By Kevin Stevens, Networx When storm season approaches one of
the key components to keeping you and your family warm and dry
is your roof. Tropical storms and hurricanes are well known as
“roof eaters,” whether the storm is having a light snack and
nibbles a few of your shingles, or if it is a ravenous beast and
takes your entire roof. Recent intense storms in the gulf region
have opened many people’s eyes to the perils of Mother Nature
combined with poor or old building standards. Florida’s building
codes are some of the more rigorous in the country. These new
codes are the refinement of years of improvements in building
technologies, and are intended to make homes safer in areas of
extreme weather. The Florida Division of Emergency Management
has put together a series of tutorials on how homeowners can
make some simple repairs and improvements to their homes, which
will increase their durability in severe storms. Some of these
are simple and straightforward, others are much more involved
and may require the