Hurricane Florence ripped through the Carolinas in September, followed shortly thereafter by Hurricane Michael in Florida. Both caused substantial devastation, in different ways. Shortly after each hurricane passed, we at GLE had teams on the ground helping to mitigate the storm damage and get property owners back into their properties as quickly as possible. Now…
Originally touted as one of the most dangerous storms to ever threaten the Carolinas, Hurricane Florence failed to deliver the Category 4 winds that were originally expected, but that doesn’t make her devastation any less real or extreme. Across the Carolinas, Florida, and Virginia, she caused a confirmed 53 deaths, and about $38 billion worth…
Unless you were in the direct path of September’s Hurricane Florence, you probably have no idea just how bad it was. In early September, Florence was expected to hit the coast of the Carolinas with the strength of a Category 4 hurricane. But by the time it made landfall, it had downgraded to Category 1,…
Everyone knows a hurricane can be dangerous. What many people don’t think about are the dangers that remain after the hurricane has passed. Several environmental hazards, triggered by the hurricane, can hang around to plague occupants afterward, and are responsible for more health problems each year than the hurricanes themselves. Left unmitigated, these hazards put…
