A purple background with graphics for a hurricane, including a generator, a radio, a headlamp, a flashlight, and water.
A purple background with graphics for a hurricane, including a generator, a radio, a headlamp, a flashlight, and water.

Os melhores materiais e estratégias de preparação para furacões

Hurricanes have terrifying power, and because of their sheer scope and unpredictability, each one presents variables that are totally out of your control.

How destructive will it be?

Will it shift direction and come right at you?

Will you have to evacuate?

As unsettling as these questions are, there’s a lot you can do to get ready for one of these megastorms, from staying informed and making sure you have the right gear to completing a few relatively simple home improvements.

Continue reading to learn more, written by Doug Mahoney and Ellen Airhart.

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Doug Mahoney and Ellen Airhart

Doug Mahoney é um escritor sénior da Wirecutter que cobre a melhoria da casa. Passou 10 anos na construção de topo de gama como carpinteiro, capataz e supervisor. Vive numa quinta de 250 anos muito exigente e passou quatro anos a esventrar e a reconstruir a sua casa anterior. Também cria ovelhas e tem uma vaca leiteira que ordenha todas as manhãs.

Ellen Airhart is an associate writer at Wirecutter, where she covers cleaning and emergency preparedness. Please email her with your biggest messes and most anxious thoughts.

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