible off the floor, especially goods that could be necessary to survival and in short supply after the storm. * Move merchandise that cannot be stored away from glass and cover it with tarpaulins or heavy plastic. * Secure all goods in warehouses off the floor, and place sandbags in spaces where water could enter. * Remove papers from lower drawers of desks and file cabinets and place them in plastic bags or containers on top of the cabinets. * Turn off water heaters, stoves, pilot lights and other burners. Source: FEMA
•Date: 18th May 2006 • Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: DR general |
