Is Gorilla tape better than duct tape for X’ing over window if a category 1 hurricane hits?
Of course assuming you don’t have hurricane tape around.
Umm, Gaiijin, self-contradictory much?
BTW, I’m in the ground floor of a 2-story condo, so I’m not really worried about the roof. Though I suppose if the upstairs neighbors lose theirs (and they have a glass skylight), we’ll get flooded.
I think the point of tape is, as mentioned, to keep the glass from shattering. I live in NJ, where we get a hurricane like this, like once in 40 years?
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Hate to break it to ya but according to tests what Gaijin said is totally true, the tape doesn’t do ANYTHING except make you run out of tape.
A lot of people think tape will protect the windows of their home in a hurricane.
That’s a myth, emergency officials said during the Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference today.
To prove it, Pinellas County, on the state’s West Coast, put together a really entertaining public service announcement.
It features the star pitcher of a high school girls’ softball team, winging fastballs at a window crisscrossed with duct tape.
Even though those fastballs were about 55 mph, the window cracked with each hit.
In a hurricane, much heavier objects than softballs – such as grills and yard furniture – could potentially ram your windows at much greater velocity, said Tom Iovino, Pinellas County government spokesman.
(Something else to keep in mind: Tape is extremely tough to tear off windows after it has baked in South Florida’s sun for even a couple of days … )
Actually, that demonstration was part of a workshop on how emergency officials need to get creative to get their preparedness message out.
Iovino kept that session light and lively.
“We have to be a little bit more creative about getting the word out because we have a lot of people who live in Egypt – the state of denial,” he cracked.
Yet, communicating in terms that people can understand will save lives and reduce property damage, he said.
And that message needs to be emphasized each year, he added.
“Why do we have to repeat ourselves? Because we have a lot of new residents in Florida,” he said. “We have people who think a hurricane is a drink at a bar.”
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