Friday, June 01, 2007

Home Improvement of the Hurricane Kind

Inventors are getting better and better at helping homeowners protect their homes against hurricanes.

Today we took a look at University of Florida's "Hurricane House" in Davie.

Please check out our on-site report on Hurricane House below.

This is one of four facilities, soon to be six, that showcases and demonstrates products that help hurricane-proof your home. The house itself can withstand 140 mph winds and contains a steel "safe room" to protect you against tornadoes in Central Florida.

Each and every product inside this hurricane house has the Miami-Dade County seal of approval or NOA (Notice of Acceptance) which means it has been tested to withstand up to a "CAT 5" hurricane.

You can tour the Hurricane House for free, like we did and learn more about Storm Shield, Armor Screen and new construction methods to hurricane-proof your home.

It'll make you think twice about home improvement.

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